Halfpenny-Farm Animal Sanctuary

Halfpenny-Farm Animal Sanctuary At the time we are closed to the public. A place in the country that gives old, ill or animals at risk a fresh start and a safe home. SC041616

Animals who come here stay here, we don't rehome.

Many thanks to Archie, who came to help out at Halfpenny, as part of his EMS from Edinburgh vet school.He was a great he...
12/07/2025

Many thanks to Archie, who came to help out at Halfpenny, as part of his EMS from Edinburgh vet school.
He was a great help and joined in with all the tasks, large and small.
Best of luck for the future Archie.

We are trying to tidy up and organise our animal rooms and are looking for plastic storage drawers.If you have any you a...
11/07/2025

We are trying to tidy up and organise our animal rooms and are looking for plastic storage drawers.
If you have any you are no longer needing we would be happy to give them a new home.
Thinking about drawers like these?

A quick update on Mistle, she’s come through the operation. She’s on pain relief and although not eating on her own, she...
09/07/2025

A quick update on Mistle, she’s come through the operation. She’s on pain relief and although not eating on her own, she’s taking syringe feeds well. She’s passed a few dropping and looking more alert this morning. Hopefully she continues to recover well and starts eating on her own soon.

Our little girl, Mistle, is in the vet today to be spayed after developing ovarian cysts. She has started to lose weight...
08/07/2025

Our little girl, Mistle, is in the vet today to be spayed after developing ovarian cysts. She has started to lose weight and they can be painful, so we had 2 choices, put her to sleep or give her a chance. In honesty we haven’t had success with guinea pig spays, probably because ovarian cysts occur in older guinea pigs and guinea pigs are not great with anaesthetics.
It will be a very stressful day, but we have to try.
Please keep her in your thoughts.

Old lady Maggie arrived after she had started to get stressed in her previous home. She was semi- feral and had started ...
06/07/2025

Old lady Maggie arrived after she had started to get stressed in her previous home. She was semi- feral and had started to p*e inside the house and attack the owner’s grandchildren.
Her owner reached out to us and we were able to help. Maggie is now around 16 years old and a happy old soul. She seldom wanders out and is friends with Gus, our old tabby feral boy.

04/07/2025

A huge thank you to Monica who did a bungee jump and raised over £300 for Halfpenny. She sent us a video, so I thought you would like to see her in action.
You’re a braver woman than I am Monica, well done.

Arlene from Henry and Co is having another dog show this year and is raising funds for Halfpenny. It was a great show la...
03/07/2025

Arlene from Henry and Co is having another dog show this year and is raising funds for Halfpenny. It was a great show last year, so please support this lovely lady and her fun show.

Happy 1st of July! 🌞

If you haven't heard already 😉 this month is the big 10 for our OG Henry 🥹

Of course we are celebrating in true style with our Henry's 10th Birthday Fun Dog Show 2025 and YOU are ALL invited to paw-ty with us!! 🎉

📅 Sunday 20th July
🕐 12-4pm
📍 Carmyllie Hall
🎟 FREE admittance

With a fun packed day for all to enjoy:

🏆Fun Dog Show (1pm)
🤡 Facepainting Paint On Me
📸 Pet Photography Craig Cantwell Photography
🐕 Scentwork Demo Laura Carter Canines
🛍 bring your paw-ket money for lots of cool pet stalls attending 🫣
🍦Puppaccinos Dog Friendly Fun Scotland
🥇🥈🥉 Fun Games with you & your dog
🍸Cocktails with The Townhouse Hotel Arbroath
🍟🍕Food Vendors Rolling dough with Cc's & On a Roll
🩺 Vets & Judges Parkside Veterinary Group & Wallace Vets 🐾

Supporting Halfpenny-Farm Animal Sanctuary 🐶🐈🐮🐴🐷🐭🐑🐰

I cannot thank everyone enough for your amazing support to me these last few months 🫶 you are ALL the best and I hope you enjoy the show put on this year for your poochies.

So, get it in your calendars! You do not want to miss the best & biggest dog party in town this July!!!

Looking forward to seeing you all.

Love Arlene, Henry & Cooper 🖤



A big thank you to: 🥰

PawsnRun D&N Home Boarding Services Kanine Konnections - Clinical Canine Massage Titan Tribe Flyball Team PARK LiFE Denzel's Coastal k9 The Corn Kist Coffee House at Milton Haugh barkandbaketreats The Canine Menu PowAir West Inch Boarding / Grooming

We’ve been a registered charity for 15 years now.Times are tough at the moment and we cannot take in any more animals, b...
03/07/2025

We’ve been a registered charity for 15 years now.
Times are tough at the moment and we cannot take in any more animals, but we are doing our best to care for the old and poorly residents who are here now.

It’s 10 years ago, today, we became a registered charity!
We have grown from around 80 animals in our care to over 200. We try to take animals who are more special needs, elderly or at risk, although we do also take animals who have no other place to go. We foster animals when owners go into hospital and care for them for as long as it is needed, sometimes for months.
We take in vet students. We take people doing their Duke of Edinburgh awards or Saltaire awards. We have people who are doing work experience from school and we work alongside Granton Development, allowing people the chance to learn new skills and gain new experiences.
We are constantly trying to improve the facilities for the animals and make their lives better.
4 years ago we got the scary news that Mike was being made redundant, it knocked the feet from under us and we thought we might have to give up Halfpenny, we are still struggling and times are hard, but thanks to our supporters we have gotten this far. We still need your help, we cannot do this without you.

Sage is getting on a bit, he’s about 8, we think. He still loves his food and got a treat of carrot tops. He couldn’t fi...
02/07/2025

Sage is getting on a bit, he’s about 8, we think. He still loves his food and got a treat of carrot tops. He couldn’t fit them all in his mouth, but he tried.

Regal Reggie!
01/07/2025

Regal Reggie!

29/06/2025

Gloria zonked in the sun, the other two were in their bed.

28/06/2025

It’s even too hot for donkeys today!
Enjoy your weekend.

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We’re an animal sanctuary just outside Inverurie in Aberdeenshire that gives old, ill or animals at risk a fresh start and a safe home. Animals who come here stay here, we don't rehome.

We are Mike & Louise;

We moved here in 2002 and have steadily increased our flock to a stage where we are now pretty much at capacity. We have always had an interest in animals but had not realised how deep it ran until we moved here.

Over time we came to realise there were many animals with various issues who had nowhere to go so we have become a sanctuary for those animals. They may be struggling to find a home due to behavioural problems, untreatable illness, they are now unwanted or there is just nobody else who can take them. Many of the animals were saved from being put to sleep, or have been dumped, left to fend for themselves.