Isn't this place pretty? It's Animal Acres, a farm animal sanctuary. It provides a home for many animals that were treated like commodities rather than living creatures.
My hubby and I spent half of Saturday helping out here. We mucked out stalls, shoveled a lot of manure, layed down straw, and tried to help out. In return we were able to hangout with pigs, geese, chickens, goats, sheep, donkeys, and cows.
What struck me most was how distinct every animal's personality was! There was the goose, Buffy, who was the "watchgoose" and followed me around. Then were was Macy the pig, who would run up and find out what we were doing whenever we were in the pig area. Honky Tonk the donkey was very friendly and loved being petted, while Harley the donkey was more aloof.
Checkout this picture of a cute girl in her food:
I look forward to helping out here again. I think we're going to coordinate a trip with the Pathfinders (youth group) so they can practice volunteering and learn why we don't eat animals!
Wow, that is so cool, it must have felt really rewarding...is this sanctuary near you in los angeles area? Do you know if they take interns? Im not in a possition to intern RIGHT NOW, but I'd love to have a sanctuary for farmed animals one day and I want to intern at someplace like Farm Sanctuary or something....anyways, great work! And yes, that wee pig is mighty cute!
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Yes, they take interns who can live on the sanctuary for a month. If that's a big commitment, you can volunteer on a daily basis 7 days a week! It's in Acton, which is just north of LA.
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