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Peaceful Ridge                                                                     SANCTUARY



           Rescue                                                                             REHABILITATION
                                                                                              RETRAINING/ADOPTION




                                                                                             TESTIMONIAL:
                                                                                             “The support of the
                                                                                             TAA will help us
                                                                                             continue to provide
                                                                                             care for racehorses,
                                                                                             especially the injured
                                                                                             horses. We hope that
                                                                                             the prestige of this
                                                                                             accreditation will
                                                                                             assist us in recruiting
                                                                                             additional experi-
                                                                                             enced volunteers and
                                                                                             reduce our adoption
                                                                                             turnaround time. What
                                                                                             it has done for the
                                                                                             aftercare community
                                                                                             is extraordinary.”
                                                                                  REIKO ANDES
           Retired racehorses enjoy a relaxing morning grazing and socializing at Peaceful Ridge.

                                                                                             FOUNDED: 2012

            Peaceful Ridge Rescue is a nonprofit organi-  keep the horse for any reason.
           zation that  provides  shelter,  medical and  dental   PRR is 100 percent volunteer run with the   ADDRESS:
           care, rehabilitation, and adoption services for   exception of part-time farm hands who help feed.   2995 SW 121st Ave.
           rescued horses. Its mission is to rescue horses   Every donation goes directly to the needs of the   Davie, FL 33330
           from neglect, abuse, and abandonment; to improve   horses.
           their lives by providing a safe haven for healing   Trained and dedicated volunteers feed, groom,   PHONE: (954) 240-6080
           and rehabilitation; and to find a home for every   clean stalls and paddock, and help with general   MAIN CONTACT:

           horse through a rigorous adoption program.  maintenance and administrative work.
            Over  the past nine years, PRR  has  rescued   PRR board members see the organization as a   Laura Jones
           more than 100 horses. When PRR cannot bring   legacy. PRR’s educational programs are already   WEB ADDRESS:
           horses into its facility due to capacity, it works   grooming rescuers of the future.
           to place them in proper homes through adoption,   PRR accepts pasture pals and senior horses.   peacefulridgerescue.org
           and PRR also follows up annually on all adopted   The newest arrival to its rescue family is Domi-  SOCIAL:
           horses.                                 nic, a 7-year-old gelding, who came from Gulf-  PeacefulRidgeRescue
            PRR prohibits breeding of adopted mares and   stream Park. Dominic has fully recovered from
           all stallions are gelded before they are re-homed.   a bowed tendon and a sesamoid fracture and is   @PRRhorses
           Horses  can  be  returned  at  any  time,  and  they   enjoying romping with his buddies in the pasture   @PeacefulRidgeRescue
           come back to PRR if the adopter can no longer   while he awaits his forever family.
                                                                                             AVERAGE NUMBER OF
                                                                                             THOROUIGHBREDS PER YEAR:
                                                                                             15









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