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

18/01/2025

Meet Carrot! 🥕

Carrot is a sweet-natured, cuddly male bunny who was saved from a farm. He is booked in for neutering next week and will be ready for adoption shortly after.

Can you give Carrot the loving home he deserves? 🏡

If so, please get in touch.

Thank you! 🧡

15/01/2025

We may not have a physical place to call a sanctuary, however the rescues haven't stopped from our end!

A few days ago we took in a severely bloated and gassy rabbit whom we have called Berta. She unfortunately passed away the following morning 😞💔

In the meantime we also took in 4 dwarves from a woman who no longer wanted to keep them. They are 4 girls, all healthy, and 3 of them are being booked in for spaying [the 4th one is still a baby, so we can't get her spayed now]. We have named them Ariel, Pocahontas, Belle & Mulan. They are available for adoption.

And finally, yesterday evening we took in a disabled rabbit, which we have named Bettina. She has no movements in her legs, but so far is eating, pooping and seems overall fine. A vet visit on Saturday will be scheduled to get a better understanding on her overall health.

We currently have 4 sick rabbits under our care which are under daily medication. Adding the vet visits, neutering expenses and costs of food, the bills keep piling up. If anyone wishes to help with the costs, you can do so through the below means:

BOV: IBAN: MT08VALL22013000000050017419854
OR
SMS donation:
50617304: Eur 2.33
50618103: Eur 4.66
50618956: Eur 6.99
50619291: Eur 11.65
OR
Revolut: 99830701

We also accept food donations

12/01/2025

Remember the Hal-Farrug street pigs? Well the last 2 have finally been homed having been in government quarantine for 2 years. Sometimes patience, determination and not losing hope can really pay off.

Thank you to everyone who made this happen. We are so glad these beautiful pigs are in the most wonderful homes living their best life! ❤️

08/01/2025

Meet Truffle!

Truffle is an adorable female lionhead bunny who was found roaming outside. We are guessing she was someone's pet, as she is extremely friendly, sweet and cuddly and has no problem being picked up.

Can you give Truffle the forever home she deserves? Adopter must agree to have her spayed (we will cover the costs) and NOT keep her in a cage.

Thank you! 🙏🏼🤎

06/01/2025

New rescues Jasper and Carrot were saved from a rabbit farm. They had been living in a small cage for 4 years and used solely for breeding purposes. We've treated them for earmites and will arrange for neutering soon.

Please get in touch if you're interested in offering Jasper or Carrot a loving home.

Thank you 🧡🖤

03/01/2025

*ADOPTED*
Hello everyone!

My name's Fred and I'm one of the cutest and fluffiest bunnies you'll ever meet! I'm looking for somewhere to call home. Can you help me find it? I'll be forever grateful!🏡

Love Fred 💙

02/01/2025

*ADOPTED*

Two female bunnies for adoption 🤍🤎

Preferably to be homed together. Very sweet and friendly. Whoever adopts must agree to spay them or adopt once we have arranged this. Costs will be covered.

Thank you Chiara Vassallo for catching these 2 and one other from the hostile environment they were in, and for helping so many other dumped rabbits across Malta. You are a 🌟!

28/12/2024

Over the last few days we have taken in yet more rabbits, despite our houses being full.

Sally was picked up by a woman who was taking care of her for the last few weeks and has now handed her over to us. She has horrible ear mites and has splayed legs. She will be seen by the vet this morning

Ben was rescued by us yesterday evening from the roads in San Gwann. He has ear mites and fleas, but otherwise seems to be healthy. He will be booked for neutering soon.

Please, if you can foster or adopt get in touch. We are receiving daily messages on dumped rabbits, but our space is limited and we are full.

We are still accepting donations, whether monetary or food donations, to help us keep taking care of all the rescues we have. Please get in touch if you can help.

22/12/2024

Another day... which means another rabbit rescue.

Today we were informed of a rabbit roaming in a field in Zejtun. We went to have a look and although the area was pretty big, we were lucky enough to manage to spot her and catch her. Thank you to Dan Jela & Chris Debono for their help 🙏

We have named her Dhalia

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 🙏🏼

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Meet Carrot! 🥕 Carrot is a sweet-natured, cuddly male bunny who was saved from a farm. He is booked in for neutering next week and will be ready for adoption shortly after. Can you give Carrot the loving home he deserves? 🏡 If so, please get in touch. Thank you! 🧡

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?!

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