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Alcheringa is a vegan non-profit animal micro-sanctuary in the north west of Ireland.

19/08/2024

The retirees wanted to let you know that we will be taking a break from social media this week. Take care.

18/08/2024

Dolly, Joni and Patti have been with is 2 weeks now, and you can see from this photo that Patti has a number of feathers coming through already which is excellent. The girls came from a 'high welfare' egg farm - if you think Patti looks like she has received 'high welfare' where she came from, you are clearly insane. If you still buy eggs at the shops, know that this cruelty is what you are paying for and that I for one think you are despicable.

The girls had their implants this week, which cost us €320. We've so far received only one donation to help cover the cost, so if you could help us out the link is below. But we would honestly rather you became vegan than ever give us any money at all - end the abuse at its source, rather than paying to fix the tiniest portion of the consequences of your behaviours.

https://donorbox.org/support-alcheringa-animal-sanctuary-2

16/08/2024

Charlie doesn't really believe in boundaries. (This is my water glass).

15/08/2024

"If you are moved by the rescue of these twenty-five cows, please consider going vegan. If you remain non-vegan you are responsible for all their comrades being harmed and killed. Please also consider donating to Hillside Animal Sanctuary where they will live for the remainder of their lives and to Eden Farmed Animal Sanctuary Ireland who pay their transport costs and their veterinary and food bills for the last year."

15/08/2024

Riley is a sweet boy. He loves to nuzzle into your legs which means, 'Face rubs please!'. We are always happy to oblige. 💚

15/08/2024

"Nothing illegal was ever inflicted on her. Freeze branding and removing her calves after birth are standard legal practice on all farms. if we target speciesism and promote veganism, we remove the root cause of what so many people refer to as 'animal abuse'. After all, if no one demanded animal milk, cows would not be bred into the dairy industry in the first place. It is a the myth and an injustice to believe and behave as if human lives matter more than animal lives. That is the message we need to promote."

14/08/2024

Dairy is not cruelty free. Calves suffer and are slaughtered in order for humans to drink milk meant for baby cows. This is why being vegetarian is not enough if you want to avoid animal cruelty.

It is surprising how many people remain unaware that newly born calves are separated from their mothers so that the milk they produce to feed them can instead be used to make dairy products for humans. Go Vegan World has been running this ad since 2015 to make sure that as many members of the public as possible see the message and learn about the impact of their non-vegan choices on other animals. This ad is currently live at Bridgewater, Somerset in the UK.

https://goveganworld.com/download-your-free-vegan-guide/
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14/08/2024

Charlie's so impressed with himself for getting down to his ideal weight that he's decided to claim the scales as a daybed.

13/08/2024

Marie has clearly put quite a bit of effort into doing her hair today.

13/08/2024

Lily, Gracie and Janet huddle for a cuddle 💚

12/08/2024

Here's a kiss from Isabella to start your week with a smile 💋

10/08/2024

Patti, Joni and Dolly have been with us for a week now and they are doing well. They are eating up their food like there is no tomorrow and are particularly excited to have salads now that they have learned how to eat them (they had clearly never seen anything like it before). The rest of the flock have stopped shrieking whenever they see the new girls, and the new girls are getting interested in the world beyond their small quarantine space. Next week they will be getting their implants which will give them a break from laying eggs, meaning the huge amount of bodily resources eggs take to produce will instead go towards regrowing their feathers and restoring their bodies to health. The implants have gone up to a whopping €106 each, so if you can help us to cover these costs at all, it would be most appreciated.

https://donorbox.org/support-alcheringa-animal-sanctuary-2

https://donorbox.org/support-alcheringa-animal-sanctuary-2

09/08/2024

Four gentlemen enjoying the sun after several days of rain.

08/08/2024

Truth.

Nearly every week we hear about horses ridden to their deaths.. Only young poor souls, their legs snapped, tendons and ligaments ruptured. And would anyone even try to help them? Rehabilitate them? Will they be looked after by their tormentors? Of course not! An injured racing horse is considered trash and is either killed by vets directly at the race or is sent to the knackery.
Racing horses are genetically selected and bred for speed, not for being strong and robust: their skeletons are not even fully formed until they are at least 6 years old but they are raced from 2 years old already.
Horses are not our property, they are not here for our entertainment, whether it is at competitive level or personal amusement. There is no right way of doing the wrong thing! NO ONE who uses horses, rides them, races them or goes to watch those ridiculous spectacles actually loves horses, they love being around horses, they love looking at them, which is a very different thing! In the same way as someone who breeds animals for consumption or even for companionship, they don’t love animals, they at most enjoy being around them. Because when you truly love someone, you do what’s in THEIR best interest, and it’s in no one’s best interest to be bred for profit!

08/08/2024

Miss Lily was King of the pile last night. Lily came to us as a lamb with her mum. She will never be forced to have babies for humans to steal and eat. She will not be herself sent to the slaughterhouse a quarter of the way through her natural lifespan because someone has decided she isn't returning enough profit to be allowed to live. Lily will live out her days here with her friends and her mother, receiving support when she needs it and being respected by the humans who work here. That is because we are a vegan sanctuary.

07/08/2024

From certain angles, young Alice's neck looks so long she might be part llama! The visual trick is due to her neck wool being worn away from always leaning through the fence to get to the foliage on the other side. For Alice, the grass is always greener - literally! I had hoped to get a photo of her with her head through the fence, but as always she was too quick for me and pulled her head back through in order to run up to me and say hello. She's the sweetest sheep girl I know 💚

05/08/2024

After much deliberation, we decided that as these girls are survivors who we hope will thrive and have long and happy lives, we will name them after three other amazing ladies who have thrived long-term against the odds. I therefore introduce to you (L-R): Joni Mitchell, Dolly Parton and Patti Smith.

Joni, Dolly and Patti are currently living in the small quarantine enclosure while we monitor them for any medical problems. They are having tonic, vitamins and intensive feed as well as salads and eggs to build them back up. We are waiting for the vet to get in the contraceptive implants which will give them a break from laying eggs so that their bodies can recover from the relentless exploitation that has been their only experience of life to date. The implants are essential but expensive - last time they cost around €100 each, and we expect the price to have increased since then. If you can help us to cover the cost of these vital medical interventions which will help the ladies grow back their feathers and get stronger faster, any donation - no matter how small - would be greatly appreciated.

https://donorbox.org/support-alcheringa-animal-sanctuary-2

05/08/2024

The stunning donkey gang.

04/08/2024

Yesterday, thanks to LittleHill Animal Rescue & Sanctuary we had the opportunity to rescue three more hens from the egg industry. We do not know whether they came from a so-called 'free range farm' or a battery farm - in reality there is little difference in the way either type of farm treats their hens, they suffer just the same. While the bodies of these girls are terribly broken, I'm pleased to say their spirits are quite lively and we look forward to supporting them back to health and giving them the happy lives all sentient beings should be afforded. We hope one day they will forget the horrors they have experienced over the past 18 months.

We will hopefully land on names for them today. While we think on that, I implore you, if you still purchase eggs from a shop, to stop doing so. This is precisely what your money goes to support - cruelty and suffering of innocent hens who, like you, just want to enjoy their lives. They did not ask to be born into such a barbaric industry and such a human-modified barbaric world. How can you, in good conscience, pay for their suffering when you have so many alternative food options available? Tormenting and killing animals is not necessary or ethical. The way to avoid it is to go vegan.

03/08/2024

This is the first day of your best life, ladies. Welcome home ❤️

03/08/2024

Most of our sheep like a long lie-in and most days we leave them to it. Occasionally though, we have something scheduled for later in the day and we need to get them up and moved to the big field earlier. This is the main bunch at 9am this morning, bleary-eyed, staggering out from their house and wondering why we were calling them so early! 😴😴😴

02/08/2024

Sanctuary Manager Charlie has decided that due to rain he will be supervising work today from the comfort of his pleather tub chair.

01/08/2024

Siblings Smudge and Tumbles have never known mistreatment because their mother, Freckles, was wise and agile enough to escape the farmer and give birth to her babies in freedom. We took them in to ensure this never changes. They are safe now at our vegan sanctuary.

31/07/2024

Gentle Marley is still having trouble with his left hip, although it has improved some. One of the problems for sanctuaries is the lack of veterinary knowledge or services for older 'farmed' animals. 'Farmed' animals are by definition bred to be killed at a very young age and so very little is known about how to care for illnesses or conditions that come on later in life. In addition, because of the blanket assumption that every individual of such species will be killed and eaten by humans, many excellent medications are illegal to use in 'farmed' animals, for fear they enter the human food chain. The huge irony is, the flesh of 'farmed' terrestrial animals is already classed as a Group 2 Carcinogen by the World Health Organisation, regardless of the medications applied to them. Eating meat is fundamentally unhealthy, and the animal agriculture industries are literally killing life on Earth with their pollution, reduction of biodiversity, decimation of natural habitats and damage to soil structure. And yet because politicians and scientists are frightened to tell people what they don't want to hear, the cycle continues, and the Earth and the animals suffer because of it. At an individual level, the only way out of this mess is to go vegan.

30/07/2024

The retirees have their shaded forest house for the summer while we clean out and air their winter house. If you look closely, you can spy Westie through the window, having an afternoon lie down.

29/07/2024

It was a rare hot and sunny day yesterday, so the donkeys headed into the little forest for some shaded grazing.

27/07/2024

Isabella is very happy because yesterday she spied apples forming on the trees in the orchard 💚🍏🍎💚

27/07/2024

26/07/2024

Friday's Queen of the Pile is Freckles, our very first resident. Freckles was an amazing mum to Smudge and Tumbles, and also adopted Marley when he came to us as a lamb. We don't know exactly what she went through before we met her, but she remains extremely wary of humans. After knowing us for 6 years, she now will sometimes do us the honor of eating from our hands - as long as we don't try to pat her. Freckles, Smudge, Marley and Tumbles are an inseparable group and the core of the main flock. 💚

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Patti, Joni and Dolly have been with us for a week now and they are doing well. They are eating up their food like there is no tomorrow and are particularly excited to have salads now that they have learned how to eat them (they had clearly never seen anything like it before). The rest of the flock have stopped shrieking whenever they see the new girls, and the new girls are getting interested in the world beyond their small quarantine space. Next week they will be getting their implants which will give them a break from laying eggs, meaning the huge amount of bodily resources eggs take to produce will instead go towards regrowing their feathers and restoring their bodies to health. The implants have gone up to a whopping €106 each, so if you can help us to cover these costs at all, it would be most appreciated. https://donorbox.org/support-alcheringa-animal-sanctuary-2 https://donorbox.org/support-alcheringa-animal-sanctuary-2

Today's King of the Pile is Baby Fox, calling to his subjects (sound on!). As vegans, we respect all animals without exception, and try to make our property as nature-friendly as possible.

People are often surprised that we can identify each sheep at the sanctuary by their voice alone, but they are usually people who view all sheep as the same. In reality, each sheep is an individual with likes and dislikes, friends, family, habits and unique characteristics such as their voice. Westie, the first sheep to speak in this video, has a particularly deep voice and I always think he should be at the opera! Westie would also like to remind you that we are hoping people will sign up to donate €1 per week to the sanctuary. If everyone who follows our page donated just €1 per week to us, we could cover our bedding, feed and veterinary supplies. If you can help us out, the link is here: https://donorbox.org/support-alcheringa-animal-sanctuary-2

Ingrid loves a roll in the dirt. Now that her arthritis and hoof problems are being treated, she can get down and up again easily.

When they hit just the right spot... Oh Gracie, you make us laugh! 😆

When Ingrid (the smallest brown donkey) came to us, she could hardly walk. A lifetime of neglect had left her arthritic and with severe hoof problems. As we are vegan, we do not believe an animal's life is worth less than a human life. Simply killing Ingrid - as one party recommended to us - without first trying to address her problems was not an option we were willing to consider. Ingrid had such a spark of life in her, we wanted to give her every chance to have some quality of life after so many years of pain. Working closely with our vet, we put her on a course of arthritis medication that we knew from previous experience worked well. She responded beautifully. Here you can see her overtaking her pals to lead the herd up the hill, kicking her legs in joy. We think finally she is living her best life <3

Who doesn't get excited at home time? 💚

Just a reminder from four years ago, when Rusty was a baby and he woke himself up by talking in his sleep 💚 (Volume on!)

Snuggles and Eva have such different approaches to food, as you can see with the apple branch here. Snuggles likes to move along the branch, removing just the bark. Eva on the other hand bites off the tender end and chews the whole thing like a piece of spaghetti! They're the cutest. 🖤🤍🐰🐇

When Ingrid came to us she was quite lame with severe arthritis. Some people immediately advised us to put her to sleep, but we knew there were medications that could help her and our vet agreed. Ingrid has now completed a course of Cartrophen and is walking really well. It is often difficult to tell her apart from her daughter when we are watching them in the fields. She is the first one out of the barn in the morning, eager to get on with her grazing and exploring the property. We are so glad we gave her a chance, when others were not interested in doing so. She is a joy to have here at the sanctuary.

Because we are quite remote by Irish standards, we often have difficulty getting equipment, resources and also services. One of the things we have been seeking for some time are lidded hay feeders, without success. When I mentioned this to one of our friendly neighbours, he was very quick to offer us two of his old hay feeders along with sections of corrugated iron that we could hinge on to serve as lids - he even supplied the wire for the hinges! The feeders were very rusted, so we stripped them back and sprayed them with rust-proof paint, put the lids on and hey presto, we now have two lidded hay feeders! Today we set up the one for the main flock and we were fascinated to see who would be the first to check it out. As you can see, it turned out to be Tilly, followed by Tumbles and Rusty. The sheep are often shy to check out new things when we are nearby, preferring to check them out in private. Shortly after I took this video, Smudge and Marley came over for a snack, although they scarpered when we walked by. The hay feeders will make it easier for the sheep to feed over the winter and will save us a huge amount of hay by minimising wastage on the ground. We are very thankful to our neighbour for gifting these items to us!

The question you have to ask yourself is, have you ever enjoyed an apple as much as Bambi?

Less than 24 hours after meeting each other, here are the girls grazing together 💚

Ingrid and Isabella formally met Marie and Truffle yesterday, across the safety of a gate. There was some excited swishing of tails but no aggression. Isabella was particularly keen to make friends, Ingrid a little less so. It was an encouraging start!

Don't you love it when something is just the right height?

From time to time young Riley succumbs to a rare condition which we call The Achonkalypse. He had quite a severe case of it today, as you can see. 😆 (I did manage to help him up in the end!)

Riley knows that when you're poorly it's important to keep up your vitamins and fluids, so he's tucking into the mineral lick and fresh water. He's feeling much better, although he still has several more days of antibiotics to go.

Westie loves a back rub! Just like us, sheep seek pleasure and avoid suffering. That's one of the things that make our treatment of them in the flesh and dairy industries so awful. But really, if they're just like us, why are we eating them anyway?

It's always exciting to go to a favourite restaurant, even if it's just across the road. Although Riley is more of a fan of 'street food' 😆

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