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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 town's animal welfare, we were able to confiscate the pigs [...]
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 had to endure, we were overjoyed when he finally had [...]
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 on the N2. He had been rescued and brought to [...]
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. Maybe she had twins or triplets and couldn't cope, maybe [...]
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 was smaller so, as her neck had grown bigger, the [...]
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 Town, and loved to roam. She would often stray from [...]
