JOIN THE EQUINE WELFARE NETWORK
Charity Request
Thank you for expressing interest in joining the Equine Welfare Network. The listing is provided free of charge to eligible organizations. The listing of an organization on this site does not imply any endorsement or recommendation by the EQUUS Foundation.
Please review the eligibility requirements
here 
before completing the request.
The application cycle will be open from July 1 until August 1
Please use proper grammar when completing this form. Check your spelling and do NOT use ALL CAPS.
Please complete all the information and press SUBMIT. We will respond back to the email of the primary contact with either 1) login instructions to complete the request, 2) a request for additional information or 3) a notification that the request to join the Equine Welfare Network has been declined.
NOTE: Member approval may be contingent upon the EQUUS Foundation conducting a site visit and receipt of additional information, the organization completing a self-assessment using the EQUUS Foundation site assessment tool, and/or receipt of at least one recommendation from an existing EQUUS Foundation Guardian.
Definitions
Equine Transition Services (ETS): Services involved with equines in transition, including the rescue of equines at peril, rehabilitation, training, re-homing, and/or the provision of sanctuary and/or retirement of equines.
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Equines in transition: Any equine that is currently in transition from one home, vocation, opportunity or owner to the next. Throughout its lifetime, most horses will have multiple homes and owners. Often, these horses find themselves in transition due to no fault of their own, rather when their owners cannot, or no longer wish to, care for their horses as the result of a change in the owner's circumstances.
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At peril/At risk: An equine that has an increased possibility of experiencing a situation of neglect, abuse, general poor welfare, and/or an inhumane death.
Equine-Assisted Services (EAS): Refers to various services in which professionals incorporate horses and other equines to benefit people. It is consistent with terminology used for animal-assisted services or interventions. Three areas of EAS have been identified: Therapy, Learning and Horsemanship. These services are further defined in the EQUUS Foundation
Guidelines for Conducting Equine-Assisted Services.
Special Needs: Any difficulty or difficulties (such as a physical, emotional, behavioral, or cognitive disability or impairment) that causes an individual to require additional or specialized services or accommodations. The difficulty may not be limited to a health issue but may result from the interaction between the individual and the society in which he or she lives arising from an abusive or unhealthy environment or situation and/or a lack of resources, including economic resources, placing them at risk of a future with less than optimal outcomes.
At-Risk: Generally refers to a future with less than optimal outcomes and/or a situation(s) where an individual, family, or group is vulnerable to harm, neglect, or adverse outcomes due to factors like poverty, disabilities, or specific circumstances
Outreach: Public education programs and activities that incorporate equine interactions and/or the equine environment, mounted or unmounted, aimed at educating the public about the horse-human bond and issues impacting the welfare of horses, and allowing the public to experience how horses enhance lives of people; such programs and activities include, but are not limited to, off site visits with horses at hospitals, nursing homes, and schools, on site tours, seminars and clinics, camps, volunteer/community service programs, and mounted and unmounted lessons and/or activities - OTHER THAN Equine Assisted Services (EAS) that require a credentialed service provider.
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