Sunshine Sanctuary for Kids and Heritage Horses

A place to leave your troubles at the gate

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Come Visit The Heavenly Heritage Herd

Come check out this beautiful extremely rare Heritage Herd.  Sunshine Sanctuary has 28 Santa Cruz Island horses named by the scientists on the island as the Heritage Herd.  Here at Sunshine Sanctuary we are battling to save this dying breed.  We welcome all visitors to come see just how special they are.  As a nonprofit organization with only a few volunteers, life on the sanctuary is a daily struggle for all here both financially and physically.  Sunshine Sanctuary is at risk of losing the children programs we offer due to lack of funds...

 

Our Mission:

Justin and Cody lovin on Bonito

To create an environment

where kids and horses can feel safe

Learning from one another

While sharing love and compassion.

WE...

Provide a comfortable home for rare heritage horses

and work to protect them from extinction for future generations to enjoy.

These horses are used in our children programs as appropriate.

Give sanctuary to gentle donated and rescued horse until they are

adopted into a new loving home.

Horses...

Help children to discover alternatives to: drugs, violent behavior,

gangs, early sexual experimentation, excessive computer games, or

television and feelings of isolation or loneliness.

Help children identify personal strengths and interest and enable

them to feel the satisfaction of personal accomplishment.

Our Mentors...

Encourage children to portray gentle kindness with animals

and one another who are vulnerable, disabled, different, or unpopular.

Inspire children to participate in all aspects of animal husbandry;

such as grooming, nursing care, stall care, feeding, giving hands on and verbal affection,

as well as horseback riding and arena games.

Educate about animals and the environment and how they relate

to humans, through discussion and providing learning materials.