Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary

Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary is a 400 acre non-profit refuge for farm animals and wildlife located in Poolesville, Maryland.
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10/26/2025

Had to go searching for the goats today- they went on a big adventure to the front fields on this beautiful Fall day - and had quite a long walk home!🍁🍂🐐💕

10/19/2025

Lester has a new cart! It fits him so much better than the old one, and he’s getting around very well in it. ( His leg was badly injured when he was a lamb and the farmers did not get vet care for him - his leg literally fell off!) Robin the turkey said she wants to roll along with him if it involves treats.😂 Thanks k9carts for making such a wonderful wheelchair for Lester!❤️🐑🦽

Romeo the cow seemed very surprised to see Hector and his rooster brothers hitching a ride in the spreader truck today!😂
10/18/2025

Romeo the cow seemed very surprised to see Hector and his rooster brothers hitching a ride in the spreader truck today!😂

A big thanks to the Veg Society of DC for helping out with the animal chores this past weekend!
10/07/2025

A big thanks to the Veg Society of DC for helping out with the animal chores this past weekend!

A really cool “fogbow” over the sanctuary this morning! Thanks to for the beautiful photo!❤️
10/06/2025

A really cool “fogbow” over the sanctuary this morning! Thanks to for the beautiful photo!❤️

A Huge thanks to everyone who came out to help support the rescued animals at Poplar Spring’s Open House and Fundraiser ...
09/24/2025

A Huge thanks to everyone who came out to help support the rescued animals at Poplar Spring’s Open House and Fundraiser on Sunday! We were so lucky to have perfect weather this year! Visitors enjoyed meeting and interacting with all the animals, while the awesome band The Thrills played and entertained the crowd. Mark Peters sold and signed copies of his new book Voices of the Herd, featuring several Poplar Spring cows and we auctioned off a brand new electric bike donated by an anonymous donor! We had a great turnout and much needed funds were raised to help us with hay, feed and vet care for our over 250 rescued residents. Everyone enjoyed the delicious vegan food and drink from Yuan Fu, Terry’s Heathy foods, Sunrise Caribbean Catering, Sticky Fingers, Just Ice Tea, and Wilma Bakes Cakes. Thanks to all the wonderful supporters who donated, sponsored an animal, purchased items from our Wish List or merchandise in the gift shop, and to all our wonderful friends who donated beautiful handmade crafts and items for the gift shop, and for our amazing staff and volunteers who worked so hard to make the event such a big success. Special thanks to volunteers Dave Durbin who donated the stage and Maureen McGowan for all of her great photos. We really appreciate everyone’s support, it was such a fun and uplifting day - THANK YOU!!!🐄🐐🐓🐖🐑🦃

09/17/2025

Uno the little bantam rooster has a new favorite activity- riding around on Albert the sheep’s back! He is very proud of himself and likes to sit up there crowing. Albert, who is totally blind, doesn’t seem to mind - he just seems a little curious as to what is happening back there! 😂 Come on out and meet them and the other rescued animals at our Open House this Sunday September 21st from 1-4 pm- all are welcome!
Thanks to Abbie Hubbard for capturing Uno’s cute antics! ❤️🐓🐑

A big welcome to Pip and Lola, our two newest residents. These two sweet nine year old Nigerian Dwarf goats sadly lost t...
09/01/2025

A big welcome to Pip and Lola, our two newest residents. These two sweet nine year old Nigerian Dwarf goats sadly lost their home when their former caretakers divorced. They had been kept in a small pen for the last several months, and desperately needed a better living situation. We are so happy to be able to provide these adorable little old ladies with a soft landing where they will receive the best feed and vet care. They are a little thin, and were so hungry when they first arrived. They are now enjoying plenty of nourishing hay and feed and lots of love, and will be able to live here happily with lots of goat friends for the rest of their lives.❤️ 🐐

This handsome boy is General, a 16 year old Standardbred horse who was raced on the track for 8 years and then pulled a ...
08/19/2025

This handsome boy is General, a 16 year old Standardbred horse who was raced on the track for 8 years and then pulled a buggy for an Amish family for another 5 years. When he began to be stiff in his rear legs and couldn’t pull a cart any more, the farmer reached out to us and asked if we could take him at Poplar Spring. He really cared about General and didn’t want to send him to an auction where he would absolutely have been purchased by the horse meat buyers. We had enough barn space for one more horse and we really wanted to help this gentle guy, so yesterday we drove to Pennsylvania and picked him up. He is really enjoying the fresh hay and grass and is especially excited about his first experience with electric fans! He will now get to run and graze in large pastures with his horse friends, and will have a wonderful life where he never has to work again. We love him so much already, he is just the sweetest horse, who already seems very happy in his new home .❤️

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15200 Mt. Nebo Road
Poolesville, MD
20837

Telephone

+13014288128

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