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Our vision is to fulfill our dream of creating Malta's very first farm animal sanctuary.

20/12/2024

*TW – Pictures of dead rabbits in below post*

Yesterday we were notified of a couple of rabbits roaming around in Zurrieq.

Thankfully, someone managed to go and have a look in the area and managed to locate one of them, who is now safe with us. He seems to be in good health, free from mites and fleas and is eating and pooping fine. He is absolutely petrified and is only moving around to eat and go into his litter.. hopefully by time he will get to trust us more. We have named him Dexter.

Unfortunately, while Dexter was “lucky” enough to end up in our care, not the same can be said about the rest of the rabbits in the area. There were about 15 dead rabbits, all in different stages of decomposition. Rabbits likely used for breeding and dumped like trash once they were no longer profitable. There is also a dog roaming in the area, who might have been chasing and killing them. We do not blame the dog of course, but the irresponsible person who lets the dog out and about.

This is a very common scene unfortunately, as we have received various reports in the past of dumping areas where people will discard of their rabbits.

18/12/2024

As we have mentioned in previous posts, although we had to relocate our current animals which were held at Inspire grounds, we are still actively rescuing and trying to re-home animals, mainly rabbits.

The below are some of the rescues which we have taken in during the past few months. We are keeping them in our private residents, and doing our best to rescue as many as we can. You can read their description and stories underneath every picture.

Our space however is limited, and we are full. We know of plenty more rabbits who require rescuing, however unless we find fosterers or adopters, we will be unable to keep rescuing more.

Please get in touch if you can help us in fostering or adopting any of these babies 🙏

14/12/2024

Can you give Jack and Jill the love and care they deserve? If so, please get in touch!

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13/12/2024

Thank you Fabio Spiteri for the generous donation made to our sanctuary. You are an incredible human being whose dedication and commitment to the cause is highly commendable and greatly appreciated 🙏❤

We may be temporarily closed without a place to call our own, but we are still taking in rescue rabbits, all of whom are neutered and vaccinated before being rehomed. The cost of neutering has doubled in recent months, so donations like this enable us to keep doing so.

In addition, we are still covering costs of our pigs and lambs who are being temporarily being taken care of, while searching for a piece of land to set up Sunshine once again; the only sanctuary in Malta who takes in rescued farm animals.

We haven't given up hope yet, and may have a positive update soon, so watch this space 🤞

Thank you everyone for your continued support

04/11/2024

Just to inform you all that due to our current circumstances, we are not accepting any volunteers. We are also not in a position to take in any animals.

However, should anyone know of any animals who are in desperate need of help, send us a message and we will do our best to provide assistance.

In the meantime, we will keep you updated on Sunshine's situation and whether a solution is found to keep it running. We will see.

Thank you 🙏💛

03/11/2024

Meet yesterday's rescue, a sweet and friendly female bunny found close to the dog park in San Gwann.

Fortunately she was reported and then picked up by someone who kept her safe last night and brought her to us this morning.

She is very healthy; no ear mites or fleas and is a healthy weight. She's eating and drinking well and is getting along with one of our members rabbits, Toy, which we are really happy about. If this continues, our member will adopt her 💗

Should anyone be in a position to help us foster any rabbits, please get in touch as there are so many dumped bunnies out there but not enough space now that we've left Inspire premises for good.

Thank you 🙏🏼 🐰

03/11/2024

We have been receiving messages about rabbits being dumped daily, and unfortunately, now that we had to relocate our animals, we no longer have a rescue centre, and all our rescues are being placed in our private residents.

We are full and desperately need fosterers, as we just received another message about yet another 2 rabbits being dumped.

Can anyone please help?

02/11/2024

Today was a busy yet somewhat emotional day for us at Sunshine. We took our final two residents, Trixiebell and Sergeant to a new temporary home. We will miss them greatly 💗

We would like to thank Dr Katherine from Animal Kingdom Veterinary Clinic Malta for sedating our piggies as well as giving them a tusk/hoof trim and health check. We really appreciate your time and professionalism, as always 🙏🏼

We would also like to thank the kind-hearted individual who offered them a wonderful space fillled with trees and soil. Our minds are at rest knowing they are in such good hands 🐽🙏🏼🐽

We love you Trixie and Sergeant and wish you lots of happiness, our sweet babies.

In the meantime, we will keep searching for a new premises, in the hope that somehow, we manage...watch this space and keep your fingers crossed for us.

Thank you everyone for your continued support 🙏🏼

01/11/2024

On World Vegan Day we encourage you to see animals for who they truly are.

They are not nuggets, sausages, burgers, steaks, nor bacon. Their wings, breasts, ribs, legs, thighs nor cheeks are something which should ever be cut from their bodies and consumed.

They are individual sentient beings who wish to live a life free from suffering and death, so let's respect their right to live.

Be kind, be vegan 🌱🐾❤

29/10/2024

The 3 remaining rescue buns were taken to their new home yesterday morning and are settling in well!

Thank you Vincent's Eco Estate for giving them this chance 🙏🏼💖🐰🐰🐰💖🙏🏼

We wish them the very best ###

28/10/2024

A huge thank you goes to Vuci ghall-Annimali and Veggy Malta for organising the most awesome concert to raise money for animal shelters in Malta! You guys rock!!!🤘🏼

On a different note, don't forget to do Malta Meat Free Week which started today...ALL animals deserve love, kindness and compassion shown towards them, regardless of species ❤️

27/10/2024

*TW* - Animal death

As most of you know, we are currently in the process of vacating our current premises and relocating our animals. Having said that, although we no longer have a land for our rescues, we are still taking in a small amount of rabbits, which we are keeping in our private residences.

This week we took in Harry, a young male dwarf who is ridden with mange. He is still young, around 4-5 months old and he is currently under medication. In the same area where he was caught was another dead dwarf and apparently there is another living one roaming the area, which we so far have not managed to see.

We hate posting images like the below, however we feel it's important to show the reality of how many rabbits are being dumped on a regular basis.

We would also like to emphasize on this "idea" or mentality that most people seem to have, whereby they believe that a sick rabbit will magically get cured by leaving him in a field, which is obviously utter rubbish.

A sick rabbit needs MEDICINE and attention. Even under our current circumstances, if you should spot an abandoned rabbit, please get in touch and we will assist you in the best possible way.

24/10/2024

Chicken coop has now been reduced to €300. Delivery cost is around €200 or can be dismantled and reassembled. Needs to be gone by the end of the month. If you know anyone who may be interested, please let them know.

Thank you

20/10/2024

Dear Chip and Dale 🐑💙🐑

You were saved from becoming Easter lunch back in March and had been with us since then.

We saw you grow and became oh so fond of you both, the way you jumped and skipped with joy and were more desperate to get food than the pigs (growing lads!)🤣

Now you are with our dear friend who will take good care of you until we hopefully find a new place for our beloved sanctuary 🙏🏼

This kind-hearted individual has also taken four of our rescue rabbits, Brenda, Holly, Bradley and Cooper, 3 of whom have health conditions that are not (if at all) easy to treat. We cannot express our gratitude enough

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As we continue to find permanent/temporary homes for the rest of our animals, all we can do is hope somehow everything will work out.

Thank you for your continued support, and should anyone know of available land in the south, please send us a message ###

16/10/2024

It is high time we gave you all an update on what has been happening/what will happen to our beloved Sunshine Sanctuary, considering the fact we have to vacate Inspire by the end of this month.

In a nutshell, we have been searching for a piece of government land to relocate to since April. We made a formal, detailed 34-page proposal for a potential premises and submitted it to the Lands Authority (see images to get an idea)

It turned out that this land was not available, and Lands told us to find an alternative piece. We have been informed of an alternative location which we will be viewing soon. All we can do is hope it's suitable and that we can acquire it somehow.

In the meantime, our two lambs, Chip and Dale, and two pigs, Trixiebell and Sergeant, will be going to temporary homes which we have managed to arrange. The remaining rabbits will also be homed, including the sick ones who have untreatable conditions thanks to a kind individual who has offered to adopt them. Gladys and Russell were homed last weekend.

The future of Sunshine is still very much uncertain, but we will keep pushing for a new premises so we can continue taking in farm animals who have no place else to go.

Thank you everyone for your continued support and we hope somehow everything will work out 🤞☀️🩷

14/10/2024

Not sure if you remember the piglets who were born at our sanctuary 18 months ago?

We had taken in 3 females who were all pregnant, so it was pig city for a while!

Here is an update sent to us today of two of them living their best life 💗🙂💗

13/10/2024

Today has been a busy one! Gladys and Russell have finally gone to their forever home and will have the chance to make lots of new friends 🐷💖🐷🐐🐑🦃🐓

We wish them all the very best! 🙏🏼☺️

We will be giving an update very soon regarding Sunshine and what is happening ☀️

Thank you! 🙂

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Can you give Jack and Jill the love and care they deserve? If so, please get in touch! 💛🐰🐰💛

The 3 remaining rescue buns were taken to their new home yesterday morning and are settling in well! Thank you Vincent's Eco Estate for giving them this chance 🙏🏼💖🐰🐰🐰💖🙏🏼 We wish them the very best ###

Not sure if you remember the piglets who were born at our sanctuary 18 months ago? We had taken in 3 females who were all pregnant, so it was pig city for a while! Here is an update sent to us today of two of them living their best life 💗🙂💗

Please help us find a home for this sweet couple, Russell and Gladys, by liking and sharing this post. Both of them are chipped and neutered. With only 6 weeks to go before we have to leave our current premises, it is vital we start homing our current animals. Thank you 🐖🙏🏼🐖

A HUGE thank you goes to sheep shearer Joseph, who kindly came to our sanctuary this morning and sheared our beloved rescue lambs, Chip and Dale 🐑🐑 He even refused to take any payment from us, what a kind gesture 🙏🏼 Really appreciate your time and professionalism! 🙂👌🏼 Jessica Zikku Agius ❣️

Children have so much to teach us...❤️ We encourage you all to share the same love and compassion THEY show towards animals by protecting them and standing up against the injustice they face every second of every day. Stop animal suffering/cruelty/abuse/exploitation. Be vegan 🌱🐑🐖🐓🐟🐇🐄🌱

We have been recently approached by BobaCat, a crypto-currency based non-profit, who made a video of our sanctuary to submit it for a competition, which they have won, and they have donated to us the generous sum of $1000! Thank you so much for the work that you are doing in helping abandoned animals, your donation is greatly appreciated. Please check out their social media pages and give them a follow: instagram.com/pspsbobacat facebook.com/pspsbobacat/ Also, check out the video that they took at our sanctuary which made then win the competition :)

Meet Mr Snowball, a pig we rescued from the streets in Hal-Farrug over a year ago. We arranged for both him and another rescue (called Bella) to be chipped and neutered, and then drove them over to Gozo to their new home. However, after 3 months, their new owner decided she no longer wished to keep them. Fortunately, a wonderful couple saw the post we made desperately asking if anyone could home him and Bella, and adopted them both. This was Mr Snowball a few days ago, once a terrified pig to a sweet, friendly and happy pig living his best life! 🖤 These updates make us so happy. Thank you again to all of you who have adopted from us and given our rescues their forever homes! 🏡 ❤️

Sweet Lenny <3

It is with our deepest sorrow that we have to inform you all that our rescue lamb Lenny passed away on Thursday evening. We have only just mustered up the strength to make this video so we can tell you Lenny's story. It is believed that Lenny was born with a heart condition which is why he was rejected by his mother. He had always had trouble with his breathing, and unfortunately, despite our very efforts, he didn't make it. RIP sweet Lenny, forever in our hearts, our sweet, beautiful boy 💐

A one-minute video of our Monday morning ❣️🙂 What better way to start the week?!

Lucky Easter lambs 🐑💞🐑💞🐑

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