Our Mission is Kindness

Edgar’s Mission is a not for profit farmed animal sanctuary that seeks to create a humane and just world for all.

Sanctuary Updates

Trottings Story

The fire is hot

Posted February 07 2025

"…an unsettling realisation can emerge: the suffering we allow to befall animals—be it for our convenience, indulgence, or ignorance—is not so different from the suffering we fear for ourselves."

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Trottings Story

The sanctuary of your heart

Trottings Story

Worth the wait…

“You’ve got two weeks” will stand as four of the most promising words to ever hit our ears. They came in response to our desperate plea for more time to capture three wayward sheep who had strayed into a restricted conservation area.

Trottings Story

To lose with grace…

After so many days of retreating, I had grown accustomed to our distant dance. To accepting that her trust would come on her terms, if it were to come at all. But on this day, it felt different. That unspoken void between us seemed to shift.

Trottings Story

Step Carefully

I cannot help but smile at the simplicity of the message Chris has just imparted: how much better the world would be if we all stepped through life a little more carefully.

Your Legacy, Their Future

We all have the power to leave this world better for our being. With Include a Charity Week underway from 2-8 September, we invite you to consider including a contribution in your will to enable us to continue our ground-breaking work on behalf of vulnerable farmed animals.

Trottings Story

Finding Humanity on Platform 21

Don’t always expect the worst from people, because the best of humanity can be found everywhere.

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Stay At Edgar’s Mission

Accommodation

Tiny Houses

Wake up to this!

Enjoy the ultimate sanctuary retreat with a stay at one of our tiny houses. Overlooking the rolling hills and rescued animals of Edgar’s Mission, you’ll enjoy an immersive and environmentally-friendly experience you will never forget.

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Meet the Animals!

Animals

Our Rescued Residents

Lives transformed by kindness

Edgar’s Mission has rescued thousands of animals since it began in 2003. Today the sanctuary is home to between 350 and 450 formerly farmed animals at any given time, each with their own unique story. Read how they came to be in our care, and how their lives have been transformed by kindness!

Edgar Alan Pig

Alex

Leon Trotsky

Ruby

Clarabelle & Valentine

Clarabelle & Valentine

Red Baron (RIP)

Red Baron (RIP)

Meet the Animals

The Sanctuary

Sanctuary

A Place of Kindness

Providing a safe haven for animals

Learn the inspiring story of how Edgar's Mission started with one tiny piglet, where to find us, how to visit for a sanctuary tour, and how to get involved and help.

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Edgar's Mission TV

Classics

Pam’s TEDx Talk

Posted October 03 2023

This 11 minute talk by Edgar’s Mission Founder Pam Ahern’s incredible TEDx Talk is packed with thought-provoking insights that will touch your heart and open your mind.

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Animal Facts

Who’s the dinosaur?

Chickens are the oldest living relative of the T-Rex! Remnants of which still lurk in today’s feathered wonders such as feathers, (yes some dinosaurs had feathers), similar shaped eggs along with hand-like scaly feet with sharp claws. Chicken embryos still have a dinosaur-like tail, the gene for which turns off before the egg hatches.

Clever pigs

Pigs have been shown to have cognitive capabilities equal to or exceeding those of dogs, chimpanzees and even small children. Studies have proven they can work out how to manipulate the joystick of a computer game! Pigs are also incredibly clean. Given the chance, they will never toilet where they eat and sleep.

I miss ewe!

Sheep are highly social with sophisticated emotional skills that can recognise human and animal faces. Research increasingly suggests that sheep can form images in their brain of absent individuals when they are not visible, just as humans would think about a friend or family member that they miss.

The scoop on turkey poop

A turkey’s gender can be determined by the shape of their droppings. For male turkeys, known as Toms, they have a distinct spiral shaped poop, whilst females or hen’s poop can be distinguished by a “J” shape. This is due to the different shape of their cloaca, their elimination organ.

Here’s looking at you, kid!

Goats now have been added to the growing list of animals who can follow the gaze of humans. They too can look into the eyes of a human and seek help. Just ask our friend Steady Eddie, as he looks deep into your eyes then back to the leaf on the tree he wishes you to pick for him.

Al-paca your lunch

Alpacas, who belong to the same family as camels, have a split upper lip which they can manoeuvre to help pick grass and help draw it into their mouths. Not only are they beautiful, they are incredibly clean animals who use a communal “latrine” where they deposit all of their excrement.

What They’re Saying

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I have been to Edgar’s Mission on tours over the years and now volunteer there. Not only are the tours educational, the sanctuary is a ‘feel good’ place with beautiful animals and people.

Ellaine Di Battista

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A beautiful sanctuary for rescued animals. The staff and volunteers are fantastic. Definitely recommend a visit!

Alina Pung

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A beautiful place to visit. We were inspired by the kindness we witnessed here. Thank you for the work that you do, and for making us feel so welcome.

Natalie Whittle

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I have always dreamed a place like this where farm animals can live a wonderful life forgetting any cruelty! I visited Edgar’s Mission last week and this experience has changed my life forever. Awareness is the key to change the world!

Carla Trigilia

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