Avalon

Updated February 16, 2024

“Can someone please help me out I have a full grown female goat wanting to give away but marketplace won’t allow me to post…free of charge”.

So began our introduction to a sweet little brown and white goat. Now before you judge the humans of this circumstance, remember you never know their story and probably never will, and no one has made us judge and jury.

Yet what we do know was that at the heart of it all was an animal whose life hung in the balance. And whilst social media pages and calls to the sanctuary are peppered with such cries, each one tearing at our hearts, we are not always in a position to directly assist.

however, in this one, we were.

Cautious of humans, for those to date did not fully understand her, Avalon appears willing to give our species another try

If Avalon’s story, although that was not her name at the time, commanded our empathy, it was the pictures of her sweet little velvety nose punching through the bars that contained her, that called us to action.

Cautious of humans, for those to date did not fully understand her, Avalon appears willing to give our species another try. And at just six years young, there is every reason to believe she will become everything she was always meant to be.

Now safely ensconced in sanctuary, dear Avalon is curiously coming to terms with her new way of living. A lawnmower no more, although grass will always be at her pleasure, along with everything to fulfill her goaty desires, we trust it will not be too long before our new friend realises, she has found her Camelot.

Monet, the rooster, embodied beauty amid cruelty. Abandoned with his hind toes amputated, Monet’s story urges us to leave impressions of kindness that outshine the shadows of cruelty.

Found abandoned, her fractured leg spoke of hardship. Yet, she embraced surgery, adapting to life on three limbs with grace. Miranda’s journey challenges us to reconsider our perceptions, reminding us of the shared essence that binds us all.

In the wake of Fae’s groundbreaking surgery, we exhale, beginning her journey to recovery. Reminded of life’s fragility, we stand ready to support her. With each day, Fae embraces new sensations, infused with the promise of kindness and the pledge to rewrite her destiny.

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it a goat? No, it’s Manfred Lamb! And he recently touched down into our hearts. Heralding the start of lambing season this year, dear Manfred is the first of our 2024 arrivals.

In the heart of the mangrove swamp, amidst blackberry scratches and mosquito swarms, a team embarked on a mission: rescuing a dumped rooster. As dusk loomed, their perseverance paid off in a dramatic finale, with Tylden Lad’s triumphant capture at the eleventh hour, marking a race against time and fate.

At just over one year of age, things were looking grim for Carlos. A sweet, albeit timid, young Boer goat, his immature body had taken a savage beating due to the insidious Barber’s pole worm. However, the most urgent of his woes, which far surpassed this, was a crunchy lump on his right thigh that told a crushed tibia bone lay painfully shattered underneath…

Meet this adorable and affectionate little lad named Rocky Balboa. Yet there are no fly kicks from him. In fact, the only thing that will hit you when you meet him is how endearing he is, and how undeserving he was of the dire fate he faced.

After being abandoned and almost hit by a car, these pigs were exhausted, underweight and covered in lice. But now this happy quartet have been given names synonymous with peace, as this is our promise for how they shall live out their days.

Ann, a sweet little doe-eyed heifer calf was recently spotted on our morning rounds. She was huddled in a tight ball in our tree plantation line, which separates this property from the next.

Dust bathing for the first time in her 73-week life is Katie. Her “sister”, Kayla, eagerly watching on as her blind friend kicks dirt every which way.

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