Beans, 26, and Diesel, 31, arrived on Saturday to the warm embrace of CAS staff, volunteers and visitors.  They are both half Belgian draft horse, half donkey. Beans is very thin; Diesel is emaciated. The boys were out of options and nearly out of time, as their situation had grown desperate. No matter. What matters is that … Read more

Two nights ago, 21 goats arrived at Catskill Animal Sanctuary from a hoarder in Pennsylvania. The hoarder, an educated woman, has hundreds of animals on her derelict property: pigs, horses, sheep, donkeys, alpacas, many species of birds, reptiles. Like many hoarders, she considers herself an animal rescuer; indeed, lots of folks have entrusted their beloved … Read more