25 March 2025 Dear Friend, For nearly 25 years, Catskill Animal Sanctuary has been a soft landing place not only for thousands of animals, but for thousands of humans as well. In fact, the magic of good sanctuaries is that they are havens for everyone lucky enough to experience them. For animals, they’re truly heaven … Read more
Twenty-four years ago today, an ancient pony limped slowly off the trailer that had pulled in front of the borrowed piece of property where Catskill Animal Sanctuary got its start. His name was Dino. He was our first rescue. Some weeks earlier, a teenager had walked into Brooklyn’s Bergen Beach Stables where Dino lived and … Read more
At Catskill Animal Sanctuary, we’ve learned a thing or two in 22 years of rescuing farm animals from the horrors of animal hoarding, backyard butchers, abandonment, and industry, and in recognition of World Farm Animals Day. If you’ve followed our journey, you’ve heard us say that rescuing farm animals is the easy part of our … Read more
(Photo: Senior Horse Barclay led by Animal Care Team Leader, Gabby) Even when it’s unusually mild, winter is tough on old beings, no matter their species. At CAS, we do our utmost to help our elders through winter safely and comfortably, yet at the back of our minds, the question “Will they make it through … Read more
It is unusually mild on this late December morning as I stroll the grounds to spend some quiet time with our four-legged and feathered friends. Down equine alley, I call to Buddy the blind horse, who’s napping in his pasture. The old man lifts his head at the sound of my voice, and walks confidently … Read more
Violet was one of eight goats born at the end of January, 2015 in the craziest 30 hours in our history. Her mother, Vanna, was one of over 100 animals rescued from a backyard slaughter operation in Orange County, NY late in the fall of 2015. CAS stepped up to accept 27 goats; other sanctuaries … Read more
In the winter of 2007, we couldn’t possibly have known that an aging, nearly-blind horse who came down our driveway at Catskill Animal Sanctuary would change our lives forever. But he did, and 15 years later, we’ve just said goodbye. Our hearts are simultaneously heavy, relieved for an animal who was finally ready to move … Read more
Reflections for the New Year I get it. I’m exhausted, too, depleted by a two-year pandemic that continues to outwit us, by political nonsense from the federal level down to our individual communities, by the growing gap between the extremely wealthy and everyone else, by the recognition that the window to change the trajectory of … Read more
“He was magnificent.” These are the words we’re hearing this week as we share the news of the sudden death of beloved Amos the steer, our grilled cheese gourmand, wedding “officiant,” and most importantly, giver of one million kisses.* Amos died unexpectedly on Saturday afternoon, surrounded by many who loved him, including his pasture mate … Read more
Twenty years ago, Catskill Animal Sanctuary opened our barn doors and welcomed Dino, a Shetland pony close to 30 years old. Tiny Dino, at 300 pounds and 36” tall was our first rescue. Dino was the sole survivor of a horrible fire set by a teenager at Brooklyn’s Bergen Beach Stable. Twenty horses died immediately; … Read more
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