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Motherhood Without Consent: How Animal Agriculture Exploits Female Bodies
Every Mother’s Day, we celebrate the depth of a mother’s love. We send flowers. We make dinner reservations. We pause to honor the women who raised us. But the holiday we observe today was never meant to be about dinners or flowers. And the mothers we forget to honor outnumber us by billions. The Radical […]
Meditation & MOOvement
Join meditation and qigong instructor Charity Kahn for a morning of peaceful practice at Animal Place on Saturday, May 30 2026 at 10 AM. We’ll experience lovingkindness meditation, walking meditation, and the gentle moving meditation of qigong, all with kind awareness of the cherished animal residents of the sanctuary. We’ll connect with the Earth, our animal relatives, each […]
The Farm Bill’s Hidden Attack on Animal Protection Laws
On April 30, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Food and National Security Act of 2026 by a vote of 224–20. Supporters called it bipartisan progress. Animal advocates know better. This bill is, at its core, a gift to factory farming interests, and it just moved one step closer to becoming law. The Threat: […]
Longtime Volunteer Trish Eley Spills the Beans on What Keeps Her Coming Back
Meet Trish Eley! Trish has been volunteering at Animal Place since August 2013. It all started when former volunteer Colleen invited Trish to help take care of Jujube and Jellybean, our sanctuary donkeys. Trish, having been a guardian of horses in the past, was delighted. The rest is history. Trish’s love for our donkeys, or […]
The USDA wants to speed up slaughter lines. Why that matters – Take Action by Monday!
The USDA has proposed eliminating slaughter line speed limits for pigs and significantly increasing them for birds, all while gutting worker safety oversight in one of the country’s most dangerous industries. The public comment window closes this Monday, April 20. What this proposal means Slaughter line speeds determine how many animals are killed per hour […]
Shipped Like Objects, Dying in Transit: The Cruelty of Mailing Day-Old Chicks
They’re shipped as parcels. They die as living beings. When someone orders day-old chicks from an online hatchery, those animals enter a system not designed for them. Under current policy, chicks are classified as perishable goods within the U.S. Mail system and handled in the same logistical category as items such as food or plants. […]
Donate to Sheep Shearing 2026
It’s time for the sheep to get nekkid! With temperatures climbing, the sheep are ready to get a haircut and be free of their winter wool coats. This annual tradition keeps the sheep cooler during the summer months. And here is your chance to keep a sanctuary sheep comfortable and provide your local birds with […]
High Tea: Celebrating All Mother Figures
Join us on Sunday, May 3rd 2026 from 11:00 AM-2:00 PM at Animal Place for our High Tea: Celebration of All Mother Figures event! We’re celebrating all mother figures with tea from Numi and Chico Chai, delicious plant-based pastries from Sugar Plum Vegan, and tea sandwiches by Drea Mason of Vegan Circus. We will also have fun crafts like bouquet- and wreath-making, and you will […]
