The Santana Center
a 501 c3 nonprofit center for equine education and outreach
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The Santana Center a 501 c3 nonprofit center for equine education and outreach |
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Welcome horses into your life with knowledge and kindness and hold on for the ride of your life!
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Recession hits Rhode Island Horse Owners. New Rescue Horse available. Rio has been adopted! Congratulations to Sheila Guimond of Comfort Acres, North Attleboro, MA on her recent adoption of American Saddlebred Hot Shot's Golden Love aka Rio from Horses Forever a non-profit horse rescue based in Longmont, Colorado.
Fundraiser Thank you to everyone that stopped by to make our fundraiser a success. Please stay tuned for more opportunities to help out. We appreciate it! RI Horse Summit We received a generous grant from the RI Foundation to start organizing the RI Horse Summit. If interested in helping out please contact us! Rhode Island Horse Census The results are in for the Rhode Island Horse Census. Click here to view the final report. Executive Summary The results of this survey show that Rhode Island (RI) has a thriving equine industry. Using both veterinary and owner surveys, we were able to determine that horse numbers in Rhode Island in 2006 ranged between 6814-7301. Due to the small size of the state and the concentrated rural areas, the density of horses in RI may be one of the highest in the country. Although the intent of this survey was not to evaluate economic impact of this substantial industry, there are many areas where there is potential growth to meet the needs of the industry, for instance in local quality hay production, rescue services and owner education. There were several areas of concern expressed by the horse owners regarding the present and future of the industry. These included: Access to safe riding areas, sufficient qualified veterinarians and farriers, horse neglect and abuse, costs of feed and supplies, unrealistic regulations, and emergency preparedness. There are many state, federal, public and private organizations working on aspects of large animal issues. It would be advantageous to convene a 'Horse Summit' in the near future to bring together those horse owners with service providers to begin to form a formal horse community. Funding for the Rhode Island horse survey was provided by the Virginia B. Butler Fund and the Helen Walker Raleigh Animal Fund of the Rhode Island Foundation, a charitable community trust serving the people of Rhode Island (RI). The survey is sponsored by the Santana Center for Equine Education and Outreach (a non-profit 501(c)(3)), the RI Department of Environmental Management, Division of Agriculture, Animal Health Unit, and the Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RISPCA).
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Donations Donations are greatly appreciated and can be given in a variety of ways. Click the links below to donate through buying. Equiglass will make a contribution to the Santana Center if you order through this site. They are beautiful stained glass light catchers of your horse or others! Click the link below to start shopping. Thank you!
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For your convenience, if you would like to make a donation to the Santana Center, Paypal can be accessed using the link below.
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