The maternal instincts that we humans have are not dissimilar to those of other animals. All desire to be happy mothers! In this respect, farmed animals are well denoted. So, when it comes to any attempt at interference between a mother and her offspring, those who...
There is strong scientific evidence that animals experience a spectrum of emotions - including, yes, LOVE. As far back as Pythagoras, great minds believed that animals were able to experience emotions such as joy, fear, jealousy, compassion and other feelings,...
Joey, the calf, landed in our hands as a result of twists of fate that we may never be able to fully explain. What is known to us is that Joey, a baby only mere weeks old, was found struggling to try and gain ground up an embankment of the river he had strayed...
Cassidy was a mere five months old when he came to us, along with his mother Rosebud. He was part of a succession of calves who had been bred and born into a situation where they were viewed and used as commodities. Those before him, Rosebud’s previous calves, had...
Sweet Rosebud formerly lived on a homestead. The family who was keeping her had endeavored to live “off the land” and “off the grid”. But, as happens all too often in these types of situations, they later had a change of heart. Inevitably, it came time to...
Dear Jimmy came into our care even before the buildout of the sanctuary. But when we were contacted by two incredible women working in rescue (whom we'd met during a prior case at a sanctuary where we had previously volunteered) we knew it was meant to be that he...