Wilbur and Chaz
By Zoë Zurnamer This (above) is Wilbur (left) and Chaz (right). I'm currently their primary caregiver. They both have ataxia and have trouble moving normally. Wilbur, or as I nicknamed [...]
Monkeybiz Greyton Farm Animal Sanctuary Collaboration
Monkeybiz is spotlighting Collectible Artist Zisiwe Lumkwana. Zisiwe was born in the Eastern Cape and was sent to Cape Town as a young girl for medical treatment due to a [...]
Caution, Overwhelming Pigs Ahead… A visit to the Greyton Farm Animal Sanctuary, September 2020
By Sally Cranswick A few days before our visit to the Greyton Farm Animal Sanctuary I wrote to Founder, Nicky. “Can we bring something useful, like a sack of carrots?” [...]
Rescue of Piglets being sold at roadside and search for their mother
When we heard that five young piglets were being sold at the roadside in a nearby town we were horrified and swung into action. With support from Safe Haven, the [...]
Pigs to plants: a local backyard farmer gives up his pigs and becomes a vegetable farmer
After working with a local backyard pig farmer who had received many warnings from the NSPCA and our Greyton Animal Welfare Society because of the conditions which his pigs [...]
Nine month old piglet jumps off the lorry headed for the slaughter house
On 8th August we received a frantic phone call from one or our sponsors and supporters. A piglet had jumped off a lorry headed for the slaughterhouse and had landed [...]
BAA the Sheep
It's difficult to know where to start with Baa's story. Like most of our lambs, he was born in the fields around the sanctuary and immediately abandoned by his mum. [...]
Stella the Cow
Stella was just a young calf when she wandered onto our friend Michelle's farm at Houw Hoek in 2015. Around her neck was a wire noose, put there when she [...]
Bella – our first piggy resident
Our first piggy resident was Bella - the one who started it all. She was living with her human mum Chris Silverstone in Kalk Bay, on the coast of Cape [...]
Luna’s Story
We were collecting straw from our usual supplier when we heard a small cry, it sounded like a baby version of a moo. Following the cry, we went into a [...]