Why Sanctuaries Rescue Animals

About the Catskill Animal Sanctuary

Catskill Animal Sanctuary is a 150-acre refuge in New York’s Hudson Valley for 11 species of farmed animals rescued from cruelty, neglect and abandonment. The sanctuary's mission is to rescue farmed animals, ignite social change to end their exploitation, and champion vegan living.

Over the years, thousands have come to this place of profound peace. They continue to come — sometimes one needy soul, sometimes a flock of 100 or more at a time. It is the sanctuary's privilege to help each and every rescued animal understand what love feels like. But its history is about more than repairing broken bodies, broken spirits, and broken fencing; it also reflects its growing recognition that a massive societal shift to plant-based living is not only a moral imperative, it’s essential to our very survival.

The sanctuary's signature programs — the Tours and Tastings, Compassionate Cuisine, and Youth Education programs — have been created to hasten this shift and, today, Catskill Animal Sanctuary is proud to be one of the world’s leading teaching sanctuaries.

About the class

What happens when a pig, a cow, a chicken, or a goat are in danger? Sanctuaries like Catskill Animal Sanctuary step in to rescue them and provide them with a safe home, high-quality care, and plenty of love. In this live, interactive class, we'll explore the sanctuary and meet some of its animal residents as we consider why these animals need rescuing and what we can all do to help them out.

Meet your instructor, Kaden.

Kaden Maguire, Tour Programs Manager, started as an intern at Catskill Animal Sanctuary and couldn’t bear to leave. Now, they spend their days helping visitors fall in love with chickens and cows — though, admittedly, the rescued animals do most of the work.