Community Foundation of Teton Valley
189 N. Main St., Ste. 112
Driggs, ID 83422
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 1523
Driggs, ID 83422
Project Vet StallsÂ
HAPI Trails – Horse Adoption Program – $1,500 The Community Foundation of Teton Valley was honored to award a $1,500 partial grant to the HAPI Trails Horse Adoption Program to support the construction of quarantine stalls and an outdoor vet stall to allow the rescue of higher-risk animals in poor health within the community.      HAPI Trails receives more requests to intake abused, abandoned, and neglected horses than its facility can accommodate. Frequently, the organization cannot take animals in poor health because…
Community Counts: HAPI Trails Horse Rescue
Horses have incredible hearing, with the ability to hear the heartbeat of a human from four feet away. In the wild, horses will synchronize their heartbeats to the other horses in the herd in order to sense danger more quickly. Studies have shown that domesticated horses will also use this tactic when interacting with humans, synchronizing to our heartbeats, thus sensing slight adjustments in our mood. HAPI Trails has used a similar technique when working with troubled horses, consciously calming…
