She Wanted Her Life: Considering Your Barbecued Chicken
If you’re like me, there’s little you won’t do to enrich the life of your dog or your cat: we want our beloveds to thrive. That same approach occurs here …
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Animals as Partners in Our Work for a Vegan World: A Response to Effective Altruism
It feels ironic that as the number of sanctuaries worldwide explodes, so, too, does the criticism of sanctuaries by prominent players within the animal rights movement. This is largely due …
Hannah’s Jealousy: Remembering the Glory Days
When Hannah arrived at Catskill Animal Sanctuary fourteen years ago, she was terrified of humans. She’d been found in a Queens cemetery with what looked like stab wounds, and at …
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Hindsight Is 20/20: Reflections on Derby Day
My father, Ed Stevens, was a charismatic, larger-than-life man who built Rocketts Mill Farm one pasture, one road, one barn at a time—the same way we built Catskill Animal Sanctuary. …
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Meet Nina: Our Baby Lamb Rescued From Easter Slaughter
In eighteen years of rescue, we’ve learned a lot about sheep. They are loyal, affectionate, and shy. To get to know a sheep is to earn their trust, and to …
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Goodbye, Leo
It seems like any moment we’ll see you on one of your walks, wearing the adorable coats you needed to keep your delicate body warm. Any moment we expect to …
Remembering Sadie: Lessons From an Old Cow’s Final Hours
Sadie, devoted stepmom to orphaned Blossom and Benjamin and friend to our beloved Tucker, died last week. She was 27 years old. At breakfast on Wednesday morning, we found Sadie …
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10 Steps to Take Before You Even THINK About Opening a Sanctuary (Part 2)
I’m always asked, “How did you get the money?” as if there’s a single approach. Nope. There are a zillion approaches. A couple suggestions, though…
Lucia: A Celebration of Life
Lucia came to the Sanctuary in May of 2015, quickly fashioning herself into “the eccentric grandmother” who led the Underfoots— our eclectic gang of free-range characters— on adventures large and small…
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.
