VEWS was founded in 2011 when a group of horse welfare advocates decided to come together and save horses from the slaughter pipeline. Oftentimes horses being sent to auction end up being purchased by kill buyers who sell the horses to slaughter. Virginia Equine Welfare Society (VEWS) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit horse rescue located in Hanover County, Virginia. We are a 100% volunteer-run organization dedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating, and re-homing horses in need. VEWS is solely funded by caring supporters like you, and all donations go toward the care of our rescue horses. Our mission is to rescue and rehabilitate equines in need and to prevent equine abuse and neglect through education and community awareness. We provide safe housing, medical, and rehabilitation services to abused, neglected, abandoned, unwanted, and other at-risk equines and eventually, at the appropriate time, place them into caring, compatible, adoptive homes. This Mission is our heartbeat. It propels us to passionately do what we do every day.
Member Since: 2024