Zuma's Rescue Ranch (All Souls Rescue)

Empowering Connections at Zuma's

At Zuma’s Rescue Ranch, we’re dedicated to advocating for and mentoring horses who have experienced abuse or homelessness. Once given the care and support they need, these resilient animals become incredible teachers, offering unique learning experiences to children and adults alike.

Through working with these horses, individuals learn invaluable lessons about trust, love, and empathy. These powerful connections transform the horses' lives and empower people to move forward confidently, equipped with essential values for navigating the world. At Zuma’s, healing goes both ways, creating lasting impacts for everyone involved. 🐴💙

Join the Healing at Zuma's Rescue Ranch

Every day at Zuma’s Rescue Ranch, powerful healing happens through our equine-assisted therapy programs. But caring for our incredible equine therapy partners is no small feat. Each horse at the sanctuary requires a minimum of $500 per month for food, shelter, and routine care, amounting to $20,000 per month for our 40-horse herd. Unexpected medical emergencies, like colic surgery, can quickly add $12,000-$15,000 in costs, making community support essential to our mission.

Your help directly sustains these life-saving programs. Our equine therapy partners are key to our work with kids in group homes, like the Denver Children’s Home, and provide crucial support for emergency mental health services through the Douglas County Emergency Response Team.

By donating, sponsoring a horse, or simply spreading the word, you can be a part of the transformative work happening here. Thank you for considering joining us in making a difference! 🐴❤️ 

Testimonials

A Mother's Story:
My son ___ has been active at Zumas Ranch for several months now.

I have seen this type of activity from 2 viewpoints. Several years ago, I worked in Mental Health. A home was purchased in the community, and we had 5 people who lived there. At this house, we could have a farm with various animals. Our people's enjoyment from the care and nurturing of those animals was very impressive. These were adults with Mental and Physical disabilities; many of them looked forward to caring for the animals that lived here.

The progress that I have seen in____ since coming to Zumas is very difficult to put into words. Six months ago, he was anxious, had a doom-and-gloom outlook on life, and was easily distracted, and we could not depend on him to make acceptable choices in some situations.

He can now be away from us and enjoy time on his own without worrying about something happening. He knows if he needs to, he can now make appropriate decisions to handle situations(such as friends talking him into doing things that could be dangerous or that could get him into trouble.) He shows more maturity, and we can leave him home alone and allow him to go and do things without having to be supervised by an adult (he would often have to go with me to do errands or work because we could not trust him to know his limits on his own) also he now has his own house key. Previously, we would worry about his decision-making abilities in case of emergencies.

_____ was offered a scholarship, and in the beginning, I thought to myself, how is cleaning stalls, other barn chores, and just being about these horses going to help my son? The scholarship ended, and we decided to keep him involved here, and it has been worth it. We have found that he looks forward to coming to the Ranch; he has never asked to miss time here and always asks to come at nonscheduled times. ____ is a nurturing type of person; knowing that he cares for a horse and has accepted responsibilities for the farm's environment has given him higher self-esteem and a tremendous amount and pride. We have even had friends comment on how they have noticed that when he walks down the street, he carries himself differently, walks with his head up, and seems happier when they speak with him. He now believes that "I can do many things, not just what society thinks or says I can." The work needed to accomplish some things may be hard, but it is all worth it. He often speaks about the horses here and how good he feels when he has developed a bond with them. Zumas is his favorite subject, and he will often speak of it to whoever will listen. He mentioned that he would like to continue with this in the future. He has mentioned that he wants to continue his education and get into this form of work to improve the lives of children and animals.

I am sure that the horses have benefitted from the kids being here, too; who knows what they may have gone through? Working with the kids may have helped them build trust with humans that could have been lost to previous circumstances and improved their lifestyle for the future.

It takes a tremendous amount of care and understanding to work with our kids and the unfortunate circumstances that have brought the horses to the ranch...