For the Love of Aria

For the Love of Aria is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization dedicated to helping at-risk horses, especially America's mustangs. 

When we started out, our mission was to support and promote the emotional, mental, and physical health and well-being of at-risk, rescue, and therapy horses. As we grew, and as our founder, Gina, dove deeply into the world of the Wild Ones, it became clear that America's mustangs are greatly at risk and in need of our help the most - as of August 2022, the BLM estimated that they have approximately 60,000 mustangs in holding around the country. These horses have not only lost their freedom, but also their families. Because of this, we shifted our primary focus to hone in on the "at-risk" category in our mission, working daily to help America's mustangs transition to domestication from their formerly wild lives. 

The majority of the mustangs in our herds were rounded up by the BLM from the Sand Wash Basin in Colorado. However, we also have four mustangs from the Piceance Basin in Colorado, and three mustangs from the Warm Springs Reservation in Oregon. 

Once in our care, we gentle these mustangs, provide foundation training, and prepare them for their loving, forever homes. Sometimes, full domestication is simply not in the cards for a number of Mustangs who struggle to leave their freedom behind. In these special cases, For the Love of Aria becomes their forever home. 

In addition to the hands-on work we do with our Mustangs, we also offer clinics and other educational opportunities for the public so YOU can learn about America's Mustangs and ways to help them.

Please note: We would like to thank WilsonAxpe PhotoAdvocacy and Stacy McClure for their photos that you can see in our Media Gallery. Unfortunately, there is no way to give photo credit in that section.