The inspirational story of how a working dog who was beaten for not working has become an ambassador for kindness.

With a sign reading, “Free to good home” this soon became a prophecy, as Alex Layhey and Gretta Lay were sanctuary bound.

It is indeed a miracle of love that both were able to walk out of that dark and stormy night and into kindness, warmth and good nutrition.

At first glance, it was thought Elva was dead in a field. But Elva is very much alive today—and so too is her precious baby.

Alerted by a Facebook post about an abandoned hen in a park near a busy road, our kind-heart sprang into action.

Found in the middle of road, not moving and heavily pregnant, it was the kindness of her rescuers that brought Aries to sanctuary.

Whoever said it is the little things in life that count could well have been speaking about two almost identical twin lambs named Rollsy and Royce.

He flew into our hearts after falling from a fast-moving vehicle on the busy Tullamarine Freeway.

His soft gaze, his gentle stance belies his fear of humans. There is no doubt he is a glorious being, cast in a sheep’s form.

Seeing two lives transformed by one simple choice reminds us we all have the power to change the trajectory of the world by the choices we make.

With all our new ducks in a row, today, the picture was perfect. But their past was not.

Pounds are rarely joyful places for animals for any species, but this is doubly so for farmed animals.

With a nod to Australian Country Music Legend, Slim Dusty, we declare, “We’d love to have a beer with Duncan”. But alas, we cannot.

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.

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.

When it comes to the many tasks that befall us when an animal arrives into our care, one of the most daunting may surprise many. Finding the most appropriate name.

While logic tells us he did not fall from the sky, he might as well have, for from where he has come, we cannot ascertain. It is as if he is nobody’s cat. And here now, he most certainly is.

Meet Annie Yokely and Mary Poopins! A community Facebook post was to prove the lifeline for two plucky and adventurous hens. It, too, was to prove just how maligned, disregarded and poorly protected their kind is.

Every year, dozens upon dozens of orphaned lambs arrive into our care and kindness. Some have been made motherless from birth, others through misadventure, yet regardless of cause, all are in desperate need of a mother.

With a haunting sadness in their eyes, Gracelyn and Elvira entered our world. And we theirs, as they searched their newfound digs for somewhere to land their gaze.

Driving several hours across the country to secure a safe outcome for the rooster they had just found roadside, Ziggy Stardust’s saviour proved that all heroes do not wear capes.

Isa Buttrose, Isa Davies and, wait for it, Isa Brown, are three sassy young ISA Brown hens who have recently fluttered into our fold. And being who they are, our hearts as well.

Easily mistaken for a deer is our sweet friend whom we have named Happy Days. Her name, we whispered to her as a prophecy of the good things to come.

Finding Captain Nemo and his Pearl, and discovering an ocean of kindness.

Three very woolly sheep, rescued from different walks of life.

Caught in flood, 22 exhausted, but very much alive alpacas.

In early March 2023, we got more than we bargained for with over 50 cats and kittens in urgent need.