Mother’s Day is a time to celebrate the love and nurturing we receive from the special people in our lives. But this year at Catskill Animal Sanctuary, Mother’s Day feels even more poignant as we welcome our new sheep mothers and their babies, spending their first spring with us enveloped in love. Watching the lambs—who … Read more
Our hearts are absolutely bursting as we welcome our two newest rescues to Catskill Animal Sanctuary: Longhorn cows Cecil and Hazel! These two breathtaking animals have only just arrived, but we can already tell just how much of an impact they’ll have for years to come. They come to us from another sanctuary whose animals … Read more
Kathy Stevens, founder and executive director of the nonprofit Catskill sanctuary, started the event in August 2020, staging it remotely the same month the postponed Tokyo Olympics were scheduled to be held. The Catskill sanctuary was the only participant that year and it raised more than $42,000 from supporters who solicited donations for each mile … Read more
This Thanksgiving season, instead of serving a turkey, we hope you’ll consider sponsoring one! When you sign up for a sponsorship with us, you are directly contributing to the health and well-being of our rescued friends, like Michael, Imogen, and Malika. Despite the pervasive myth that turkeys are so dumb, that they’d “drown in the … Read more
“We just had a box of chicks show up, and [the whole box] is dead… This is just—happens repeatedly… Please, please do something for these poor animals.” This spring has introduced new challenges to our sadly typical rescue request influx, as folks are not only panic-buying cleaning supplies and toilet paper, but now, it … Read more
“After 10 years of looking into thousands of pig eyes, I’ve come to understand that they’re never vacant. There’s always someone looking back at me” – Bob Comis In the five years that Mario and Audrey have been here, we’ve come to know them as unique and sensational individuals. We’ve seen them take elaborate mud … Read more
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