Sanctuary Under The Stars

11/02/2025

SANCTUARY UNDER THE STARS

"Look at the stars, look how they shine for you"

I've sung that to Mammoth as he grieved for Wooly. For little Remie when he had nightmares in his sleep. Reminding our kids of all the love and safety they have in the world of stars watching over them.

Maybe it seems a bit esseteric, maybe its just what I want to beleive but , in the stars, I see flickers of those we've lost. Not in a literal way but there is a part of me that believes they live on in the stars all around us.

Whenever I've felt most alone, lost sense of who I am or how to keep going, when life seems like a whirlwind i cant escape or find my way through,- the stars are always there. I've come to rely on that. There is somehow an immense solace and comfort in being under the stars.

So, for the new name of the sanctuary as we take this huge leap with a new start, and a new home, we couldn't think of a better new name to capture the safe haven we want to create than Sanctuary Under The Stars.

- in loving memory of Wooly, Caramoo, Patches, Bossie, Red, Taps, Sandy, Greygrey, Hazel, Dropsy, Babs, Biddy, Dinky’s mum, Rā, Huru and the so many others who have now passed into starland. We miss you every day and we won't let you down.

06/02/2025

Oh how the piggies love their baths 🐽
Cookie was splashing around in the water and then Johhny and Niue fell asleep in the wallow 🥰

Hope everyone has something to keep them cool during those hot days ☀️

31/01/2025

UPDATE ALL HENS NOW HAVE FOREVER HOMES TO GO TO 🐔

FREEDOM FEBRUARY

These wonderful girls will be 16 months old, they are brown shavers and are being rescued from Colony Cages and DESERVE to find their forever homes and explore the life of a normal hen.

Our adoption point will be in Feilding (Saturday adoption collection early Feb) and Inglewood (Saturday evening early Feb adoption collection)

To apply please send us a message with your contact details with photos of your hen house and hen area.

We have less then 2 weeks to find these girls wonderful homes so please share and spread the word about hens needing Manawatu & Taranaki forever homes.

*Please note adoptions fees do apply.

(Auckland Applications are now open so send us a message. 🐔)

Can't adopt? Please spread the word, share our post and help us find these hens their forever homes.

Let's find these girls their forever homes 🐔🐔

29/01/2025

THE 1-20 CHALLENGE!! - 16 more people needed :) can you pick a number and help us get there?

We are looking for 20 awesome angel humans who would be willing to donate from $1-20/ week. These are super exciting times working with to secure a new home for the sanctuary. At the moment, we are operating from paycheck to paycheck and we need funds for setting up the new sanctuary site!!. If we could fill all these spaces, it would make a massive, massive difference to our ability to look after the kiddos and run the sanctuary - as well as having much needed funds to set up entirely bare land and turn it into our new sanctuary home.

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8 Lisa V M 💜 ($5)
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10 Chris 💖 ($5)
11 Swayze N Jayden Zielinski ❤ ($10)
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If you are keen to be part of this awesome mission and willing to donate weekly (or fortnightly/monthly), pick a number and then set up a donation either directly to our bank account or through our donorbox site (works for international human angels too 😇🌎). Then flick us a comment or message and I'll update the list with your name (or anonymous if preferred).

Bank account number is 38-9024-0809200-00

Donorbox link (also in Instagram bio)
https://donorbox.org/sherock-sanctuary-sponsors-herd-members-and-supporters

P.S. if your number is already taken, you can still choose that number and we will add you to the challenge list!! You guys are awesome and I really beleive that together, we can do this.

Thank you to every single magical person who has and does help us to keep going. Please know how much we appreciate each and every one of you. Truly X

Ngā mihi maioha e te iwi ❤🐑🦆🐄🐔🐗🐽🦥🦔🐇🐦🐈

25/01/2025

Remie posing for the camera. He's a born star 📸💫

23/01/2025

Sally is finally back to her old self! 🥰 Over the past couple weeks Sally has been really sick. Her crop wasn’t working and she couldn’t digest food or even liquid. She was exhausted and would just curl up in the corner of the house instead of knocking on our bedroom door in the morning telling us it’s time for breakfast. Sally is such a wonderful girl who comes running everytime we call her name, who jumps up my leg while I’m cooking (trying to steal some food), and who enjoys cuddles in bed. She’s an absolute foodie so it was hard to watch her feeling so sick and not wanting to eat. We tried everything but it took her ages to even pass liquids. We were getting really worried when she suddenly started to cheer up. Getting crops started is really hard and can sometimes just take a lot of time. But slowly she moved from tube feed to soaked mash and back to her pallets. She’s back to enjoying the sun outside and coming in 5 times a day for her much loved snack bowls. I love that girl so much. She is such a sunshine who brings so much love and beauty into our lives. I’m so glad she’s finally feeling better.

You are so strong, Sally. Thank you for not giving up, my girl ❤️

19/01/2025

Chickies in need of loving homes. Please get in touch with the incredible Sally if you can adopt and share this around ❤️🐔🥰

16/01/2025

Te Tai Tokerau/Northland rescue chickies needing adoptors 🐔❤️Also in north auckland. Please share some they can be rescued and get to know a happy, safe life Xx

13/01/2025

Grace as soon as she hears us opening the bag of multinuts 😅🙈❤️

11/01/2025

Please keep our newest little rescue in your thoughts tonight - little one is extremely extremely weak and very close to death, found in the middle of the road. We weren't sure they would even survive the drive home but definitely have a little fighter on our hands; has had subcut fluid, meds and now on a heated blanket in a dark and quiet place.
It's very touch and go with a few scary episodes but definitely rooting for this little guy.

We went to visit a potential new property today and hiked around the place to asssess terrain, grass, water, shelter, accessibility etc. We were super exhausted today so almost didn't go out but now so glad we did ad otherwise we never would have found this little one in time.

Praying they make it through the next few hours and can start recovering

09/01/2025

Who‘s gonna tell Sally that she doesn't have to stand on the tray to eat her breakfast? 😅❤️🐓

06/01/2025

FUNDRAISING FOR A NEW HOME
This is probably the most important post we've written. With Em and Shay stepping back, we are needing to buy land and build a new home where we can bring this incredibly precious family of rescue kids and continue to carry out our work.

To do this, we need funds more than ever before. We've started working full time alongside running the sanctuary and saving every penny we can but we will need a village to make this happen. Literally every dollar we can raise will improve the lives of these kids.

https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/new-sanctuary-home

Funds will go towards purchasing a suitable property aswell as moving costs, transporting kiddos, setting up facilities like road access and hay barn, fencing and water setup.

Literally every dollar counts and we are so so grateful for the community we have around us making this sanctuary possible ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

Ngā mihi maioha.

Our animal sanctuary is needing a new home to ensure the long term safety of the rescue kids. Funds will go directly to this move ❤️🐮🐗🐷🐑

05/01/2025

Happy Snoot Sunday from our lovely Wheru boy 🧡🤍

03/01/2025

Introducing Sally ❤️❤️
Little Sally has been with us for a few months now. She was rescued from a small free range egg farm - we were helping transport from the farm to adopters for this rescue and noticed her curled up in the corner of one of the crates.
She was really sick with a necrotic foot that had led to systemic infection, broken bones and was really skinny. She can see some things but not enough to reliably identify or find food.
She's now a thriving super sassy and incredibly loving little kiddo who LOVES blueberries. A lot.

Stay tuned for more Sally videos and more updates of everything going on here.

Arohanui

22/12/2024

A NEW HOME
Sherock Sanctuary was born when Emily and Shay moved onto their dream property and decided to save the 6 cows and their calves who were on the land but going to be slaughtered. It's since grown to include the 20 rescue moo kids as well as sheep, pigs, chickens and the occasional wildlife friend

Due to a very long struggle with ill health,
Emily and Shay have had to make the decision to officially step away from the Sanctuary.

My name is Andy - I've been running the sanctuary alongside Em and Shay for the last few years with my partner Dalina joining me in the mission to keep these kids safe. With Emily and Shay stepping back, Dalina and I are now running the sanctuary full time.

We are in the process of finding a property to ensure the long term future for the animals here with a likely move in the relatively near future. Its daunting and its scary but these kids are worth it 1000 times over and more.

This would not be possible at all without Shawn and Michael from The Animal Sanctuary who are partnering with us to help set up a new sanctuary site where we can ensure the long term future for the kids.

We would like to sincerely thank Emily and Shay for the countless hours, funds, love, sweat and tears they have given. Without them, these precious kids would never have been rescued and would not be alive today.
We wish them all the best.

Thank you to every single one of you supporting us - we truly could not do this without you.

Arohanui ###

Andy, Dalina and all the kids here 🥰❤️🐂🐮🐗🐷🦆🐔🦋🪽🐑💞

20/12/2024

BIG NEWS COMING!!!
Domino is here to wish you all a happy Friday and also to let you kmow that we will finally be able to share some really big news with you on Monday so watch this space.
With lots of love
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