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.

Rescue Fundraiser to save two Belgian Draft horse mares, a Belgian Draft/Clydesdale cross and two senior Percheron geldings from shipping to slaughter

UPDATE JUNE 4, 2025 - We have the funds raised for the Percheron team and they are going to be picked up by the transporter.

We are still working on the funds to save the mares from Fountain Hills in Arkansas along with transport. Since yesterday was my birthday, we added an extra traveler to the rescue! Marvin, is a 13 year old Belgian Draft/Clydesdale cross. Marvin is going to be our extra traveler!

We can use your help to get the rest of them safe!

May 31, 2025 - Yesterday, I was tagged in a post on Facebook about a bonded pair of Percheron geldings at a kill pen in Peabody, Kansas. These two horses worked their entire lives to be dumped at a kill pen when they could no longer work. The geldings are both about 20 years old, starved, neglected and abandoned to be shipped to slaughter!

We feel they deserve better!

I was also tagged in a post from Fountain Hills Horse Company in Arkansas for a 9 year old Belgian Draft horse mare who looks to be in perfect shape and another 2 year old filly. The 9 year old is stunning but the 2 year old needs some TLC! Below are the videos and pictures of the horses we are working to rescue!

We started a fundraiser to save all 4 of these horses! These horses need our help with a soft landing! We are working to raise the cost of their bail and transport. Transport will be 2 different loads, one from Kansas and one from Arkansas.

Thank you to everyone that supported our fundraiser last week to save Lot# 408, 409 and 1280 from McLean! They are safe and will be coming home soon!

If you can help in any way, we would greatly appreciate your support!

THANK YOU!

Fundraiser Details

Bail for Lot# 807 Percheron Gelding - $775

Bail for Lot# FH-007 - $3650

Bail for Missy - $2400

Bail for Melvin - $2850

Transport from Kansas to Amarillo - $810

Transport from Arkansas to Amarillo - $1400

Initial Medical - TBD

Total Fundraiser - $13000

SAFE!!!

SAFE!!!

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

Other Options for donating

bighooffoundation@gmail.com

Medical Fundraiser

Medical Fundraiser Details

Since the beginning of August 2024, we have rescued 75 Belgian Draft horses, 11 Percheron, a Clydesdale, a quarter horse and 27 donkeys from shipping to slaughter. We did not include medical care into all of the fundraisers for 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, Claude Veterinary Hospital and Amarillo Equine. 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, 5 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! Although some can't stay as long as others we will do everything we can for these animals.

We need your support to cover the costs of the recent medical bills (over $80k) and still rising with our continued efforts to rescue more horses. 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!

Medical Bills Spreadsheet Updated 5_7_25.pdf

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

Medical bills 12_4_24-1_6_25.pdf

Medical Bills March 2025.pdf

Medical Bills 10.23.24, 12.4.24, 1.29.25, 2.6.25.pdf

Medical bills 12_30_24 - 2_6_25.pdf

Medical Bill Invoices 11_21_24 and 11_27_24.pdf

Medical Bills End of February 2025.pdf

Medical Bills April 2025.pdf

Feed Fundraiser

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!

Currently, 103 horses and 23 donkeys, formerly abused and neglected animals are living on the farm enjoying retirement life filled with only love and kindness.

For their most basic needs of feed, we need approximately 100 round bales of beardless wheat per month (approx. 20 bales per week, 1,040 bales per year). These figures do not include alfalfa that the horses and donkeys also eat per day. And there is also Alfa Pro and sweet feed for our special needs horses too.

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

We are working with a local suppliers to go directly to farmers to get our hay this spring.

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

Please consider making a tax deductible donation to help feed the rescued horses and donkeys on the farm!

If you would like to send a donation of feed direct through our

local feed store HF&C Amarillo you can contact them at

(806) 622-9800

Equines Saved since 2022

168

With your support, we have saved 118 Belgian Draft Horses, 2 quarter horses, a standardbred, Clydesdale, 13 Percheron and 33 Donkeys from shipping to slaughter and have given them a loving retirement home.

Currently, 113 horses and 28 donkeys are living on the farm and enjoying retirement.

Rescue Records Updated 6_4_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 give these beautiful gentle giants a nurturing pasture to retire peacefully, 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 organization 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 and rehabilitate 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.