The Stories

Read about some of the remarkable animals HAHS has rescued over the years. From single horse impoundments to whole herd confiscations, each story describes the situation in which we found the animal(s) and how we intervened to help. These stories are listed below starting with the most recent first.

Patience Pays Off 
Thanksgiving with a Side of Sweet Potato
Four to Adore
Expelled Without Expectation
Third Time's the Charm
Tinkerbell & the Lost Boys
Dusty 
Heartbreak at HAHS
Trouble in Kankakee
A Whinnying Horse
Stallions and Mares 
Someone Cared Enough
The Danville Dams
Undernourished, but Alive 
Starving Mares in Beardstown
Sunny, Gone But Not Forgotten
HAHS Is Not A Mink Farm...
Eeyore
Thoroughbreds
The Odd Couple
Winnebago 5
Why?
Cash, Our Million Dollar Horse
They Ain't What They Used To Be
Hungry & Long Hooved...
The Escape Artist
A "Majic" Arabian
Union County 17
The Mares from Marseilles
HAHS  Work Is Slow But Sure
The Desperate Housewives
Oh, Dunny Boy!
See Spot Run!
Rockin' the Horse World!
A Junkyard Horse
Goat Finds Haven
Three Strikes, You're Out
Three's Company
Goats Rescued from Chicago
The Hoffman Estates Heifer
Abandonment is Also Neglect
HAHS Saves Saddlebred Mare
A Misdelivered Christmas Present
Running Wild & Free...
A Story of Strength & Endurance
HAHS Saves Horses: A Relinquishment Story
HAHS Saves Horses: An Impoundment Story
The DeKalb Eleven
Copper's Story