Sanctuary
This is an ongoing project which now includes many non-profit organizations devoted to rescuing farm animals in the worst of circumstances and giving them a home. Ten percent of sales of my photographs are donated to those organizations to assist them in their work.
Shannon, a La Mancha goat, rescued by Farm Sanctuary
Gracie and Murphy at Becky’s Hope Horse Rescue in Texas. Both were rescued from ‘kill lots’ where unwanted donkeys and horses are auctioned off and sold for slaughter in Canada or Mexico.
Brad at Rocky Ridge Refuge, Arkansas
Pedro in Profile
Pedro is a miniature donkey I've photographed many times. He ended up in a private sanctuary not far from me after a tragedy in his family left him without a home.
Pedro the Donkey and Horses
Janice Wolf, founder of Rocky Ridge Refuge in Arkansas, with Tiffany Nicole the Emu
Grover at Indraloka Animal Sanctuary
Found abandoned by the side of a road
Chloe and Charlotte at Little Longears Donkey Rescue
Elderly sisters given up by their owner who could no longer care for them.
Lenore Braford, founder of Piedmont Farm Animal Refuge in North Carolina
Francis the guinea, found abandoned in a parking lot. Now at Indraloka Animal Sanctuary in Pennsylvania.
Britt Janssen grooming Tallulah, a rescued Highland cow, at JP Farm Animal Sanctuary in Connecticut
Josie-Mae and Willow at Farm Sanctuary, New York
Josie-Mae and her mother Willow were relinquished to Farm Sanctuary by the owner of a goat dairy. Josie-Mae was badly injured and the wounds were not treated, leading to part of her right leg falling off. She also had damage to her other leg. The dairy owner couldn't afford medical treatment for her but agreed to relinquish her and her mother to rescuers. Extensive therapy and a prosthetic now have Josie-Mae running around and enjoying life at the Sanctuary with her mother and other goats.
Coconut the sheep, one of dozens of animals rescued from a backyard butcher operation in upstate New York. The farm was shut down for extreme cruelty and abuse violations. The surviving animals were sent to rescues around the east coast. Coconut now lives at Piedmont Farm Animal Refuge in North Carolina.
Eddie, now living at Indraloka Sanctuary in Pennsylvania
Eddie jumped out of a truck headed for the slaughterhouse and was rescued from the interstate by a motorist and then brought to Indraloka.
Alexander, left for dead as a newborn in a stockyard pile. Now living at Farm Sanctuary in New York
Pedro the donkey, left homeless after a family tragedy. Now living in a private sanctuary in Pennsylvania.
Moscato at Piedmont Farm Animal Refuge, North Carolina
Susie Coston, former shelter director at Farm Sanctuary in Watkins Glen, New York
Blessing of a rescued pig by visiting Tibetan monks, Indraloka Sanctuary in Pennsylvania
A volunteer at Indraloka in Pennsylvania
Indra Lahiri, founder of Indraloka in Pennsylvania