The Maya Foundation

02/07/2025

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02/04/2025

Is someone looking for this GSD mix in Paro?

01/28/2025

The good ole goofballs at the Barnyard Bhutan Animal Rescue & Sanctuary. Just hunkering down with the first really overcast day we've had this winter. Singye managed to steal the head of cabbage from Kora the horse yesterday - which neither of them should have had to begin with. And a few of the equines doing their twice daily snorkeling in the karma feed. Going to be kinda weird when we move to the new place having less shenanigans, but definitely better for everyone all around ❤️

01/23/2025

With multiple forest fires ongoing, PLEASE be extra careful while driving as wild animals (and others) will be running scared and may end up on or alongside the road. And if you come across any sick, injured or orphaned, PLEASE do report and get help for them ASAP 🙏🏼🦌🦅🙏🏼

01/22/2025

New girl badly burned at the Barnyard Bhutan Animal Rescue & Sanctuary ... Please let us know if you have any old bedsheets, pillowcases and other more sizable linens to help with bandaging 🙏🏼 The healing process is going to take a very long time and we absolutely need to keep her wounds clean and wet. Thank you!! 🙏🏼

Can anyone help us help this sweetheart?

She unfortunately got badly burned in a cowshed fire yesterday and is going to need bandaging for an extended period of time. Old bedsheets, pillowcases, and other more sizable linens would be of great help as we can wash and sterilize them.

Please let us know if you have any you're getting rid of and especially spread the word to hotels who might have old otherwise unusable stuff.

And while we've hopefully got your attention - we're always in need of old blankets, clothes, towels, mattresses, large washing tubs (even broken) and, well, basically everything 😆. So rather than throwing such useful items in the landfill, please consider tossing them our way for all the cats, dogs, birds, goats, piggies, cattle and equines - absolutely everything is put to good use.

Thank you!!! ❤️😺🐶🐴🫏🐮🐷🐐🦅🦉🐸

01/19/2025

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01/14/2025

*** Update - He's found and getting treatment at the vet. Thank you for sharing! 💜 ***

🆘 MISSING DOG AT SIBSOO - Please share 🙏🏼

REWARD -- 50,000/ NU.

A message yesterday from his very worried family 💔

Our pet 'Rockey' has been missing since today lunch from our home, army camp at Gola, Sibsoo.

He is 15 years old and a very loved family member. He has never been away from us and suffers from depression, anxiety and eating disorder when he is not with us. We are worried that if someone has taken him, he will not be eating food and will be in distress.

We fear he may have been taken by someone to neighboring towns and dzongkhags as we have looked for him everywhere in our area.

Please let us know if you have seen him anywhere.

OR have seen him with someone near you.

OR if you have taken him, please return him to us.

Any information or anyone leading to our beloved pets return will be rewarded Nu. 50,000.

No questions asked - we just want our dog home safely.

Please help us during this time of need and distress.

Contact: 77222581
77462062
17626790

12/25/2024

The view when you're trying to walk down from the front porch 😆 driving up the driveway is a whole other ballgame with the big kids thinking they own the place (oh wait, they do!). And the house, err where they let me kind of sleep, sometimes, we better not get into that!

Wishing all of our amazing friends, supporters, fellow rescuers, and your and all the fur/feathered/hooved/etc babies out there a very merry Christmas.

We will have some pretty awesome news about and pictures of our new site coming soon... eventually; in the meantime, thank you for your patience and understanding our relative silence; it's not because we don't love and appreciate you, or are taking a holiday, it's only because we have to focus on how to best help the animals already here and the new emergencies.

Merry Christmas and happy holidays all - and thank you for caring about us and more importantly the animals ❤️

Oh! And if anyone in our neighborhood lost their hen today, she has a broken leg but she's here now safe and sound - please get in touch!

12/22/2024

Please please PLEASE everyone, drive safely. If you hit an animal, report it ASAP 🙏🏼

Yes, broken horse season (in her case, mule) is sadly upon us. This would have been a much easier case (open tibia fracture) had the animal not been discovered multiple days later. PLEASE, if you hit an animal - report it immediately! I think the new rules even say you can get compensation from the owners for damage to your vehicle. Horse/mule owners, PLEASE get your animals home at the very least before 5pm and it's getting dark. I know it's virtually impossible to feed your animals since grass is just not available in Bhutan commercially, but getting them home each day is certainly cheaper/easier/more compassionate than one dying horrifically or losing their supposed utility value.

And for owners wanting to know if they can take their animal back when s/he recovers; if they are truly fit for work, yes, of course. We don't need more healthy animals. But if you abandon them in their time of need, or plan on working an animal unsound for carrying loads, no. Our responsibility is ensuring the long-term welfare of the animal, period.

Please please please everyone, drive safely. We are beyond packed as with construction of our new site taking longer than expected, where to put the next one is not a question we can answer. Even this girl is outside for the night 😔

12/15/2024

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12/14/2024

The beautiful new girl from Laya arrived safely late last night to the Barnyard Bhutan Animal Rescue & Sanctuary. So grateful to the nice folks who again asked for help when they found an abandoned equine in need, and before the infection could become very serious; thankfully no broken bones and the tendon relatively still intact. Getting animals early on is so critical to saving them and ensuring a well functioning leg.

Please don't wait for getting help for any animal - especially with winter upon us, things can go from bad to worse very quickly 🙏🏼

12/10/2024

Any of our friends in Laya willing to help us remotely with an injured horse there tomorrow? Pls msg if so 🙏🏼 #17641224

11/16/2024

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