10 Steps to Take Before You Even THINK About Opening a Sanctuary (Part 1)

If sanctuary founders have one thing in common, it’s a desire to help suffering animals experience safety, security, and the touch of kind hands: in other words, the opposite of suffering. Beyond that, we’re an eclectic lot: we are former teachers, marketers, attorneys, truck drivers, activists, sales-people, filmmakers… and Daily Show hosts.

Shouting Out Hope: We Met Our Grant Match Goal!

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.95″ background_layout=”light”] On Friday, December 29th, the last business day of 2017, we were shouting in the Catskill Animal Sanctuary office. Every few minutes, someone would yell out numbers. It was like being on the floor of The New York Stock Exchange. “Ten!” “Five!” “Fifty over here!” We were calling out the … Read more

Full Throttle: “Whatever it Takes” in the Winter of 2018

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.95″ background_layout=”light”] Plenty of challenges accompany a “normal” winter day at Catskill Animal Sanctuary: ice must be broken in troughs that lack heaters, compromised animals must be blanketed, bedding in pig houses doubled or even tripled to ensure our porcine friends’ safety and warmth. And then there are the chickens: the care … Read more