A non-profit, registered charity dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation and rehoming of farmed animals in need on 130 acres of beautiful land just 20 minutes north of Byron Bay, Australia.
***** SUMMER 2025 UPDATE *****
Like so many, we’re really feeling the effects of the ongoing cost-of-living crisis. It is heavily impacting EVERYTHING—from the cost of feed and fuel to the cost of medical care and building materials needed for day-to-day maintenance of infrastructure and to continue rebuilding from the 2022 flood disaster (yes…we’re still repairing the $150,000 worth of damage our 130-acre sanctuary sustained).
On top of this, we have experienced a dramatic drop in donations.
These two significant challenges are making it extremely difficult for us to continue offering our vital rescue services and to continue providing the best care to precious individuals with nowhere else to turn.
Despite these obstacles, we remain committed to our mission. We have continued to rescue, rehabilitate, and rehome or provide lifelong sanctuary to farmed animals in need across the greater Northern NSW and Gold Coast regions, ensuring that every animal in our care receives the love, safety, and support they deserve.
Thankfully, over the past six months, we have had plenty of rain so we’ve had ample water for the rescue animals (we’re 100% off-grid, relying solely on rainwater and solar). However, on numerous occasions, we’ve had far too much rain! During these extreme weather events, our hay, bedding, and feed costs skyrocket as we work to keep our 82 residents warm, dry, and well-fed.
As a registered charity, we rely entirely on donations to keep our gates open. And right now, we need your help more than ever.
✨ Please make a tax-deductible donation today—no matter how small (or large). Farmed animals in need are relying on your support. ✨
📌 P.S. We are entirely volunteer-run, with no staff wages and no admin costs, which means every single dollar of your generous donation goes directly to animals in need.
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Letters from the Sanctuary – ‘Owl & PussyCat Tales’
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***** NSW FLOOD DISASTERS *****
On 28 February 2022 we were inundated by a catastrophic “once in a 1000 years” flood.
The 60 metre wide raging torrents that tore through our little slice of paradise washed away our roads, our shelters, our cars, and destroyed our hay store.
Like everyone in our region, we had no electricity, no phone reception or wifi. Being without power at our off-grid sanctuary means that there is no access to running water. And the toilets were also blocked due to the deluge and mudslides making the septic system unoperational.
But with the tireless help of some amazing volunteers, we started to repair and rebuild.
And then the unthinkable happened….
Exactly 4 weeks later we were battered, yet again, by a huge amount of very heavy rain and cyclonic winds causing further damage to the land that we are the custodians of and to our infrastructure.
During both floods the Sanctuary was totally cut-off for days.
The huge volume of water caused damage of over $130,000 (this does not include our cars or personal belongings):
– our access into the Sanctuary has been so badly damaged that we currently have no vehicle access in or out
– 2 of our internal roads have washed away cutting off 2 of our paddocks
– 100’s and 100’s of metres of fencing is gone
– shelters have been swept away
– our entire hay store is gone
– feed and water troughs were swept away
– other animal housing is gone
– we have 5 large landslides on the land, creek bank collapses and severe erosion to the remaining roads
– our massive dam is gone …. it’s now full of rocks and rubble!!!!
Unbelievably, all of our precious residents survived both floods. We will forever be grateful for this!
If you would like to help us get back on our feet please consider making a tax deductible donation, buying something from our store, or volunteering. (click on the buttons above)
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
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