Wild Horses Available for Adoption

If you have time to devote to a horse or burro, we invite you to adopt.

Tamed Horses For Adoption

Cassie is a 2 year old, daughter of Ursa Major. She is a big pet and will make a nice riding pony. Link here

Norma is a smaller Indian pony gathered from a New Mexico reservation. She absolutely loves to be scratched and work for treats. Link here

Siete is a seven-year old gelding who was abandoned near Cuba, NM. He is recovering from a severe hoof injury. He needs someone to give him confidence. He is 15hh Link here

Phantom is a thirteen-year-old gelding who used to run wild with his own band near Placitas, NM. He was gelded, tamed, and adopted in 2019 but returned to us last year. He’s both sweet and sensible and brings a sense of maturity and calmness to the herd. Link here

Ziva is a four year old pony with a mix of El Rito mustang and Caspian. A beautiful brown little mare that likes people and petting. Her adoption must be approved through Monero Mustangs.

Burros Available

Giovanni and Drake are two older BLM gelding burros. They are both very shy and not very trusting. A confident and compassionate person is just what they need. They will become available once Drake can allow his hooves to be trimmed. LINK HERE

Marco is a bold explorer some of the time but is still reluctant to have us on his right side. Sooner or later he will be completely tame. LINK HERE

Shackleton is an extra-large BLM donkey. He is around 25 years old and still a jack. At his age, it would be hazardous to geld him. He has to eat senior feeds because of his well-worn teeth. He loves people. LINK HERE

Horses Needing Non-Riding Sanctuary Homes

Denali is a 2007 Gelding. Bay, studly, titled horse with cartilage filled right hock. Unsound for riding, but a lot of personality. Live and laugh with this guy. Link here

Gizelle is a classic mare born in 2005. Bay, a bit excitable. Titled horse (for sale, not adoption), would make good pack-horse. Link here

Sequoia is a 2003 mare. Dark bay, shy, quiet, titled (for sale, not adoption). Would make good pack-horse. Link here

Wingnut a.k.a. Victor a.k.a. MichaelAngelo was born in 2011 in Nevada. He has a split ear that you will only discover by petting it. He is opinionated. Link here

Ursa Major is the mama bear of the small band of horses gathered from central New Mexico. She has become really nice to handle. We estimate that she is was born in 2010.

Orion is an older recently-gelded horse, who bears the scars of many years of maintaining his herd in central New Mexico. He is shy and kind. He needs to develop confidence.

Vixen is an El Rito pony born in 2011. She is a little too jumpy to make a riding pony.

Pacheco (aka Speckles) is a fancy pony that will work hard for his treats. He is not super friendly, but looking for a fair deal. He is not quite 13hh. He likes to boss other horses around. Link here

HOW TO ADOPT

Start the adoption process by taking a text-based class to learn about how these animals have been trained. To start the class text WD39 to 20202. You should immediately receive a reply. Upon completion of the class, you will receive the adoption application.

For information about the class or Mustang Camp horses for adoption, contact Patricia Irick at 505-419-2575 (text!) or email patricia@mustangcamp.org

ADOPTION FEE: $250

Animals adopted to homes in states other than New Mexico require a veterinary health inspection. The cost of this is generally around $70 per animal. We will take the animal to the vet, but this charge must be paid by the out-of-state adopter as a deposit on the delivery.

Our goal is for the animal to go to a home where they will be well taken care of, where the people have time to spend with their animal, where the cost of caring for the animal is not a burden, and where the human has realistic expectations for their animal's entry into the human world.

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