The United States Equine Rescue League (USERL) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the compassionate care of equines.  Our mission is to save, protect, and rehabilitate equines in need.  We rescue abused, neglected, or abandoned equines; provide them with care and rehabilitation; and finally find them a compatible, loving home.  We believe that education is the long-term solution to improving the lives of equines.

• The United States Equine Rescue League, Inc. (USERL) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, incorporated in NC in the year 1997. Tax ID# 56-2069469.
• Funded by private donations and fundraising
• Staffed mostly by volunteers
• Foster network involving almost 100 homes
• Averaging over 100 equine rescued per year
• Active Regions across North Carolina, Virginia, and Indiana

• To educate horse-owners and the public about proper equine care, and the problems of neglect, abuse, and slaughter.
• To rescue equines from neglectful and abusive situations by educating owners, helping to place at-risk equines and ultimately working within the bounds of the law to remove equines from their owner's care when deemed necessary.
• To rehabilitate sick, injured and underweight equines and restore them to a state of health
• To end the suffering of those equines which cannot be rehabilitated by means of humane euthanasia.
• To find all equines that come under the care of USERL a compatible, loving home.