Moo-lah for hungry cows ... and pigs, sheep, horses, and goats!

By Black Sheep Animal Sanctuary

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This campaign was successful and closed on 24/02/2014 at 9:37 PM.

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Moo-Lah For Hungry Cows ... And Pigs, Sheep, Horses, And Goats!

Project 2014-01-20 13:03:35 +1300

Beautiful sheep, goats and pigs!

Although the sun is shining now, winter is coming! The Black Sheep Animal Sanctuary is fundraising for very much needed stocks of feed so the animals don't go hungry! In the colder months, the grass stops growing, and so the cows, sheep, horses, pigs and goats all need extra hay, grain, and pellets to keep them healthy, happy, and kicking up their heels! In particular Peanut our elderly horse (aged 30) has few teeth and needs a generous supply of additional feed all year round, and the cows chow through an enormous pile of feed. Although we have wonderful help from our awesome donors and sponsors, this only goes a small way towards covering costs. Summer is the best time to build up our stocks as feed is cheaper.

We need around $3000 to buy in grain, hay, pellets and other essential feeds! Can you help us to make hay while the sun shines, and ensure the cows, sheep and horses are happy and well-fed this winter? We are a registered charity so all donations are tax deductible!

 

To give you some background, Black Sheep rehabilitates and re-homes abused, injured, and neglected non-human animals. We support animal rights and animal protection, and our main aim is to provide a safe haven for animals. Right now three full-time caretakers, with support from dedicated part-time volunteers and WWOOFers care for around a hundred and fifty animals (pigs, goats, sheep, roosters, geese, cows, horses, dogs, cats, ducks, hedgehogs, magpies etc.) at Otaki Forks, an hour's drive north of Wellington.

 

Our particular focus is to take in neglected, mistreated, and abandoned farm animals. We offer a refuge where they can live out their natural lives in peace and security, in the company of others of their kind. Where possible we rehome to loving forever homes, but there are many animals with special needs who are permanently with us. We're run by the Animal Protection Society, a registered charity, and we're hoping for your help to buy much needed animal feed! Peanut, Thunder, Sirius, Poppy, Iris, Gypsy, Hazel, Struan, Jacob, Bartholomew, Kale, Klapansi, Mossbeard and the others will be so happy!

For more info about us, see: www.theblacksheep.org.nz

Pi, Horace, etc

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Updates 6

Thank you working bee volunteers!

09/03/2014 at 1:13 PM

Thank you to all the wonderful working bee volunteers who helped out yesterday at the Black Sheep Animal Sanctuary Otaki. We had a productive day, planting flax, putting in posts, cuddling animals and of course picking up manure! Pi the friendly rescued magpie was very interested in everything we were doing, and in particular in Hannah's pink gumboots! Although the weather didn't look great to begin with, we had a lovely sunny afternoon in the end. Thank you so much everyone!

Thank you!

24/02/2014 at 8:33 PM

Thank you so much everyone who has donated or spread the word! We've just managed to achieve the fundraising target, which is fantastic, we're so grateful for everyone's generosity. It's so good to know that we can get on with buying feed at a good price and the animals will have plenty to eat this winter.

Many thanks again on behalf of the animals! So as soon as the project officially closes we can get on with sending out vegan chocolates etc as the rewards :-)

 

Black Sheep Animal Sanctuary Working Bee, 8 March

12/02/2014 at 9:04 PM

We'd like to invite you to our first working bee of the year :-) All welcome!

When: Saturday 8 March (Sunday if wet), from 10 a.m.
Where: Black Sheep Animal Sanctuary Otaki Forks

For those of you who are animal sponsors, please feel free just to pop in for morning tea, and  the tour, and a chance to meet your animal :-) Thank you so much for sponsoring!

Here's the plan:
10 - 11am Meet the animals and guided sanctuary tours
11-11.30 Morning tea
11.30-1.30 Morning working bee
1.30-2.30 Lunch
2.30- 5.30 Afternoon working bee
 
Please bring clothing for all weathers, gumboots, sunblock, and vegan treats if you wish. We will be providing a yummy vegan morning tea and lunch!

Please also RVSP to [email protected] for directions and so we have an idea of numbers for catering.

Hope to see you there!

cheers & chickpeas
Catherine
for the Black Sheep Animal Sanctuary
 

Thanks for the stall!

01/02/2014 at 10:26 PM

Some kind people did a stall today in Cuba Mall, raising money for the Black Sheep's Pledge Me campaign! Thanks so much also to Anna who donated beautiful organic lemon verbena, pineapple sage, jade, and house plants as a fundraiser. If you missed out, these will be available at Opportunity for Animals Newtown from tomorrow.

Nearly halfway there!

30/01/2014 at 10:11 PM

Wow, we have now raised over $1300, nearly half way there! Thank you everyone so much ... We just need to keep spreading the word and we'll get there. It will make such a big difference being prepared in plenty of time for winter! Awesome!

Thank you wonderful people!

26/01/2014 at 3:26 PM

Exciting! After just over one day we have already raised over $500 dollars! Thank you so much to all the awesome folk who have donated so far and/or shared our project :-) That would be great if you could keep spreading the word to keep up the momentum! Thanks so much :-)

More lovely animals!

    Pledgers 42

    Yolanda
    24/02/2014 at 9:37pm
    Anonymous pledger
    24/02/2014 at 9:15am
    Kevin Murrow
    23/02/2014 at 9:52pm
    Clare and Simon
    21/02/2014 at 11:17pm
    JoBlakely
    19/02/2014 at 2:56am
    Alex Mitcalfe Wilson
    17/02/2014 at 8:24am
    Cath
    13/02/2014 at 6:27pm
    Marie Brittain
    12/02/2014 at 9:09pm
    Matt Gerstenberger
    11/02/2014 at 11:29am
    Anonymous pledger
    10/02/2014 at 9:47am
    Tracy Phua
    08/02/2014 at 7:40pm
    robert mcmillan
    08/02/2014 at 5:42pm
    Anonymous pledger
    06/02/2014 at 6:56am
    Moira Clunie
    05/02/2014 at 10:25pm
    Ken Vicious
    03/02/2014 at 5:30pm
    Linda Holman
    03/02/2014 at 10:20am
    Anonymous pledger
    02/02/2014 at 4:39pm
    Catherine Amey
    01/02/2014 at 10:19pm
    Anonymous pledger
    30/01/2014 at 8:36pm
    Russell
    30/01/2014 at 10:40am
    Freya Thomson
    30/01/2014 at 10:01am
    Lynette Vigrass
    28/01/2014 at 8:36pm
    Colby Raley
    28/01/2014 at 6:17pm
    Johanna Vroegop
    28/01/2014 at 4:10pm
    Pip Adam
    28/01/2014 at 9:14am
    Christian Williams
    28/01/2014 at 8:34am
    Lorraine Weston-Webb
    27/01/2014 at 9:12pm
    Amanda Macdonald
    27/01/2014 at 10:06am
    Bakhtawar Sattha
    26/01/2014 at 9:48pm
    Hannah Lessells
    26/01/2014 at 9:27pm

    Followers 7

    Followers of Moo-lah for hungry cows ... and pigs, sheep, horses, and goats!

    Moo-Lah For Hungry Cows ... And Pigs, Sheep, Horses, And Goats!

    Project 2014-01-20 13:03:35 +1300

    Beautiful sheep, goats and pigs!

    Although the sun is shining now, winter is coming! The Black Sheep Animal Sanctuary is fundraising for very much needed stocks of feed so the animals don't go hungry! In the colder months, the grass stops growing, and so the cows, sheep, horses, pigs and goats all need extra hay, grain, and pellets to keep them healthy, happy, and kicking up their heels! In particular Peanut our elderly horse (aged 30) has few teeth and needs a generous supply of additional feed all year round, and the cows chow through an enormous pile of feed. Although we have wonderful help from our awesome donors and sponsors, this only goes a small way towards covering costs. Summer is the best time to build up our stocks as feed is cheaper.

    We need around $3000 to buy in grain, hay, pellets and other essential feeds! Can you help us to make hay while the sun shines, and ensure the cows, sheep and horses are happy and well-fed this winter? We are a registered charity so all donations are tax deductible!

     

    To give you some background, Black Sheep rehabilitates and re-homes abused, injured, and neglected non-human animals. We support animal rights and animal protection, and our main aim is to provide a safe haven for animals. Right now three full-time caretakers, with support from dedicated part-time volunteers and WWOOFers care for around a hundred and fifty animals (pigs, goats, sheep, roosters, geese, cows, horses, dogs, cats, ducks, hedgehogs, magpies etc.) at Otaki Forks, an hour's drive north of Wellington.

     

    Our particular focus is to take in neglected, mistreated, and abandoned farm animals. We offer a refuge where they can live out their natural lives in peace and security, in the company of others of their kind. Where possible we rehome to loving forever homes, but there are many animals with special needs who are permanently with us. We're run by the Animal Protection Society, a registered charity, and we're hoping for your help to buy much needed animal feed! Peanut, Thunder, Sirius, Poppy, Iris, Gypsy, Hazel, Struan, Jacob, Bartholomew, Kale, Klapansi, Mossbeard and the others will be so happy!

    For more info about us, see: www.theblacksheep.org.nz

    Pi, Horace, etc

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Comments

    Thank you working bee volunteers!

    09/03/2014 at 1:13 PM

    Thank you to all the wonderful working bee volunteers who helped out yesterday at the Black Sheep Animal Sanctuary Otaki. We had a productive day, planting flax, putting in posts, cuddling animals and of course picking up manure! Pi the friendly rescued magpie was very interested in everything we were doing, and in particular in Hannah's pink gumboots! Although the weather didn't look great to begin with, we had a lovely sunny afternoon in the end. Thank you so much everyone!

    Thank you!

    24/02/2014 at 8:33 PM

    Thank you so much everyone who has donated or spread the word! We've just managed to achieve the fundraising target, which is fantastic, we're so grateful for everyone's generosity. It's so good to know that we can get on with buying feed at a good price and the animals will have plenty to eat this winter.

    Many thanks again on behalf of the animals! So as soon as the project officially closes we can get on with sending out vegan chocolates etc as the rewards :-)

     

    Black Sheep Animal Sanctuary Working Bee, 8 March

    12/02/2014 at 9:04 PM

    We'd like to invite you to our first working bee of the year :-) All welcome!

    When: Saturday 8 March (Sunday if wet), from 10 a.m.
    Where: Black Sheep Animal Sanctuary Otaki Forks

    For those of you who are animal sponsors, please feel free just to pop in for morning tea, and  the tour, and a chance to meet your animal :-) Thank you so much for sponsoring!

    Here's the plan:
    10 - 11am Meet the animals and guided sanctuary tours
    11-11.30 Morning tea
    11.30-1.30 Morning working bee
    1.30-2.30 Lunch
    2.30- 5.30 Afternoon working bee
     
    Please bring clothing for all weathers, gumboots, sunblock, and vegan treats if you wish. We will be providing a yummy vegan morning tea and lunch!

    Please also RVSP to [email protected] for directions and so we have an idea of numbers for catering.

    Hope to see you there!

    cheers & chickpeas
    Catherine
    for the Black Sheep Animal Sanctuary
     

    Thanks for the stall!

    01/02/2014 at 10:26 PM

    Some kind people did a stall today in Cuba Mall, raising money for the Black Sheep's Pledge Me campaign! Thanks so much also to Anna who donated beautiful organic lemon verbena, pineapple sage, jade, and house plants as a fundraiser. If you missed out, these will be available at Opportunity for Animals Newtown from tomorrow.

    Nearly halfway there!

    30/01/2014 at 10:11 PM

    Wow, we have now raised over $1300, nearly half way there! Thank you everyone so much ... We just need to keep spreading the word and we'll get there. It will make such a big difference being prepared in plenty of time for winter! Awesome!

    Thank you wonderful people!

    26/01/2014 at 3:26 PM

    Exciting! After just over one day we have already raised over $500 dollars! Thank you so much to all the awesome folk who have donated so far and/or shared our project :-) That would be great if you could keep spreading the word to keep up the momentum! Thanks so much :-)

    More lovely animals!

      Yolanda
      24/02/2014 at 9:37pm
      Anonymous pledger
      24/02/2014 at 9:15am
      Kevin Murrow
      23/02/2014 at 9:52pm
      Clare and Simon
      21/02/2014 at 11:17pm
      JoBlakely
      19/02/2014 at 2:56am
      Alex Mitcalfe Wilson
      17/02/2014 at 8:24am
      Cath
      13/02/2014 at 6:27pm
      Marie Brittain
      12/02/2014 at 9:09pm
      Matt Gerstenberger
      11/02/2014 at 11:29am
      Anonymous pledger
      10/02/2014 at 9:47am
      Tracy Phua
      08/02/2014 at 7:40pm
      robert mcmillan
      08/02/2014 at 5:42pm
      Anonymous pledger
      06/02/2014 at 6:56am
      Moira Clunie
      05/02/2014 at 10:25pm
      Ken Vicious
      03/02/2014 at 5:30pm
      Linda Holman
      03/02/2014 at 10:20am
      Anonymous pledger
      02/02/2014 at 4:39pm
      Catherine Amey
      01/02/2014 at 10:19pm
      Anonymous pledger
      30/01/2014 at 8:36pm
      Russell
      30/01/2014 at 10:40am
      Freya Thomson
      30/01/2014 at 10:01am
      Lynette Vigrass
      28/01/2014 at 8:36pm
      Colby Raley
      28/01/2014 at 6:17pm
      Johanna Vroegop
      28/01/2014 at 4:10pm
      Pip Adam
      28/01/2014 at 9:14am
      Christian Williams
      28/01/2014 at 8:34am
      Lorraine Weston-Webb
      27/01/2014 at 9:12pm
      Amanda Macdonald
      27/01/2014 at 10:06am
      Bakhtawar Sattha
      26/01/2014 at 9:48pm
      Hannah Lessells
      26/01/2014 at 9:27pm

      Followers of Moo-lah for hungry cows ... and pigs, sheep, horses, and goats!

      This campaign was successful and got its funding on 24/02/2014 at 9:37 PM.