Animal Place

Animal Place 💚Kindness starts with you.
🐷501(c)(3) nonprofit farmed animal sanctuary
Without you, there is no us.
📍Grass Valley & Petaluma, CA.

Founded in 1989, Animal Place fills a much-needed niche of farm animal rescue, sanctuary, education, and adoption. Animal Place is one of the largest and oldest animal sanctuaries in the nation. We operate a 600-acre sanctuary in Grass Valley, California, and a 60-acre animal shelter in Vacaville, California. Animal Place extends compassion to all life with a special emphasis on farmed animals. Th

is is executed by providing permanent sanctuary, education, legislation, and appropriate placement of needy animals. Commenting Policy:

Our page is for supporters of Animal Place. We love engaging discussions and the sharing of opinions–we encourage you to do just that! However, we reserve the right to remove comments or posts that contain the following:

- mocking of rescued animals (e.g. "bacon!" "looks tasty")
- promotion of violence towards humans or nonhumans
- spam
- personal attacks
- off-topic
- encouraging or promoting illegal activities

Anyone leaving an inflammatory, callous comment encouraging the consumption of any of the rescued animals at Animal Place will be permanently banned. If you have questions, email [email protected]

Thank you!

Beethoven's   update! He will give you a final update tomorrow but he wanted to hop on now real quick. So far, people ha...
12/03/2025

Beethoven's update!

He will give you a final update tomorrow but he wanted to hop on now real quick.

So far, people have raised $19,000 ($19,025 to be exact) today alone! There is about $1,000 in matching funds left so you still have time to double your donation!

12/02/2025

You make these rescues happen. We "met" Zinnia through a photo. It showed a nameless calf peering out from a dairy farm calf hutch. She was in Iowa and California seemed so far.

kindly fostered her and met in Wyoming.

But Zinnia was lonely! A month later, though, another calf at the dairy needed placement. We once again went out and drove more than 1,800 miles round trip.

Today, your donation doubles so that we can continue going that extra mile (or thousand) for animals like Zinnia and Dahlia. 💛

The severely neglected bunny rescued by one of our community members is off to .They will be in the best care with .tino...
11/30/2025

The severely neglected bunny rescued by one of our community members is off to .

They will be in the best care with .tinosrabbitat. We hope this little rabbit will be able to overcome their abuse and find the forever home they so deserve.

We were not able to find the second rabbit who had been dumped as well. 💔

TRANSPORT SECURED Help! This sweet bunny was dumped outside a Grass Valley home. She is severely neglected.  is willing ...
11/29/2025

TRANSPORT SECURED

Help! This sweet bunny was dumped outside a Grass Valley home. She is severely neglected. is willing to help her but we need to get her from Grass Valley to San Jose ASAP!

we will cover fuel costs. If you can help, please message us or email at [email protected].

Volunteer Spotlight: Meet Lynn, one of our animal socializers! Lynn plays music for our animal residents, and even pampe...
11/29/2025

Volunteer Spotlight: Meet Lynn, one of our animal socializers!
Lynn plays music for our animal residents, and even pampers them with massagers 💆Her bright spirit is beloved by staff and residents alike. Thank you for choosing compassion, Lynn!

Want to be an animal socializer like Lynn? Visit our website to learn more and sign up:
https://animalplace.org/get-involved/volunteer/

Read Lynn's full story here: https://animalplace.org/meet-lynn-the-music-loving-volunteer-who-stole-the-sheeps-hearts/

Thank you to everyone who voted on names for our two newest rescued turkey friends! The winning names are Franklin and E...
11/26/2025

Thank you to everyone who voted on names for our two newest rescued turkey friends!

The winning names are Franklin and Eleanor!

This Thanksgiving, we will be celebrating Franklin and Eleanor's arrival to Animal Place. We will also be mourning the senseless slaughter of 43+ million turkeys who wanted to live as much as Franklin and Eleanor do.

Friendly reminder that we will be closed to visitors this Thursday, November 27th, in honor of our turkeys. We will be o...
11/26/2025

Friendly reminder that we will be closed to visitors this Thursday, November 27th, in honor of our turkeys. We will be open Friday, November 28th for self-guided tours and Saturday, November 29th for our group tour. Visit our website for more information. Our turkeys thank you for your understanding!🦃

Address

17314 McCourtney Road
Grass Valley, CA
95949

Opening Hours

Tuesday 10am - 4am
Wednesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm

Telephone

+15304771757

Website

https://linktr.ee/animal.place

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