Current Fundraisers

Our foundation will always be transparent with where donations are going. Our board members do not receive salaries nor do donation dollars go to paying for vehicles, trailers, power bills, etc.

100% of your donations go to the horses medical care, feed, farrier, bail from the kill pens, transport from the kill pens or anything else the horses might need.

Help us raise money to rescue a 2 year old Belgian Draft horse filly and five donkeys

April 1, 2025 - I was tagged in a post on Facebook about a Belgian Draft horse filly that is 2 years old and looks to have an injury on her back leg. She is at Bowie Texas Livestock and scheduled to ship to slaughter in the next few days.

I was also tagged in a post for a white donkey and 2 Jack donkeys in McLean. They all look super sweet and they need a place to call home! One donkey was recently gelded but the other two need to be gelded. There was little to no interest in any of these animals and I don't want to see them ship to slaughter.

We are adding 2 extra travelers to this rescue! There is another Jack donkey inMcLean and a mini Jack donkey

We are doing a fundraiser to save the filly and the 5 donkeys!

If you can support this fundraiser to cover her bail, we would greatly appreciate your support! These horses deserve a place to retire in dignity and grace!

Fundraiser details

Bail for Belgian Filly Lot#4717 - $1380

Bail for John Donkey #1166 - $400

Bail for Jack Donkey #260 - $450

Bail for Jack Donkey # 1152 - $375

Bail for Jack Donkey #1157 - $475

Bail for mini Jack Donkey #1171 - $575

Transport - $200

Gelding surgery for 4 jack donkeys - $150 each

Initial medical for the filly - $500

Total fundraiser - $5000

(Additional donation links below)

Medical Fundraiser Details

Since the beginning of September, we have rescued 57 Belgian Draft horses, 8 Percheron and 15 donkeys from shipping to slaughter. We did not include medical care into our fundraisers for all of these horses or donkeys because we knew some had medical conditions but to what extent was the question. We wanted to be financially responsible with donation dollars and get the exact amount for medical before we started a fundraiser.

Below is a spreadsheet with a breakdown of what care each new horse received along with a copy of the actual bills from Mobile Veterinary Practice. Some of these horses have never received medical care and it definitely showed! We have treated all the new horses for a variety of medical conditions such as arthritis, 3 with EPM, 3 with eye cancer, colic, heart condition, laminitis, surgery, jaw fracture, infections, and the list goes on!

These horses will only receive the best medical care for the rest of their lives here on our farm!

We need your support to cover the costs of the recent medical bills (over $50k) and still rising with Persephone still being hospitalized and undergoing another surgery to stop the infection. Our medical fund is almost completely depleted and if we have an emergency with a horse we need to be able to cover the expense.

Please consider making tax deductible donation to help cover the most recent medical bills.

As always...we appreciate your support, kindness, love and generosity!

Currently, 86 horses and 18 donkeys, formerly abused and neglected animals are living on the farm enjoying retirement life filled with only love and kindness.

Did you know?

Horses and Donkeys, on average, should consume about 1.5% to 3% of their body weight in hay per day. This means that a 1000-pound horse would eat approximately 15 to 30 pounds of hay daily; for a 400-pound donkey that’s 6 pounds per day. Since our horses weigh 1500 to 2000 pounds these calculations show just how much hay we go through!

For their most basic needs of feed, we need approximately 65 round bales of beardless wheat per month (approx. 16 bales per week, 832 bales per year). These figures do not include alfalfa that the horses and donkeys also eat per day. And there is also Alfa Pro our special needs horses eat too.

Round bales of Beardless wheat are $140 per bale with our local supplier HF&C Amarillo

Every bit helps, even if that means just sharing this on social media!

If you would like to send a donation of feed direct through HF&C Amarillo you can contact them at

(806) 622-9800

Don't want to use PayPal...Donate via credit card using
Zeffy or Givebutter

bighooffoundation@gmail.com

NOTE: Tips on GiveButter and Zeffy do not go to our foundation.

Medical Fundraiser Documentation'

Medical Bill Spreadsheet Sept 2024 - Feb 6, 2025.pdf

Medical Bill Receipts September 2024-November 20,2024.pdf

Medical bills 12_4_24-1_6_25.pdf

Medical Bill Invoices 11_21_24 and 11_27_24.pdf

Medical bills 12_30_24 - 2_6_25.pdf

Equines Saved since 2022

119

With your support, we have saved 92 Belgian Draft Horses, a quarter horse, a standardbred, 7 Percherons and 18 Donkeys from shipping to slaughter and have given them a loving retirement home.

Currently, 84 horses and 14 donkeys are living on the farm and enjoying retirement.

Rescue Records Updated 3.13.25.pdf

Help save " Big Hoof " Horses

The Big Hoof Foundation is dedicated to saving Draft Horses that have spent their entire lives working only to be neglected or abused when they can no longer work and are eventually sold to slaughter or abandoned to perish.

Our dedicated volunteers and board members work to rescue, rehabilitate and if possible re-home these beautiful gentle giants to nurturing pastures while advocating for more humane treatment of the draft breeds through information and enlightenment.

By saving abandoned Draft Horses we are providing them a loving, humane environment free from pain and suffering as well as restoring their trust in humanity.

Our orginization will do everything we can for the horses we rescue. Most of the horses we have rescued have medical conditions and can not be re-homed. They will receive the best medical care and alternative treatments we can offer them with help from our amazing veterinarians.

Our Mission

To rescue, rehabilitate and rehome Draft horses.
To provide a facility where no animal will endure the pain and suffering caused by a life of abuse, neglect or abandonment by giving the horses the proper medical care required to live a healthy life.
To sponsor or host events that promote awareness of the neglect and abuse of the Draft Horse Breed.
To create an equine therapy program to assist people suffering with mental illness.
To bring awareness to the community about horses being released into a slow feral death or dropped at a dealer who sends them to auction then slaughter.
To form relationships, share information and work towards a collaborative effort to solve problems that lead to the inhumane treatment of these big hoofed gentle giants.