Needs
Emergency Rescue and Medical Care Funding:
Caring for many dozens of animals rescued from the slaughter and breeding pipelines means many have chronic medical conditions or physical challenges and disabilities. Our medical fund is critical so that animals can get the veterinary care, medication, surgeries, hospitalization, and end-of-life care they need and deserve.
General Operating Expenses (Animal Rescue & Care):
Donors who give toward operating costs and animal care are the most critical part of our non-profit's success. It's easy to rescue an animal from a dire situation, but much more difficult and expensive to provide care for the entire duration of that animal's natural life, (especially for our special needs residents). General funding includes critical things such as:
- Animal feed and hay
- Medications and supplements
- Absorbent shavings and soft straw bedding
- Appropriate shelters, fencing and infrastructure
- Routine veterinary care
- Transportation costs
- 24/7 animal care staffing
Whether $15 or $150, your support makes it possible to run the sanctuary on a day-to-day basis. To maximize your impact, you can also choose to become a monthly supporter on our website or give a one-time gift to sponsor a particular animal's regular medical care.
Larger unrestricted funding gifts help us meet a variety of needs that come up throughout the year. Past unrestricted funding has been critical to:
- Rent tractors and excavators
- Hire part-time animal care staff
- Purchase wildfire insurance
- Secure fire safety/ evacuation equipment
- Fund emergency rescues
- Pay for medical emergencies and unexpected surgeries
LEAP - Humane Education Program:
Our high school student program, LEAP (Leaders in Ethics, Animals, and the Planet) will soon be launching nationwide!
LEAPers participate in humane education curriculum and volunteer each month their local participating sanctuary with hands-on farmed animal care. They also learn about climate solutions, the humane treatment of companion and farmed animals, and develop leadership skills, public speaking proficiency, and responsibility for themselves and others.
By donating to the LEAP program, you are assuring more students and animals can have a compassionate alternative to traditional ag programs long into the future.
In-kind Donations:
1.) Small tractor and/or excavator
2.) A "rescue glide" large animal evacuation equipment.
3.) Items from our Amazon and Chewy wishlists.
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2WRE86HO804WS?ref_=wl_share
https://www.chewy.com/g/blackberry-creek-farm-animal-sanctuary_b82675309