Barn Update

Worthy got her cast off for the last time this week, YAY! Her leg is straight and looks great.…

Barn Update

Charlie and Lacey continue to receive massage therapy, stretching, acupuncture, cold laser and aqua therapy to heal their neglected and aching bodies. We have a lot of work to do still to get them strong,…

Rumi was born at The Gentle Barn a few months after we rescued his mom from slaughter. Thank goodness we saved her because she would have been slaughtered and her fetus killed along with her. Rumi is so strong and healthy and will live out the rest of his life at…

Bake Sale This Sunday!!

This Sunday from 10am – 2pm Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale is coming to The Gentle Barn for the second year in a row to hold a vegan bake sale where 100% of the proceeds will…

We received a call from some people who knew about a Lakota medicine woman on a reservation in South Dakota who had lost her home for herself, her children and her grandchildren. With the harsh winter fast approaching something needed to be done to house her and her entire family. We have so much responsibility at The Gentle Barn; to care for 170 animals and host groups of children during the week…

Back in the beginning of The Gentle Barn, in May of 2000, someone told me about a miniature cow breeder in Washington State. I just had to call the guy to ask about this cow because I had never heard of a miniature cow before. He said that he raised miniature cows because they were small and gentle; easy to raise, easy to keep and easy to kill!? As he was rambling on about how gentle his cows were,…

We have a few more goats rescued from the backyard butcher who are now young, healthy, friendly and ready for adoption as pets only!…

In 2008 we were part of a rescue with more than 400 animals from a hoarder. One of them was an emu we called Yoda. When we first rescued him he was wild eyed and scared. We spent months showing him he was protected and loved and took very good care of him. He finally realized he was safe with us and started allowing us to pet him. Throughout the first year we bonded with Yoda and he would put his…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

BACKYARD BUTCHER TURNS HIMSELF IN

Animal abuser begins jail time today for felony animal cruelty and selling of illegal meat to the public

Santa Clarita, CA, (June 26, 2012) – Over the past four years, The Gentle…