Vegan Oreo Truffles

Looking for an easy vegan treat? While we can’t take credit for the original recipe, we did feel responsible for sharing it after making these vegan Oreo truffles. Treats this good, this easy, and this vegan need to find their way into bellies everywhere. It’s just another example of how easy it is to enjoy being vegan.

We’re Doing “No Mow” May!

Our friends at Pollinator Pathway have encouraged us to take on the “No Mow” May challenge, so when you visit the Sanctuary please pardon our appearance: we are letting our lawns grow into pollinator-friendly meadows for the whole month of May! Why Are Lawns Causing A Problem? They provide little to no habitat They add … Read more

An Open Letter From Catskill Animal Sanctuary: We’re Seeing Climate Change At Home

At Catskill Animal Sanctuary, we’ve been deeply connected to the 150 acres that comprise our home for the past 21 years: warm pastures where contented  cows sunbathe, ponds where ducks swim for hours, fields for horses to run and roll in, and graceful willows dipping their branches low for goats to nibble on.    Each … Read more

Best Vegan Pot Pie

vegan pot pie

Pot pie is quintessential comfort food, and vegan pot pie is the only way to make it! With a tender crust on top and a thick, rich filling bubbling away inside–our Best Vegan Pot Pie is the kind of dish you can cozy up or offer as the centerpiece to a holiday meal. 

Why Go Vegan? Hope.

Hope… Relentless. Powerful. Passionate. Consider the lengths that some will go to be kind to one animal. To save one life. To love and heal one innocent being. For the ones who do it day in and day out, the job can be grueling. Heartbreaking. Neverending. Billions of animals suffer unspeakable cruelty and die tragically … Read more

Sanctuary Update: Preventing HPAI H5 (Highly Pathogenic Avian Flu)

Unfortunately, as you may have heard on the news, highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI H5) has reached our region of New York.  At this point in time, we know this strain is exclusive to birds, so we don’t want visitors to be worried about catching it! But this strain is highly contagious and extremely lethal … Read more

Rescue Alert: Twins For Twosday!

On February 22nd, the team at Catskill Animal Sanctuary welcomed home three sets of twins — and two mamas. It was one of the busiest rescue days we’ve had at the Sanctuary in a long time. First thing on Tuesday morning, we welcomed twin newborn calves, rescued from a dairy farm — and an hour … Read more

Vegan Super Bowl Menu

Chili nachos

If you want to be on the winning team this year, we’ve got some ideas for a vegan Super Bowl menu. Just because January’s over doesn’t mean you have to abandon resolutions about eating better or going vegan. Super Bowl Sunday is a great time to refocus on those goals because let’s be serious, game … Read more