FleetOfAngels.org WHO AND WHAT IS FLEET OF ANGELS? Fleet of Angels is a national service organization whose core mission is to help equines in crisis when their owners are unable to do so. A priority of the organization is to help prevent horses from being permanently separated from their loving families due to temporary hardships caused by natural disasters such as hurricanes, wildfires, floods, blizzards, Covid-related crises, or life-altering circumstances like family member deaths, serious injury or illness, other major emergencies. HOW HAVE OUR MICRO-GRANTS HELPED HORSES? Some of our successes include:
+ Through our HayThere! Emergency Horse Hay micro-grant program Fleet of Angels provides horse hay and emergency supplies to thousands of equines in crisis each year. In 2020, FOA helped feed over 5,000 at-risk equines. In 2021, over 4,800 equines were assisted with critically needed emergency feed.
+ Fleet of Angels has assisted with the costs of life-saving veterinary care in numerous situations where a FOA micro-grant has made the difference between saving the horse or possibly losing it due to the owner's inability to cover needed care.
+ Through our network of thousands of caring trailer owners across the nation, our FOA members help transport many at-risk equines each year from danger to safety at affordable prices in situations were equine lives are at risk. Our Transport Angels are on call 24 x 7 to provide transport services in evacuation emergencies, disaster response, recovery, and relief. They also work tirelessly on day-to-day missions, transporting equines to rescue them from abuse, abandonment, and other life-threatening circumstances. In many cases, the only fees charged are for fuel or other out-of-pocket expenses. FOA works closely with authorities, providing transport of legal seizures, retrieval of stolen horses, and more. We also provide equine location, capture, and foster care services as needed for loose or displaced horses. We also assist hay banks that provide emergency feed during crises, by facilitating donations of hay and transporting it to the hay banks as needed in disasters and emergencies. Assistance with funding of vet costs in special cases is sometimes possible. FOA works through official channels, and members are required to follow appropriate chains of command and official protocol when working on missions managed by FEMA, HSUS, and other organizations that follow standard ICS (Incident Command System) procedures. The Fleet of Angels interactive Directory and the Map of Angels are both available for public use at www.FleetOfAngels.org (or www.FleetOfAngelsMOBILE.com for mobile devices). By utilizing these resources, anyone needing assistance transporting an at-risk equine can use the search features to find and contact the closest Transport Angels to their location, from among the thousands of registered Angels. Fleet of Angels has facilitated the transportation of hundreds of at-risk equines all over the US and Canada, and have been leaders in the evacuation and/or rescue and recovery missions of horses, mules, and donkeys during hurricanes, multiple tornadoes, wildfires, droughts, abandoned horses, wild horses rescued from BLM 'concentration camps', and many other emergency events.
