Horses Removed from Del Mar Fairgrounds to Humane Society Facilities

Animal Rescue efforts for the San Diego Department of Animal Control (SDDAC) came from near, Chad Waldhauser of Ramona (above) and far from Jim Boller of Houston, Texas (right). Photos by Darrel Kinney

As of Nov. 7, the Del Mar Fairgrounds is no longer housing horses or any other animal
dislodged by the San Diego
County Firestorm.

All animals were removed by San Diego Department of Animal Control (SDDAC) officials and taken to animal hospitals or moved to the Poway Humane Society; where they will be held until their owners claim them, or they are put up for adoption.

There were only two horses of the more than 900 that passed through the fairgrounds during the crisis that remain unclaimed:
a 20-year-old dark brown Arabian stallion and an elderly gray Arabian-mix gelding. Images of
the unclaimed horses will remain on the fairgrounds website: www.sdfair.com through Nov. 14.

For information on the two unclaimed horses, contact the Poway Humane Society, 15069 Sycamore Canyon Road, in Poway. Phone: (858) 486-0638

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For more information on any missing or unclaimed animals in San Diego County, Contact the SDDAC at (619) 236-4250.

The staff of the fairgrounds would like to thank the hundreds of volunteers who donated their time and efforts to care for the dislodged animals; and also to thank the public for its outpouring of generosity in providing food and all types of supplies to the fair-grounds during the crisis. The kindness and generosity was greatly appreciated by the fairgrounds staff.