Inspiring Kindness and Compassion towards Animals, Our Planet, and Each Other
Inspiring Kindness and Compassion towards Animals, Our Planet, and Each Other

Thankful To Be Alive

Every year The Gentle Barn rescues two turkeys from the Thanksgiving table. This week Jay headed out with Chelsea, a teenage supporter of The Gentle Barn, and her mother, Kim, to save two for this year. Chelsea became a vegan animal supporter at an early age. Now 15, this is her second year helping rescue…

Dolly Made A Friend

Dolly was raised for 15 years with little interaction from humans and no association with other cows. When she first came home to The Gentle Barn she ate, slept and hung out generally by herself. Slowly over the last few weeks she has been getting closer and closer to the other cows and even sunbathed with the…

Charlie and Lacey

Today Charlie and Lacey went to the vet to get their teeth cleaned and have their weekly therapy of massage therapy and acupuncture. When we saved them from being euthanized at the age of 14 from the shelter, they were incontinent and could barely walk. Now they are fully healed and walking strong! Thanks for…

Chris

Chris was taken away from an abusive situation in South Carolina along with Worthy and Indie. The #GentleBarn got Worthy and Indie checked out…

Cinnamon Apple Pie

Cinnamon

Ten years ago, in 2003, we met a horse that stole our hearts and we had to bring her home. She was in so much pain she could barely walk because she had been ridden very hard and her body was destroyed. Even though…

Barn Update

Barn Update

Bella the goat is doing great now! She was rescued some months ago from being attacked by a dog and almost lost her leg and her life! She was so angry when she first arrived and would try to bite us, but she is now peaceful and happy here! She still walks…

Barn Update

Animals from the meat and dairy industry are usually kept pregnant, so when we rescued…

Barn Update

Animals from the meat and dairy industry are usually kept pregnant, so when we rescued 30 animals from the backyard butcher we were expecting some babies.

Barn Update

13 years ago we discovered an abusive petting zoo and started taking home animals that were sick, lame, or terrified in order to heal them. One of the very first goats we took in was “Billy” the goat. He was a tiny baby, only a few months old and he had horrible…

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