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!

01/14/2026

🎂🍏🍎 Babe turns 25 this Friday!

This Friday, Babe turns 25! 😱Babe made her sanctuary debut five years ago, after she and half sister Honey (rip) arrived...
01/13/2026

This Friday, Babe turns 25! 😱

Babe made her sanctuary debut five years ago, after she and half sister Honey (rip) arrived heavily pregnant.

Honey gave birth to Elliot and Babe to Edgar.

Babe is a no nonsense, top notch lady who knows what she wants and when she wants it.

She is a huge fan of apples. For every 25 raised, we will feed Babe an apple 🍎 😘. We will film it as proof too!

On friday, she will enjoy a home made cake 🎂 and 🍎s. Look for the video evidence then.

Please start sending celebration vibes to this baddie today!

01/12/2026

Only weirdos allowed here.

01/11/2026

Have the goats gotten enough cookies?

Katie says no.

01/10/2026

Celine is one of 15 sheep we took in from a cruelty case, along with 28 goats.

Celine has a condition called CL, which can cause abscesses on the lymph nodes. When an animal has an active abscess, they must be kept separate while the abscess opens, heals, and closes. Caregivers wear proper gear during treatment as CL is also zoonotic.

Poor Celine has been isolated away from her little misfit flock for two weeks. Her abscess is healed so she was recently reunited and we think she is happy.

Celine will remain at Animal Place so we can manage her CL.

📢 Animal news you might have missed!❤️ Congress passed a bipartisan bill ending the decades-old school milk mandate—allo...
01/09/2026

📢 Animal news you might have missed!

❤️ Congress passed a bipartisan bill ending the decades-old school milk mandate—allowing the National School Lunch Program to offer plant-based milks for the first time. A major step away from Big Dairy influence and toward more compassionate, inclusive, and sustainable choices for billions of school lunches each year.

❤️ The UK government confirmed that boiling live, conscious crustaceans is not acceptable, pledging new guidance under its Animal Welfare Strategy to strengthen protections for decapod crustaceans and move compassion closer to law.

💔 Avian flu outbreaks are accelerating across Europe, with hundreds of highly pathogenic cases reported this winter. Data tracked by the European Commission and the World Organisation for Animal Health highlight the growing toll on commercial poultry across the region.

01/09/2026

A lot of the diseases we are seeing in the goats and sheep we took in from a cruelty case were not only preventable but highly treatable.

Mary presented with total blindness upon intake here. After treatment both ocular and injectable antibiotics, Mary's vision has returned.

Had she continued without treatment, it is highly likely her vision would have never returned and possible that her eyes would have completely ruptured.

The man responsible was a hoof trimmer and planned to open a rescue. It is imperative that as sanctuaries and individuals we only take on who we can care for. Neglect of this nature happens because of lack of quarantine, biosecurity, and individualized health and testing plans. It is so preventable.

We love Mary and are so glad she can see!

It happens any time we showcase cows from the dairy industry acting motherly. "Dairy cows are bad mothers". "Dairy cows ...
01/09/2026

It happens any time we showcase cows from the dairy industry acting motherly. "Dairy cows are bad mothers". "Dairy cows don't know how to be moms." "Dairy cows will kill their babies." Therefore, farmers must continue to separate babies from mothers within 24 hours of birth.

This is all silliness, of course. Selective breeding for high milk production does not eliminate maternal behavior. Research and the experience of sanctuaries support the reality - most Holstein, Jersey, and typical "dairy-breed" cows are more than capable of being mothers.

Separating calves from their mothers is a common practice because it is profitable practice. For most dairies, the priority is getting the mother into the parlor so that milk meant for a baby cow is instead sold for human consumption.

But when given the chance, the overwhelming majority of cows who give birth - regardless of breed - will choose to mother their calf.

And more amazingly, at sanctuary, we get to see cows like Maple, who never groomed her own calves, get the opportunity to mother. And we get to see calves like Zinnia and Dahlia, taken from their moms immediately after birth, receive the maternal, motherly love and protection from Maple.

❤Love Animals? 🐮Start 2026 off with a dose of compassion and try vegan. You can download our Try Vegan booklet for free ...
01/07/2026

❤Love Animals? 🐮

Start 2026 off with a dose of compassion and try vegan. You can download our Try Vegan booklet for free to discover all the reasons why kindness matters.

Here are four reasons we advocate for veganism
➡ Animals are unique, feeling beings who want to live. Cows are no different than dogs in their ability to form friendships, grieve, and experience joy. There is actually no inherent difference between the animals you might see as "friends" and those you might deem "food".
➡ Farming animals is inherently cruel, as it requires the objectification and commodification of another living being. To profit from the bodies, eggs, fur, skins, and flesh of animals requires harming them.
➡ Animal agriculture is the leading cause of many environmental woes, from deforestation to water pollution.
➡ Eating animals can be harmful to your health.

Want to learn more? Download a free copy of Try vegan now:https://animalplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/VeganBookletProof.pdf

Excuse me, who said you could be so cute Leon? Leon did, that's who.Leon is a 6-yr-old Flemish giant who is deeply bonde...
01/06/2026

Excuse me, who said you could be so cute Leon?

Leon did, that's who.

Leon is a 6-yr-old Flemish giant who is deeply bonded with Percy, another Flemish giant.

He loves human attention, snacks, and nibbling on fresh grass.

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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