Rescue Alert: Twins For Twosday!

On February 22nd, the team at Catskill Animal Sanctuary welcomed home three sets of twins — and two mamas. It was one of the busiest rescue days we’ve had at the Sanctuary in a long time. First thing on Tuesday morning, we welcomed twin newborn calves, rescued from a dairy farm — and an hour … Read more

Joy to the World! Fabulous Four Graduate to their “Big Boy Field”

Chapter 1:  On July 28, 2012, we welcomed four newborn Jersey calves to the safety and plenty of CAS. Just days old, they were exhausted and afraid. Two were gravely ill—too weak to stand; too weak to swallow.  After an eventual diagnosis of both Giardia and e-coli (both highly contagious), we moved the boys to … Read more

Emergency Rescue: Veal Calves’ Lives Saved

[youtube]http://youtu.be/yHEnwb9Pd_s[/youtube] Just last Tuesday, I got a call about four 3-day-old calves. Unwanted by-products of a dairy farm, they were destined for a veal crate and slaughter at four months old. (Dairy cows must give birth to produce milk for human consumption; their baby boys are of little or no value to the dairy farmer … Read more