Simon, Our First Foal!

Simon was born in the early morning hours on April 17, 2012 – the exact birth date that the vet projected! His mother, beautiful Lady Jane, was surrendered to CAS …

Happy Ending for the Twins

You might remember that last August we took in four female sheep (two sets of twins)! The girls, Brigid, Mira, Marina, and Kybele, grew up on a heritage-breed meat farm …

Bob & Midnight from the South Bronx

We got a call last Tuesday from a school teacher in the South Bronx (NYC). She had spotted two chickens hanging out around the school – walking around the playground, …

Atlas Took the Weight of the World in Stride

When Atlas and his 18 goat friends were rescued from an animal hoarder in June 2010, I had been on staff for nine months. By then, I had heard many …

Welcome, Ciara!

We’re pleased to welcome Ciara Fiack, our new Animal Care Director at CAS! (Abbie Rogers, our previous Animal Care Director, has decided to move to warmer weather.) Ciara will act …

Ten Rescued; Ten Billion More in Need

Last weekend, Catskill Animal Sanctuary visitors walked out with me to meet the horses we’d rescued just two days earlier. In the ten years since CAS was founded, this case …

Sunny Brightens Our Day

There was a surprise waiting for me in my office Monday morning, and it wasn’t exactly the kind of surprise I was hoping for. It was something an animal had …

Welcome, Apache!

This big boy, a Boer goat, is all (crooked) smiles since his arrival from a farm in foreclosure. Having just been neutered, he’s still a little….er…pungent… but making friends nonetheless! …

Just Two Tiny Horses

We thought we’d placed all eleven miniature horses from our November rescue at a Midwest hoarding operation. However, interest in the gorgeous and affectionate Merlin (shown here) and stout little …

Welcome Home, Little Ones

On Tuesday, I hopped three planes, then picked up a rental car and drove several hours to meet a woman whose rescue organization in a remote part of the Midwest …