Penny Lane Farm Sanctuary

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Penny Lane Farm Sanctuary

Penny Lane Farm Sanctuary A not-for-profit sanctuary for at risk equines and farmed animals located east of Ottawa. Our goal is to provide a safe haven and protect them for life.

Penny Lane Farm provides sanctuary for over one hundred and fifty rescued animals and birds, including horses and farmed animals at risk of being sent to slaughter as well as those that have suffered abuse and neglect. Through community involvement and education, we aim to promote compassion and kindness towards all farm animals.For more information, email us at [email protected]

01/26/2025

We could use help to pick up straw bales from a nearby location. With the colder temperatures, they would provide more insulation for some of our smaller barn residents and in the cowbarn. Anyone available with a truck or trailer who could help?

01/25/2025

Looking for a place to feel at home?

Our Silver Ambassadors Program offers:

🌿 Flexible schedules.
💬 Friendly, like-minded volunteers.
🐾 Meaningful moments spent sharing stories of incredible animals.

No experience needed—just a kind heart.

Learn more: https://www.pennylanefarmsanctuary.ca/silver-ambassadors

01/21/2025

Suzie’s story began tied to a tree with no one to care for her. Found as a tiny calf, she’s now thriving at Penny Lane, surrounded by love and friendship.

As a Silver Ambassador Storyteller, you’ll share Suzie’s inspiring journey with visitors, showing them the power of kindness. 🐮

Learn more: https://www.pennylanefarmsanctuary.ca/silver-ambassadors

01/20/2025

🌟 Flexible and Fulfilling 🌟

Worried about fitting volunteering into your schedule? Don’t be!

Our Silver Ambassadors Program is designed for flexibility. Whether it’s one morning a week or more, we’ll work with your availability.

Spend peaceful mornings outdoors, meet wonderful people, and help share the stories of our rescued animals.

Sign up today: https://www.pennylanefarmsanctuary.ca/silver-ambassadors

01/15/2025

Meet Henry, the gentle llama with a calm presence and a strong command for respect. Every morning, he hums softly and enjoys his favorite time of day—mealtime! 🦙

As a Silver Ambassador, you’ll help visitors connect with animals like Henry and share their incredible stories.

Learn more: https://www.pennylanefarmsanctuary.ca/silver-ambassadors

01/14/2025

At Penny Lane, you’ll find connection—whether it’s with animals, other volunteers, or visitors discovering the sanctuary for the first time.

As a Silver Ambassador Storyteller, you’ll:

💬 Share stories that inspire compassion.
🐾 Spend time with animals who’ve found safety and freedom.
🤝 Build friendships with kind-hearted people.

Learn more: https://www.pennylanefarmsanctuary.ca/silver-ambassadors

01/12/2025

Meet Zorro, a very tiny ram, saved because he only grew to one-third normal size for a small sheep.Too small to be slaughtered for meat, a fact that saved him to come to us.

01/12/2025

Meet Pepper, the twin brother of Sarge and a remarkable Geep in his own right. While much attention has been on Sarge's health challenges, Pepper holds a special place in the sanctuary's heart and has not been forgotten.

Pepper shared a deep bond with their mother, Martha, who doted on him as her favorite, always finding time to cuddle with him. Her loss had a strong effect on him.

Since Sarge has not been here, Pepper has been spending more time on his own. Though he misses the close-knit companionship they once shared, he is still resilient and continues to thrive, but you can sense his loneliness.

Family is deeply meaningful to Pepper, as it is to many animals at the sanctuary. This importance of family is beautifully reflected in the goat family too. Cocobean, for instance, is never far from her sons, Rocky and Ricky, even as they've grown and matured. The connections between family members, like Pepper’s bond with Sarge and Martha, are a testament to the sanctuary's mission to strengthen the relationships and individuality of every animal who calls here home.

01/09/2025

Despite facing significant health challenges, Sergeant (affectionately known to all as Sarge) approaches each day with unwavering curiosity and a zest for life.

Where others might find long car rides daunting, Sarge eagerly watched the world pass by from the window. Even at the Centre hospitalier universitaire vétérinaire (CHUV), when left alone in a vast examination room, his natural sense of adventure and curiosity finds him happily exploring every nook and cranny.

It was amusing to see five or six people attempting to weigh him, only for Sarge to cleverly evade them at every turn, not out of fear but as much out of fun.

His boundless sense of wonder and curiosity never wane, making each day for him a welcome adventure. Beyond even his uniqueness as rare geep hybrid, Sarge's boundless personality and exuberant love for life compel us to go to great lengths to ensure he has every opportunity to thrive and continue his adventures.

He loves life, and loves what every day brings in the way of new experiences. Knowing and being around Sarge brings a smile to everyone's face, that's just who he is.

01/08/2025

Update: A normal 6 hour round trip became close to a ten hour one given snow and road conditions, but Sarge is safely in safe hands now at CHUV. There has been a serious complication discovered for him that will require further treatment, and he will remain in their care for an extended period of time while they attempt to resolve it. Thank you all for caring about him and for your support. We have high hopes that at some point Sarge will rejoin the barnyard family, and be his curious, adventuresome self again.

Taking Sarge back to CHUV, University of Montreal affiliated vet facility tomorrow, hopefully for the second stage of his surgical treatment. Keep him in your thoughts as we hope for a good outcome for him!

01/07/2025

We have 40 calendars waiting to be mailed, but Canada Post advises that the backlog from the strike is still huge. Rather than risking that calendars could be lost in the backlog chaos, we will be sending them out early next week instead. Thank you for your patience, the delay is entirely due to the strike. If anyone wants to pick theirs up over the weekend instead, email us to confirm that.

01/06/2025

The sounds of animals, the fresh air, and the smiles of visitors—this is life at Penny Lane.

As a Silver Ambassador Storyteller, you’ll spend mornings outdoors, sharing stories that make a difference.

Flexible hours, transportation support, and a welcoming community make it easy to join.

Learn more: https://www.pennylanefarmsanctuary.ca/silver-ambassadors

01/05/2025

At Penny Lane, animals of all species live together as individuals, building bonds and showing us a kinder way to live.

🐴 Molly and Lucy, best friends for life.
🐓 Chickens and geese exploring side by side.
🐮 Suzie, thriving in a community of love.

As a Silver Ambassador, you’ll share these unique stories and help visitors connect with animals like never before.

Learn more: https://www.pennylanefarmsanctuary.ca/silver-ambassadors

01/05/2025

**📚 What We’re Reading: Beyond Words by Carl Safina**

This thought-provoking book explores the inner lives of animals, challenging us to reconsider our assumptions about their emotions, intelligence, and connections. Safina weaves scientific research with real-world observations, focusing on the complex emotional, and complex familylives of elephants, wolves, and whales. At the farm, we long ago realized that each goat, sheep, horse, cow, even chickens are 'individuals', that each is a 'somebody' with unique personalities, and capable of reasoning far beyond what is normally associated with them.

- **Key Themes:**
- Animals experience emotions like joy, grief, and empathy.
- Social bonds and complex communication exist in non-human species.
- Humans are not as different from animals as we might think.

- **Why We Love It:**
It deepens our appreciation for the animals at Penny Lane and their unique personalities. A beautiful reminder to value all beings and their inherent worth.

What’s on your reading list? Share your thoughts! 📖🐾

We see examples of this everyday that still surprise us. William, our grumpy black potbelly pig, recently did something that beautifully illustrates the depth of reasoning Carl Safina highlights in Beyond Words. Normally, William sleeps in an open enclosure near the barn door, but we moved him to a warmer, quieter area with fresh blankets.

As expected, he tried to return to his usual spot. But what amazed us was how he carefully gathered all his new blankets, pushed them through the gate, and brought them back to his preferred enclosure. His message was clear: "I'm going home—and taking my new belongings with me!"

Animals’ choices and actions, like William’s, reveal their remarkable abilities and emotional depth. 🐷✨

(Btw, this title is available in the Sanctuary's substantial library, and is available to be loaned out to volunteers who have been with us for at least a six month period).

01/04/2025

Meet Parker, the timid potbelly pig who found courage. Abandoned at a busy dog park, Parker was scared and malnourished. Now, he roams the barnyard with newfound confidence, showing visitors the power of resilience.

Help us share Parker’s story as a Silver Ambassador Storyteller.

Sign up here: https://www.pennylanefarmsanctuary.ca/silver-ambassadors

01/03/2025

Looking for something fulfilling in 2025?

Our Silver Ambassadors Program is designed for seniors (55+) to:

🌿 Spend peaceful mornings outdoors.
🤝 Meet kind-hearted people.
🐾 Share inspiring animal stories that make a difference.

Flexible hours, bilingual opportunities, and transportation support make this program welcoming and easy to join. No experience required!

Learn more here: https://www.pennylanefarmsanctuary.ca/silver-ambassadors

01/03/2025

We will be mailing out the large number of calendars created, packaged and ordered, on Monday next, now that the mail appears to have begun to return to normal following the lengthly postal strike.

We have also had far less than a normal number of volunteers helping us during the holidays, and for us the care of the animals and birds is our primary concern always. We have no permanent staff here, we rely only on our volunteer help on a daily basis. Thank you for your patience and unferstanding, and for making the calendar donations a great success

01/03/2025

🌟 A New Year Filled with Hope and Kindness 🌟

As we step into a new year, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by a world that sometimes seems consumed by hate, anger, and intolerance. But your generosity has reminded us of the profound goodness that still exists. Over $28,000 was raised to create a Critical Care Fund for Sarge, one of our rare and beloved twin geeps, who urgently needs ongoing lifesaving veterinary treatment. The overwhelming success of this appeal will ensure that we have a reserve fund that will allow us to provide for any of our birds or animals who need urgent vet care.

This incredible outpouring of compassion wouldn’t have been possible without each of you who gave, shared, and believed in Sarge’s story. A very special thank goes to Beyond Mystic, whose heartfelt mention helped rally an incredible flood of thousands of dollars in donations for Sarge.

I would like to share a message from them that beautifully captures the essence of this moment and the mission we strive to fulfill every day.

"We are delighted that our community stepped up and was able to contribute to Sarge’s fund for his upcoming blood transfusion. We appreciate the hard and often thankless work that https://www.pennylanefarmsanctuary.ca/ does in taking good care of their countless rescue animals. In a world that frequently forsakes animals and birds, they have become their advocate, giving life back to the voiceless, and a haven for the endangered, the overlooked, and the forgotten. We are wishing Sarge all the best and a speedy recovery!"

You can follow Beyond Mystic using the links below:

https://x.com/Beyond_Mystic

https://www.beyondmystic.academy/

https://www.beyondmystic.net/

https://www.tarotbyjanine.com/

Together, with everyone who helped create this fund for Sarge, we have shown that love, kindness, and community can triumph in the face of adversity. From all of us at Penny Lane Farm Sanctuary and from Sarge, thank you for giving him—and us—hope for the year ahead. 💛

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Saint-Pascal-Baylon, ON

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http://www.pennylanefarmsanctuary.ca/

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Penny Lane Farm is a sanctuary for horses and farmed animals at risk of being sent to slaughter as well as those that have previously suffered abuse and neglect. Our goal is to provide a safe haven and protect them for life. Through community involvement and education, we aim to promote compassion and kindness towards all animals. For more information, email us at [email protected]