Unity Farm Sanctuary

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🐂🐓🌱🦃🐖🐎🪿🦙🐑🐄 Farmed Animals' Sanctuary in Sherborn MA (USA) #KindnessCompassionConnection #WeAreSanctuary https://www.unityfarmsanctuary.org/

Wallace the Red at Unity Farm Sanctuary
Adele and Star Donkeys at Unity Farm Sanctuary
Miss Bonnie, A Gloucester Old Spot rescue pigs at Unity Farm Sanctuary
Hamish the White Scottish Highland at Unity Farm Sanctuary
We began a process today that might remind you of a sliding tile puzzle! Tye and Liz sure had fun with this one! The Alpaca Guys all moved in with the Alpaca Gals today (the boys were long ago neutered and are elderly to boot - no offspring, we promise). That went smoothly. Moving with them are Ellie the Pyreneese/Anatolian and Dakota the Pyrenees. THEN, moving the four Kune Kune pig kids (Mirabella, Belladonna, Eddie Poe and Willie Blake) to what used to be the Alpaca Gals space. Once everyone is completely settled in, we will be adding our delightful foster fail pair of Kune Kune emergency rescues! The Alpaca web camera will be adjusted this week. The big hayfeeder moved, and other components have to move shortly too. See? It is like a sliding tile puzzle! And there will be more moving around to come as winter starts to hint that she is around the corner. Thank you Volunteer Sue for the photos! #WeAreSanctuary
We are grateful for the rain that we had over the weekend. Droughts for many weeks is now made better by the rain. Dudley loves the cool air!
Penny Blossom Pig is doing spectacularly with her skin cancer treatments at Cornell Veterinary Hospital!
The humidity and heat will be better tomorrow, thankfully. Our birds are very stressed in heat waves, and the mammals are not too happy about them either! Have a Blue Sky day friends! #WeAreSanctuary
Caregiver Lila hanging out with little Willie Blake!
Rescue, and sanctuary, are not easy or simple paths to live out one's life. I would not have it any other way. Rescue animals, surrender requests, and the people involved are complicated. We work hard each day to do our best, evaluating constructive criticism, opportunities, and lessons learned to rescue who we can, network who we can, nurture everyone here. We believe in our mission, vision and values, and welcome all of you to be engaged with our efforts! Together everyone can find their prosocial path to saving animals, people, and the planet. See you tomorrow! Handsome Dudley the Highland says "Mooooovelous"!
Star Doggo!
Unity Farm Sanctuary will be interviewing and selecting a new Board Member to fill the vacancy left when Tyler Wehr stepped down from the Board to take on the role of Shelter Manager this spring. We welcome inquiries at kindness@unityfarmsanctuary.org The Sanctuary is a place of kindness, compassion, and connection. I hope you will join us in our efforts. Working with a mission you believe in, you will do great things for others in need, and a beautiful thing for yourself as well. The Sanctuary has core values that guide our vegan mission and our daily actions. *Compassion - We treat the animals, each other, and the planet with kindness and consideration. *Respect - We listen with empathy for one another; valuing an individual’s dignity and feelings, while treating people and animals humanely *Community - We collaborate and build community through partnerships founded on integrity and trust. *Leadership - We lead by example by developing, promoting and sharing new ideas and programs to help animals, people and the planet. *Transformation - We judge our effectiveness by the extent to which animal lives are saved and improved, and by the positive experiences of the people whose lives we touch. With these values, our mission was created. The mission of Unity Farm Sanctuary is to provide a safe and loving lifelong home for farmed animals, to offer the public unique educational programs, and to promote a culture of kindness and connection. We support the entire New England community with numerous programs that are constantly expanding. Sanctuary virtual programs reach far beyond the region. Our goal is to make a positive and meaningful difference in the lives of animals, people and the world around us. We will make a positive and meaningful difference in the lives of animals, people and the world around us. We can envision a world someday where animals won’t need to be rescued. Let's get working! https://www.unityfarmsanctuary.org/post/values-mission-vision
Looking across the span at Unity Farm Sancutary
Wish Jaina Osa Pig (9) happy birthday! Osa has a larger than life personality, she is queen of the Big piggies' paddock. Her arthritis has been an issue this past year, but we are treating it with the help of Cornell's vet hospital.
Penny Blossom Pig at Unity Farm Sanctuary
Caring for over 250 rescued animals is a daily commitment - which means daily costs. Did you know that monthly giving helps us plan ahead, provide consistent care, and say yes when animals need a second chance?
There are many ways to decide if you had a successful day. A list maybe. Add to that list: who did you help? Were you kind? Did you give yourself some grace if you needed it? Sending you all love 🙏💖 #WeAreSanctuary Nighttime in the Feathered Freinds area of Unity Farm Sanctuary
It has been an intense week of surrender calls this week, and behind-the-scenes work to save many farmed animals (and also companion animals). I often can't share details of some rescues because if needed, I promise privacy and non-disclosure to achieve the Save. It is so important to try. I can't imagine doing anything else but sometiimes there is heartbreak when I cannot save an animal. We cannot take in all resuces who need us but we try to save as many as we can. Those of you who know me, know that I often hope for expansion land. Every day I work with our team to combine our humane education efforts with the amazing care of the rescues here, plus outreach for the public's engagement, to grow what we do. Kindness and Compassion matter. Thank you for being on the journey with me. #WeAreSanctuary
Dudley turns 10 in 2025! 🐂🥳💐🎂🎼🎈🎁🎉🎊 On Saturday June 7th, mark your calendars for Dudleyfest, tickets on sale May 1. Dudleyfest swag will be on sale soon, we will let you know when the shirts are ready! Great vendors and groups will be here, this is so far! https://www.unityfarmsanctuary.org/dudleyfest
At least once a year, or more often if needed - Bovine Mani-Pedis! Yes, hoof trims. Our stone dust footing helps a little (a bit like walking on an emery board to keep some of the hooves naturally trimmed. Bob Crockett really needed his done at this point, and he looks great. Thank you to bovine farrier Jon and the animal caregiver team here!🐮🐂 Your support makes this important and necessary care procedure possible!
Animal Caregiver Liz will be in the middle of any happy cuddle pile at Unity Farm Sanctuary ! #WeAreSanctuary
This post is a long one, bear with me. I am going to start off with Mike's message: "If anyone wants to make or send a Get Well Penny Blossom Pig card, I will take them up to her at Cornell Nemo Farm Animal Hospital on Friday this week, and also next week. She will love them!" 🐷🌸Penny Blossom's update is that... SHE made a lot of decisions for us last week. If you have been following, she had been limping on her front here, and we got her up to Cornell quickly. It was definitely an infection, but after debriding the toe, it was actually a BONE infection all the way to the coffin bone. (I will share photos in the comments). With the agreement of the doctors, we made the choice to remove the infected toe, to ramp up the speed of her healing from months to weeks, to get her back to living happily at home sooner, reducing her pronounced pain, and having her living her life, not matter how long. She was not bearing weight on the infected bone after debridment, but now is noticeably brighter and bearing weight on the good toe. Having only one toe gives her some limits if anything happen to that toe. At ten years old, she deserves her best days to be at home. We are expecting to bring her back home in 3 weeks or so, if all goes well. Everyone there loves her, and she gets loving visitors from the other sanctuaries too. We don't focus on the cost directly, but we are always mindful of the costs (around $15,000-20,000 this trip) and mostly having our attention on her quality of life. Her skin cancer is under control too, and Cornell is learning a lot about the electrochemotherapy results with her. Mike drove back to NY to visit with her this weekend and she is doing well (after they reattached her IV more securely today). Any get well cards you want to make we will post them in her stall at Cornell, and later, here! Send them to UFS 17 Unity Ln, Sherborn MA 01770 or drop them off! 🐽
Danny Boy Pig at Unity Farm Sanctuary
🌎 It was a wonderful day of community at JP Farm Sanctuary in LItchfield CT today. They hosted Gene Baur, founder of Farm Sanctuary for an inspiring talk, then the beautiful gift of time to visit their rescues. Great vegan food from GMonkey Mobile, Ayla's Bagels & Coffee, Love it Vegan & JP! John and Kathy, and Tye and Ann Wehr of Unity Farm Sanctuayr felt pretty happy to be there! Wyndham Farm (RI), Behind your Milk (MA) and Clover's Pig Preserve (CT) and many other dedicated animal activists and rescue friends were in attendance. We are stronger together, and we were inspired by the energy. 🙏💪⚡️
Hamish at Unity Farm Sanctuary
Mike Tuberdyke and Penny Blossom
Dougie, Amelia and Nellie pigs at Unity Farm Sanctuary
Dudley and Pal McTrouble at Unity Farm Sanctuary
Turkeys at Unity Farm Sanctuary What is this little convo all about I wonder? #seriousdiscussion
Bob, Wallace, Elliot and Audrey Heifer at Unity Farm Sanctuary
Beautiful rooster at Unity Farm Sanctuary
Happy 6th Birthday Good Will the Cheviot Sheep! Loved so much, his rescuer named him Good Will. Handsome and supper fluffy fella!
Friends make life worth living! They come in all shapes and sizes too 🥰 Adele Donkey and Kipper Goat share a moment at Unity Farm Sanctuary (thank you volunteer Lori for the sweet photo) #WeAreSanctuary #KindnessCompassionConnection
Hamish the Highland calf is surrounded by some of the balls our bovines at Unity Farm Sanctuary enjoy!
Happy 21st birthday Orchid llama 🦙 You are beautiful and gentle ,and always keep an eye out for your herd #WeAreSanctuary #KindnessCompassionConnection
Humane Education Director Jennifer D'Angelo not only has the attention of the members of the Powissett Farm 4H Club visiting for a program... clearly, Kipper and Pippie can't take their eyes off of her either! #WeAreSanctuary #KindnessCompassionCOnnection
Lydia Goat with her buddy Misty Goat, at Unity Farm Sanctuary
Star Doggo, Casey Doggo, and Moe Doggo at Unity Farm Sanctuary
Wallace the Red, 6th birthday at Unity Farm Sanctuary
Hera Goose on her way home to Unity Farm Sanctuary
Hera Goose at Unity Farm Sanctuary - waiting for surgery for her broken wing at MSPAC Angell West
Midas, Domino, Tomie and Danny Alpaca at Unity Farm Sanctuary
A) Star Donkey was 120 pounds overweight when she arrived (she is 400 pounds now!) B) JJ Goose could live to up to 40 years C) Dudley the Highland is an omnivore One of these is NOT true!
Bob Crockett Holstein at Unity Farm Sanctuary with his big yoga ball
Micky Horse manages to scrape his eye surface!
Full moon at the alpaca barn at Unity Farm Sanctuary
Maxine Llama at Unity Farm Sanctuary kissing Volunteer Sue
Star Doggo at Unity Farm Sanctuary after a surprise overnight dusting of snow.
Belladonna pig at Unity Farm Sanctuary
Penny Blossom Pig is 9 and loves her baths here at Unity Farm Sanctuary
Lovebug, Hotrod and Clyde Goats greet the spring weather at Unity Farm Sanctuary
Bob Crockett the Holstein Steer is playing with his blue ball at Unity Farm Sanctuary
Dudley the Scottish Highland with his "dad" David Wirbal who was instrumental in his rescue
Roos and Hens of the Bodie Coop are part of the late afternoon Rock Gang, before roosting.