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Welcome to Peaceful Mountain Horse Rescue, Inc., a New Jersey 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation dedicated in rescuing horses/ponies that have been abused, neglected, abandoned, or are unwanted and providing them with the care that they need and the love and attention that many have never known. Although Peaceful Mountain is located in New Jersey, we take in horses and ponies from all over the country. Some of our horses have come from Pennsylvania, New York, and as far away as North Dakota.
For those of you visiting for the first time feel free to click on the Our Mission button to learn exactly what we do, our adoption process, and our post-adoption requirements. Our Rescue History page will explain how/why this rescue was started and you will also read about a very special horse, who will always be our inspiration and is the reason this rescue now exists. Because of that very special horse, many horses that have been victims of abuse, neglect, and abandonment have been rescued and rehabilitated. When donations and our spirits get down, we just think of him and it helps keep us going.
PEACEFUL MOUNTAIN'S VERY OWN T-SHIRTS FOR SALE!
We have our very own t-shirts now!! If you would like to purchase a "For the Love of Horses" Peaceful Mountain Horse Rescue, Inc., t-shirt, please click on "Our Store" button on the left of your screen. These t-shirts are available in adult sizes Small, Medium, Large, and X-Large.
A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU
To Bill of Lazy K Distributors for ALL of the help and generosity he has given to Peaceful Mountain. If anyone needs tack, riding apparel and/or equipment, please visit Lazy K Distributors located at 725 County Road 579, Flemington, NJ. Tell them Peaceful Mountain recommended you.
PEACEFUL MOUNTAIN HORSE RESCUE WELCOMES:
THOMAS
 
Thomas, a/k/a Rackum Stakum, joined Peaceful Mountain Horse Rescue on Sunday, September 6, 2009. He is a 14 year old bay thoroughbred who we took in from a woman who rescued him last November. When she became unable to afford her rent and still take care of Thomas and pay his boarding fees, etc., we stepped in to lend her a helping hand. Because she had rescued Thomas, we felt it was only right to help his rescuer. Thomas is rideable, although he will need an experienced rider as he does have a good amount of "get up and go" in him. We are going to let Thomas spend some time here at Peaceful Mountain to give him a chance to settle in here, but after a month or two, he will be adoptable. If you are in interested in Thomas, you must print out an Adoption Application (which is located on the left hand side of the screen), complete it and mail it to us for review. Please be sure to familiarize yourselves with our adoption requirements before doing so. Our adoption fees are negotiable as, the most important thing for us, it finding our horses a good home.
JESSIE
Words cannot adequately describe our gratitude to the hundreds of people who called and emailed us from all over the country offering to help Jessie, a quarter horse in NJ, that was about to meet an extremely horrible future. Jessie has been saved and now has a wonderful future ahead of her. Thank you to everyone for your offers of help and support. It is nice to know there are many, many wonderful people out there willing to help an animal.
UPDATE ON JUNIOR
Thanks so much for everyone who wrote about Junior. Junior has found a home with the Mounted Police. He is doing extremely well, and they are very happy with him!
OUR NEWEST RESCUES
Peaceful Mountain welcomes our newest rescues Giraffe and Ser Khan. Here is a picture of each. You can read the bios on these horses and see more pictures of them by clicking on the "Newest Rescues" button located to the left of this page.
DESPERATE TIMES CALL FOR
IMMEDIATE ACTION CAMPAIGN
THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO CAN NO LONGER AFFORD THEIR HORSE/HORSES DUE TO THE ECONOMIC CRISIS. THERE ARE MANY HORSES BEING NEGLECTED AND ABANDONED BECAUSE THEIR OWNERS COULDN'T TAKE PROPER CARE OF THEM ANYMORE. PEACEFUL MOUNTAIN IS ON A MAJOR CAPITAL CAMPAIGN TO ACQUIRE A LARGER FACILITY WHICH WILL ENABLE US TO HELP AS MANY HORSES AND PEOPLE AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
In these dire economic times, horses are being neglected and abandoned in alarmingly tremendous numbers. People are being forced to give up their horses because they can no longer afford to care for them. When it comes down to affording their horse or putting food on the table and gas in their car, there is only one choice these people can make - their family and livelihood must come first. A horse is just like a dog or cat, they become a member of a person's family. How would you feel if you no longer could afford your dog or cat and were forced to give him/her up. Our hearts go out to each and every person suffering this situation, but especially to the horses facing unknown fates.
Peaceful Mountain is answering that call for help by acquiring a 26.03 acre farm that will enable us to help more people forced to give up their horse/pony because they can no longer afford them. Many of these horses are neglected and not receiving the proper care that they should because their owner cannot afford that care. Just read about our two newest rescues, Giraffe and Ser Khan, who did not have vaccinations or their hooves trimmed in two (2) years because their owner could not afford those costs.
This new facility will also become the permanent home of Peaceful Mountain Horse Rescue, Inc. You will be happy to know that as soon as Peaceful Mountain acquires this property, we will farmland preserve it so that it will never be developed. Therefore, not only will you and/or your company help us help the many horses and people in these horrible times, but you will be helping preserve a farm from ever being developed and will be ensuring that the farm purchased by Peaceful Mountain will always remain a non-profit horse rescue!
Here is how you can help us help as many horses and people as we can!
1. If you can make a donation, in any amount, it will help.
2. If you work for a corporation that you believe may want to become a partner in our campaign, please provide us with your name and contact information. With many big corporations, it helps tremendously if someone who works at that corporation helps get our foot in the door. If you wish, please take a proposal with you and submit it to the right department for us.
3. If your company has a matching gift program, please gather your co-workers together and whatever amount you and your co-workers contribute, your company will match that amount!
IF YOU CAN HELP US OR WORK FOR A CORPORATION THAT WISHES TO HELP US HELP THE PEOPLE AND THE HORSES IN NEED, PLEASE CONTACT US. TO SHOW OUR GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION, WE WILL PROVIDE PERMANENT ACKNOWLEGEMENTS ON THIS WEBSITE AND AT OUR NEW FACILITY FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL AND/OR CORPORATION THAT WILL DONATE AT LEAST $100,000.00 TOWARDS OUR CAMPAIGN.
Thanks so much to Tammy McKillip, a wonderful writer with the New Jersey Courier-News, for writing such a beautiful article about us that appeared in the Sunday, February 10, 2008, edition. For those of you who missed the article but would like to read it, please click the "news article" button to the left.
Thanks go to each and every person and company that has made a donation to our rescue because operating a horse rescue can be very costly, and we could not continue without your support. But, because many people don't know exactly what it costs to run a horse rescue nor exactly what their donation will go towards, below is a summary entitled "How Your Donation Helps". You will be happy to know that 100% of your donation goes to the horses because we do not collect salaries from this non-profit! My husband and I both work and because of how expensive it is to care for our horses, we need every dollar we receive in donations to go to our horses!
HOW YOUR DONATION HELPS
One Bale of hay $3.00 - $4.50 per bale.
(One horse will eat approximately 3/4 of a bale per day.) (Depends upon the time of year.)
Total cost of hay for one year $8,000.00 - $10,000.00
One 50 lb. bag of horse feed $15.00
(Each horse receives 1- 1 1/2 lbs of grain twice a day.)
Total cost of feed for one year $500.00 - $750.00
One 50 lb bag of special senior feed $20.00
(For our one horse with no teeth)
Total cost of special senior feed for one year $250.00
Dewormers $9.00 each
(Each horse needs a dewormer every 8 weeks.)
Total cost of dewormers for one year $350.00 - $400.00
Farrier (trims horses' hooves) $45.00 per horse
(Horses' hooves need to be trimmed every 5 weeks.)
Total cost of farrier for one year $2,500.00 - $3,000.00
Dentist $80.00 per horse
(Horses teeth need to be filed at least once a year (For general maintenance only.)
Total cost of dentist for one year $400.00 - $500.00
Veterinarian $144.00 per horse
(This cost is for vaccinations only, which are needed in the Spring and Fall.)
Total cost of veterinarian for one year (just for shots) $2,000.00 - $2,200.00
The above numbers are only a summary of the routine, general costs we spend on our horses. If we take in a rescue that has been abused or neglected, we could spend $3,000.00 - $6,000.00 in veterinarian bills, etc., to rehabilitate him or her.
At the moment, we are seeking donations of used tack in good condition for fundraising purposes, therefore, if you have halters, lead ropes, saddle pads or blankets, etc., that you no longer need or want, please contact us.
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