Mission
HAPPY HOOVES EQUINE RESCUE IS A SOUTHERN ILLINOIS FACILITY DEDICATED TO RESCUING, REHABILITATING AND PROVIDING RENEWED PURPOSE IN LIFE FOR UNWANTED, NEGLECTED, ABUSED AND ABANDONED HORSES OF ALL AGES. HAPPY HOOVES MISSION IS TO SAVE HORSES IN DIRE NEED (IN ALL VARIETIES, FROM MINIS TO THOROUGHBREDS), BRING THEM BACK TO PEAK HEALTH AND MATCH THOSE REHABILITATED HORSES WITH EDUCATED, RESPONSIBLE AND CARING OWNERS AND FOREVER HOMES. OUTSIDE OF MEETING THE VERY BASIC NEEDS OF THE HORSES (THE STAFF IS ENTIRELY VOLUNTEERS BASED), ANY ADDITIONAL RESOURCES GENERATED FROM HAPPY HOOVES ONGOING ACTIVITIES HELPS TO EDUCATE VISITORS AND VOLUNTEERS FROM SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES ABOUT THE CARING AND REHABILITATION OF RESCUED HORSES.