US Equine Rescue League - Central Piedmont
Cause Area
- Animals
Location
2806 Longspur DriveMatthews, NC 28105 United StatesOrganization Information
Mission Statement
The United States Equine Rescue League (USERL) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the compassionate care of equines. Our mission is to save, protect, and rehabilitate equines in need. We rescue abused, neglected, or abandoned equines; provide them with care and rehabilitation; and finally find them a compatible, loving home. We believe that education is the long-term solution to improving the lives of equines.
Description
About USERL
The United States Equine Rescue League, Inc. (USERL) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, incorporated in NC in the year 1997. Tax ID# 56-2069469.* Funded by private donations and fundraising
* Staffed mostly by volunteers
* Foster network involving almost 100 homes
* Averaging over 100 equine rescued per year
* Active Regions across North Carolina, Virginia, and Indiana
Goals
* To educate horse-owners and the public about proper equine care, and the problems of neglect, abuse, and slaughter.* To rescue equines from neglectful and abusive situations by educating owners, helping to place at-risk equines and ultimately working within the bounds of the law to remove equines from their owner's care when deemed necessary.
* To rehabilitate sick, injured and underweight equines and restore them to a state of health
* To end the suffering of those equines which cannot be rehabilitated by means of humane euthanasia.
* To find all equines that come under the care of USERL a compatible, loving home.