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Amaryllis Farm has been in operation since 1989 as an educational facility who's motto was always: ...where horsemanship begins! Horses were saved from auction 1-2 at a time, rehabilitated and placed in forever homes. Quality has always been the focus of Amaryllis...never quantity.

The full rescue efforts began in June of 2005 in memory of Rascal...the love of my life. In 2009 we opened Long Island's first Horse Sanctuary for senior and special needs equines in memory of Aramis. In 2010 we opened the first Farm Sanctuary on the east end in memory of Daisy. We survive day to day striving for strength and stability to ensure the horses with us now and those to come SECURITY, PEACE and FULL CARE.

Our mission is to intercept slaughter bound former service horses, ponies and mules (lesson, children's camp, show, race, police, carriage horses) and find them loving homes under the protection of our contract. We offer permanent sanctuary to those equines unable to adapt to an adoptive home, the elderly and special needs equines. We accept back all Amaryllis previously adopted horses when asked. This sets us apart. We have a vision for the future of every horse ever to enter Amaryllis, that they will forever be able to return to the sanctuary, never again to face harm. Help us build this sanctuary strong for them. It has become apparent over the many years that people discard horses like old clothes. Purchased or adopted. Promises are broken especially fast when a horse can no longer be ridden or 'used'. Amaryllis is here for these horses. Our wish is to care for their ever increasing needs as they age, while educating the community and new generations of children about the importance of the horse nation. You wouldn't send your grandmother out into the forest with no shoes or coat and without her dentures, telling her "Happy trails, you are 'out to pasture' good luck!" Horses age identical to humans. They cannot eat hay and grass as their teeth worsen, they cannot deal with barefoot issues on hard terrain when their shoes are removed after 20 yrs. They die slow, painful, neglected deaths. We wish a high maintenance care for every horse in Amaryllis as they age. A hospice to the bridge. Love to the end. We present educational lectures throughout Long Island and focus strongly on teaching children to treat all animals with dignity and compassion.

Slaughter isn't euthansia. Horsemeat eating European's desire young horses. Puppy mills have nothing on horse breeders. The humans hauling and butchering the horses enjoy it. The most outspoken are those who profit from their murder. The least heard are those who fight the depravity from within the barns of our nation's rescued horses. We need YOUR VOICE and we need YOUR SUPPORT.