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Sasparilla

Full Name

Sasparilla

Kind

Sheep

Date of Entry

20th April 2023

Special Ability

Resilience

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Sasparilla’s story

The Warrior Within – Meet Sarsaparilla

Updated May 3, 2023

Our first introduction to the wee little lamb with the sweetest of faces, the one who we would name Sarsaparilla, came by way of an appeal for help, along with a video of her stoically trying to keep up with her dear mumma.

Despite the strongest of bonds between the two, and her mumma’s encouraging calls, and her hesitant gait, Sarsaparilla’s severely contracted tendons in her front legs prevented her from doing so.

What came next was to almost break our hearts as it was to surely break the physical connection between mother and child. Yet it was the only one that would give the tiny lamb a chance at life.

And whilst we were able to provide sanctuary for little Sarsaparilla, alas our pleas for her mumma to come too were to go unheeded.

Amongst the confusion Sarsaparilla then found herself in, she too found the warrior within.

Over and over, we find that in animals we have our greatest of teachers

A fierce ability to soldier on and find a calmness in what seemed an unfamiliar world. A strength and courage to accept our kindness and bottles of sweet-tasting formula, and a brave vulnerability to submit to our gentle yet determined endeavours and splints to get those legs to fulfill their charter.

Over and over, we find that in animals we have our greatest of teachers. Sarsaparilla is yet another grand master, for she passively and persuasively reminds us that the greatest battles we face in life are not those we have with one another or even between nations, but rather the demons within ourselves and how we handle adversity.

For we can wallow in self-pity and expect others to remove us from this mire, or we can find a calmness of mind to control what we can and accept what we cannot. We can summon our courage and temper it with our vulnerability and show a willingness to take risks.

And in doing all of this find our inner power – our warrior within.

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.

“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”.

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