Bring your boots and get ready to get up-close and personal with our rescued animals on this very special Founder-Led Sanctuary Tour with our “Rule-Breaker In Chief”. Kathy Stevens is an author, rescuer, educator, and award-winning thought-leader in the vegan community. See Catskill Animal Sanctuary like you never have before! This exclusive tour is extremely … Read more
Welcome home, Buddy! Meet our newest rescue, the 31-year-old blind Appaloosa, who is gentle as can be. Most people are either unable or unwilling to provide the extra care required when horses lose their vision, and so many are euthanized. Buddy, in fact, was scheduled to be euthanized the very day we rescued him, as … 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
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. In its heyday (the 1980’s and 90’s), Rocketts Mill was one of the East Coast’s leading thoroughbred breeding and training farms, and to say that … Read more
Best Vegan Chefs: Compassionate Cuisine Wins in Hudson Valley Linda Soper-Kolton and Sara Boan, the best vegan chefs in the Hudson Valley, are being celebrated by Hudson Valley Magazine! For the latest updates on their wonderful classes, sign up for our Compassionate Cuisine newsletter! Gobble & Groove 2018 Was a Hit! Through broken clouds with … Read more
This week we lost one of our long time residents, an ancient mare named Crystal. She arrived in 2008, and for many years lived with a group of gentle, older horses behind the main barn. Her eyes had been an ongoing problem for years, so much so that by last fall she was nearly blind. … Read more
Now that the new mayor has pledged to end the carriage horse industry, the drivers are fighting back. Most recently, carriage horse spokersperson Christina Hansen published a piece in Thursday’s New York Post titled, “Eight Lies ‘Advocates’ Told About Carriage Horses.” The drivers have gone so far as to hire The Cavalry Group, whose mission is to … Read more
Meet Haddie! Haddie is a beautiful Quarter Horse mix, 14.3 hands high and approximately 12 years old. One of a dozen severely neglected animals (including her adult daughter Collette) rescued in 2011 from a notorious hoarder in Upstate NY, Haddie now spends her days at CAS relaxing and grazing with the mares in Noah’s small … Read more
Our Featured Creature is Montana, or Monty for short! Monty is a flashy, 10 year old, quarter horse cross gelding who stands statuesque at 15.2 hands high. He was rescued, along with many other horses, from terrible neglect and abuse at the hands hoarder in October 2011. Monty has since made a full recovery and truly … Read more
When you think of New York City during the holidays, images of Broadway shows, the Rockefeller Center’s Christmas tree, The Empire State Building, and snowy horse-drawn carriage rides in Central Park probably come to mind. Yet, sadly, what appears to be a romantic way to enjoy the famous park (especially during the holidays), is actually … Read more
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