FOLLY AND FRIENDS MUSTANG SANCTUARY

Folly and Friends Mustang Sanctuary is a 501(c)3 nonprofit located in Birdsboro, PA.
Our mission is to spread awareness about the 50,000+ mustangs who have been rounded up and are awaiting adoption, and help facilitate their transition into domestic life. Our approach is multi-faceted. We are currently home to 10 “permanent resident” mustangs, many of whom are from the same herd and were reunited after being rounded up, or who flunked out of their adoptive homes for various reasons. They will never again know the struggles of water and food shortage. All of the mustangs here are tamed so that visitors can come and interact with their herd and see how loving these once wild horses can become. We have welcomed potential adopters, school and 4H groups, retirement homes, veterans, families from our local community, and those with disabilities to come and learn about mustangs while enjoying the therapy being around these animals provides. There is no charge for visits, but donations toward the herd are always welcomed.
Our sanctuary herd is at various levels of training so we can host free taming demos to the public. The mustangs who are trained to ride compete in a variety of disciplines so that the public can see how versatile these horses are and consider them when looking for their next partner. We provide education on kinder training methods, since too often mustangs are trained by breaking their spirit and dominating them into submission. Spend a few minutes in our herd and you’ll see the relationship possible with these animals using a gentler approach.
Additionally, our founder, Chelsea is a TIP trainer with the Mustang Heritage Foundation. Through this program you can get a mustang who is halter broke, leads, picks up all four feet, is able to be brushed all over, load on a trailer, and can be kept normal fencing vs the 6’ required for wild ones for just the $125 adoption fee. She also offers private training for other mustangs who need help adjusting to domestic life.
We’re always happy to walk interested adopters through the different avenues of adoption, the paperwork, and adoption requirements.
In addition to this, we have arranged transport for dozens of mustangs from out west to their adopters on the east coast. Less than 1% of gathered mustangs are ever listed on the Internet adoption, and aren’t visible to those who don’t live close to a facility. When possible, our founder will fly out to the facilities to photograph and catalogue the available mustangs and try to find adopters for them, then arrange cost-effective hauling options.