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Heartstone Veganic Sanctuary PLEASE HELP SAVE HEARTSTONE! 🐮

Vegan organic sanctuary in Ireland, caring mainly for cows, horses, cats & dogs, and v-wilding currently 10 acres. Nonviolence.

Animal rights, no welfarism. Registered charity 20206558. ☙ A place where animal rights are not a lip service ❧

Registered charity in the Republic of Ireland, RCN 20206558

Welcome to Heartstone Veganic Sanctuary, a humble attempt to help creating the peaceful and compassionate more-than-human world our hearts know is possible. 🌻

Heartstone is the first vegan organic sanctuary in Ireland, possib

ly the world - but hopefully not for very much longer! 🌱

Veganic means, for me, that not only everything that is grown on the farm is/was grown according to vegan organic (also called stockfree organic) standards, but also, that all food, treats and other products for the animals and for me - including fabrics, supplements, herbal remedies, care products and so on - are vegan and organic, veganic wherever possible - and there’s only very few exceptions I have to make due to unavailability (like wood shavings, and natural but non-organic worming), but everything is always natural, chemical-free, and where available, also seasonal and local or fair trade. 🕊️

Fruit, veg, nuts and herbs at Heartstone have always been grown with no-dig methods, an emphasis on perennials, and along permaculture principles and the concept of forest gardening while there was still time to do that. 🌿

In terms of the bigger of our all food system, a truly sustainable food system would consist of veganic no-dig agroforestry and polycultures focusing on perennial plants, integrated with vegan rewilding and other forms of ecosystem restoration. Only in this way we have a chance to become resilient enough to survive climate collapse and biodiversity breakdown, and all that might come with them - and to not add to those crises more than absolutely unavoidable. In order to try and further this truly sustainable future that science agrees upon, Heartstone is also a friend and collaborator of Irish vegan rewilding project Dunsany Nature Reserve and a founding member of its V-Wilding Network. (An interesting read laying out a holistic model of a peaceful and mutually supportive co-existence with nature (author not known to me):
Can we combine sanctuaries / protected spaces, and veganic land 'use' and merge them into new integrative comprehensive models? https://www.simorgh.de/objects/new-vegan-mergers/)

For more info about vegan organic growing, I recommend visiting http://veganorganic.net. You can find Dunsany Nature Reserve and the V-Wilding Network on Facebook and Instagram. How to help/support us:
Helping hands on a regular basis and live-in volunteers would be very much appreciated as well, with a separate one-room building being available, which, though very basic, contains all necessary facilities. Just drop me a message if you’re interested to support me physically. 👨‍🌾👩‍🌾

If you wish to support us financially towards feed, bedding, vet bills, farrier, supplements, care and maintenance costs, please contact me via private message or email for banking details. Please note: Heartstone is not a registered charity yet, and so cannot accept donations. But we are able to receive gifts of friends and supporters. 🍃

In case you want to contribute directly towards feed and bedding, feel free to ring one of my main suppliers, Pet Stop Ballina (https://www.facebook.com/petstopdiscountwarehouseballina) or Homeland Rathscanlon (https://www.homeland.ie/stores/rathscanlon) and either top up Nía’s account (that’s me), or order some feed for me (they know what I need). Thank you! 💚

☙ Compassion. For the people. For the planet. For the animals. ❧

-`ღ´-

“The moon casts its shadows. What shall you see? Link hands and walk towards the sun.“

Hi all,I am aware no-one likes me 'fear-mongering', 'painting the devil on the wall', or in general engage in what some ...
22/06/2025

Hi all,

I am aware no-one likes me 'fear-mongering', 'painting the devil on the wall', or in general engage in what some consider 'doomerism'. However, we cannot afford the luxury of burying our heads anymore.

Did you realise that Trump bombed Iran's NUCLEAR facilities that supposedly were days/weeks/months away from building a nuclear bomb (they were not, because they didn't even try)? Had not Iran removed all nuclear material from all three sites, the radioactive fallout would have been a proper maximum credible accident (MCA). Analysts expect Russia, Pakistan to get involved.

No matter how much we all would prefer to live a life untouched by major disasters, we have let things spiral out of control for much too long, and now, it is simply too late to continue business as usual. We must change now, and we must act. Change means largely change of mind and heart, which comes mostly with acts of non-doing (of harmful actions), while action means we need to step up, be a voice, be counted, and build the future we need. Without each and every one of us doing that, there simply won't be any future. Not or your children or your neighbours, your favourite animal, or yourself.

This by far exceeds any of our pet causes, any local or single-issue rescue or advocacy work. If we don't focus on the major challenges now, there won't be any causes left. We have to regroup and adopt a different perspective, and a different degree of dedication and perseverance to stand any chance at all.

I know that I repeat myself for those who regularly read my posts, but not everyone does, and so I have to. Apologies to whose who already do all they can. You are the guiding lights in this darkness! ✨

And of course, from that perspective, this is the last chance to set up Heartstone, too - and any other charitable organisation - in a way that might get us through what is coming. Sustainability and self-sufficiency are an absolute must from now on, not a nice-to-have.

If there is anyone out there who can help, please consider doing so. I will continue to put all my energy to supporting all those in need, if we get out of the current situation. But I can't do it on my own. Thank you! 🕊

Hi everyone,there is so much to say, about Heartstone, about Palestine, about Iran (that never had nukes, unlike I§rael)...
21/06/2025

Hi everyone,

there is so much to say, about Heartstone, about Palestine, about Iran (that never had nukes, unlike I§rael), and the fact that the latest comprehensive metastudy found we are firmly and in high speed on track to an unlivable future at +3C°+ within decades; but I have neither time not energy left. So, so, so tired; so, so, so exhausted; and in so much pain. And on my own.

Far from what you see, I am fighting day in and day out to save the cows, and Heartstone, but I am tilting at windmills. The most ridiculous amount of bad luck coupled with little to no regard for Heartstone's cause and the cows' lives, with a good pinch of active sabotage and ill will to finally get rid of Heartstone - considered 'competition' by some, how ever that can even be a concept in a world where a dramatic shortage of rescue and sanctuary space is the norm - sprinkled on top, make it nearly impossible to get anywhere. Wherever I turn, whatever I try, I am hitting walls. ✋🏻

At least, the number of people actively trying to help and sending out last-minute letters to some of those who might be able to help in the very last moment has increased to now an actual handful. Thank you so much to all of you - I am not able to talk to each myself, but I see and eternally appreciate your efforts. This is what care and compassion, what humanity looks like. 🫂

And thank you from the heart to those who keep donating, since no matter how dire the situation is, the gang still need to eat, take their remedies, sleep on something, and be cared for as well as possible. 💙

If you would like to donate to Heartstone, you can do that at https://donorbox.org/heartstonesanctuary, if you prefer to, or in addition want to, donate towards vegan food and water via Anas and the Plant the Land Team Gaza for the starved and now also drought-stricken population in Palestine - while, of course, being the victims of the most openly carried out and widely supported g€nocide the world has ever seen - you can do that at https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-mutual-aid-in-gaza (links also in stories and bio). Thank you! 🕊

And, I at least want to quickly wish , who got severely injured, the speediest-possible recovery. I hope you will heal in what will in hindsight feel like no time! ❤️‍🩹

Be safe y'all! 🪬

Hi everyone,just very quickly a few photos to say we're still here..... with the emphasis on 'still'.And, because she do...
17/06/2025

Hi everyone,

just very quickly a few photos to say we're still here...
.. with the emphasis on 'still'.

And, because she doesn't reveal her birthday and so prevents me from writing a birthday post: eternal thanks from the bottom of my heart to Lorraine (who does not have a private social media profile). 💖

Lorraine is the incredible lady who first came up with the idea to write to celebrities, who phrased the original letter that still shines through in the templates being used by the few amazing people who still reach out to agents, publicists and managers of those who would, in theory, be in a position to save Heartstone and the cows, and to influencers and organisations who might have been able to spread the word if they had cared to do so. The first letter went out 2022, when the farm in Sligo began sinking, the latest one tonight! It most likely won't be until long after midnight that she will get to sleep tonight again, after having sent more pleas for someone to help. For Lorraine's sake alone, to honour her immense effort and heartfelt pleas, someone should step up!

Lorraine hails from a background in dairy farming, and while having witnessed all the nightmares it comes with, it kindled her love for cows that still inspires her today. But, cows of course are, hands down, the coolest animals of them all. 😎

Lorraine still sacrifices night after night - after a full-time job, family, and rescued animals - trying to get through to someone with a bigger budget who does not claim to be 'vegan' or even an 'animal rights activist' for PR purposes, but really means it. That person has yet to be found, but with 27.2 million (yes!) millionaires in the US alone that might/should actually be possible? A pity that for us, it is as good as too late already.

Speaking of late, it is much too late for me to go to bed, too, and so I'll post this as is.

Be safe y'all. I'm sure you are in the loop as to what's happening in the White House, Iran, China, and Palestine - even though you probably have to look outside mainstream media to hear the real news.

We better get going building a future that any of us can survive. And in order to do that, we must act. Now! 🕊

15/06/2025

I am asking for your kind help in raising desperately needed funds for Heartstone Sanctuary, a vegan organic Farmed Animal Sanctuary in Ireland, dedicated to providing a safe and loving home for currently 20 ex-industry cows and calves, and 6 hors...

Hi everyone,a little different post today, because it's the birthday of Miranda Fox! 🩶💚🤍🖤Miranda has, hands down, been d...
14/06/2025

Hi everyone,

a little different post today, because it's the birthday of Miranda Fox! 🩶💚🤍🖤

Miranda has, hands down, been doing the most of all Heartstone friends over the last couple of months to try and save us. Tirelessly, and with tremendous success! Not only did she manage to get through to some of the most high-profile vegan celebrities in the world - but very nearly made them save us. In the end, sadly, despite they were 'very aware and supportive', they decided they didn't care enough and sent their 'very best wishes' instead. 😔 But, if it wasn't for Miranda, they and many others would never even have heard of Heartstone.

And then, by pure coincidence, she bumped into Kate Mara, and was brave enough to raise Heartstone with her! Who, sadly, decided she would not help either. But Miranda has also worked quietly in the background for a long time. You might have seen her commenting, encouraging people again and again to follow suit and contact celebrities on our behalf. She has printed posters and stickers and put them up locally. And she posted again and again and again, pleading with the vegan community to help, in her own profile, on pages, in groups. ❤️‍🔥

The world would be a completely different place if there were more like you, Miranda. And no, she doesn't have too much time at her hands or too easy a life either. She simply cares deeply, and genuinely. I can never thank you enough Miranda. You are truly one of a kind, and definitely a person worth celebrating! 🖤🐮🖤

Hi all,I hope you and yours are safe reading this. Today, someone wished 'survival' - because what else is left to wish...
13/06/2025

Hi all,

I hope you and yours are safe reading this. Today, someone wished 'survival' - because what else is left to wish to those in Palestine, where now all lights have gone out and the connection and ability to document and relay to the world what is happening has been destroyed, in a deliberate effort by I$rael to mute the voices documenting their own slaughter.

But, Heartstone first, for a change: we are still alive, the government has not been here. Yet. And with a weekend ahead, two days worth of not having to be on high alert all day long in fear they will pull up any moment. And of course, they will. But for now, two more days to find someone to save the cows (see pinned and previous posts), so that I can at least present a solution when they come.

In other news, you have surely all heard that I$rael has bombed civilian sites in Iran, killing, again, not only military targets, but children and women as well. Curious how that works: if they want to, they can assassinate children, hospital patients, journalists, with bullets straight to the head or heart, fired by sniper or quadcopter. And then, 'unfortunately', they have to flatten whole residential blocks to take out one nuclear scientist. Only two months after the US have assessed and found again that there are no nuclear bombs in the making in Iran.

Meanwhile, Netanyahu has fled to Greece (💭) and closed all I$raeli embassies worldwide, and Iran has begun retaliatory strikes onto occupied Palestinian (settler) territory. The 2nd round of missiles should have reached their targets by now. Doesn't look particularly good, does it?

What that means for us, is that we want to start praying for or meditating on peace. All of us. As long and often as we can. And I don't say that because I'm a hippie, but because scientific experiments have proven that groups meditating can reduce violence and crime rates in the vicinity by an average of 16% - sometimes more, sometimes less, but always significantly. And the world desperately needs that.

What else it needs, of course, is action. And since action is the antidote to panic and despair, it helps not only others and the situation, but us, too. 🕊

Hi everyone,if you have read the last two posts, you might have gotten a feeling for just how dreadful things are.We hav...
11/06/2025

Hi everyone,

if you have read the last two posts, you might have gotten a feeling for just how dreadful things are.

We have no choice but to find someone to either sponsor the only place that offers a lifeline, or who is looking to open an eco B&B or retreat, or to restore a period property and turn it into a secluded family or holiday home. And we need to find them immediately, because it is no longer than a few days at best that I can hide out before they will finally come for the cows.

I have pleaded with y'all more than enough to do all you can to help find this someone. This post is mainly for everyone to share everywhere to increase chances of people who might be able to help to stumble upon us and the never-ending nightmare of a situation. Well, the end is now in sight, but unless the above comes to pass, it won't be pretty. It will be outrageous, and absolutely unbearable.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart to who has, once again, created these posters without input from my side, and in no time. I will owe you for eternity.

Please everyone, share. Share and re-post, and forward to anyone who might be able to help. The cows need you. We have no-one else but you to find and get in touch with that someone who will save us in the very last minute. Thank you! 🐮🩶🖤

Scooby and his first-ever crush, Saffy (Saffron), the matriarch (never mind the age gap, or Saffy's partner Stevie 😅)......
11/06/2025

Scooby and his first-ever crush, Saffy (Saffron), the matriarch (never mind the age gap, or Saffy's partner Stevie 😅)...

And another super mega extremely urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent urgent plea to please put your thinking caps on and take a pen or keyboard and write to absolutely anyone who might be in a position to save Heartstone and the cows or who might be looking to restore a secluded period family home or open an eco retreat or B&B, and would let us use - or sell us - the farm portion of the property.

We have no time left, and I know I have said this a couple of times before - and it was true each and every time, often in different contexts - but things have genuinely never been as desperate as now, not even at the flooded, collapsing, sinking farm in Sligo. Time has already run out, many days ago.

Please, please, please, write to anyone you can think of, hand them or their body guards a letter if you see them at an event, talk to anyone who might know someone... please! 🙏 We have to try! It has very nearly worked out so many times, and it has worked out infinite amounts of times for other sanctuaries. We 'only' need to find the right people. And only you reading this can be the one who finds them, and touches them enough to want to help. Thank you from the bottom of my heart! 🐮❤🕊

Hi all,a few photos from today.Most of you will have heard that the Madleen hasn't made it to Gaza. In yet another war c...
10/06/2025

Hi all,

a few photos from today.

Most of you will have heard that the Madleen hasn't made it to Gaza. In yet another war crime, I$rael has seized the boat, carrying nothing but humanitarian aid, and abducted the crew - including Greta Thunberg and member of the EU Parliament, Rima Hassan - in international waters. 8 of them are still held in custody, while 4 have been deported.

In terms of Heartstone news... I will skip the ever-worsening nightmares, but tell you about one last option that arose today. Last as in beyond the final deadline, on borrowed time, and still here only because I have severed all connections to the outside world. Problem is, that option isn't accessible by myself: it takes someone else to join in. Many of you will remember my posts about an eco B&B, secluded private home, retreat, or, ideally, someone who would contribute enough to allow me to buy the place and potentially, some time down the road, convert the existing structures into a B&B that might sustain the sanctuary or at least drastically reduce the need for donations.

I am terrified to even write about it: if the wrong people see this, all hope is lost. But I have to, since I can't make this happen by myself. I can contribute whatever I can, but that's it. If we want to save Heartstone and the cows, we have to find someone who is able to contribute substantially. Now. As in, today. Tomorrow. Before the end of the week.

I have years of experience in managing extremely difficult, stressful life-or-death situations, but this takes all I have, and I still hardly get any sleep, as you can probably imagine.

I have to leave it at that, and with you - please help. Y'all have read me plead again and again to try and find a person, couple, organisation... like that. It seems a lot to ask, maybe because there are so many life-or-death causes right now that one doesn't know where to start.

I am trying to buffer by doing (more than) what I can. Please try to find it within yourselves to step in for Heartstone. Ireland's only dedicated cow sanctuary must be saved, and so do its residents. With 20 cows, Heartstone isn't even small anymore. Ireland's cows need us.

Thank you so much! 🐮🖤

Hi everyone,any Goths around? We have just launched a new project called which has set out to collect, support and ampl...
08/06/2025

Hi everyone,

any Goths around? We have just launched a new project called which has set out to collect, support and amplify efforts for Palest!ne from within or related to the Goth community. 🖤🕊🖤

Otherwise, today the focus of course is on the and their boat Madleen, which is travelling to Palest!ne to break the siege. The team on board includes climate activist who, alongside the other 11 peace activists, literally risks her life to deliver crucial aid - food, medicine, crutches, prosthetics for amputated children, baby formula - to Gaza. I$rael has announced,they have dispatched three special naval military units consisting of 80 soldiers each; one of them the one who killed 9 humanitarians on the Madleen's predecessors, six civilian ships that attempted to sail to Gaza in the first Gaza Freedom Flotilla of 2010 (a tenth member died months later from his injuries). A few hours later, I$rael gives the crew three options: turn back, get arrest, or get eliminated, which would be an absolutely unprecedented war crime. Haaretz reports that the I§raeli navy is planning to seize the boat tonight. Please keep an eye on their own Instagram page and for updates and calls to action, and the Madleen tracker to see their current location: https://freedomflotilla.org/ffc-tracker/

Otherwise, no news, which is very bad news. But let's focus on Palestine for now; maybe there is a little hope people will finally care enough to actually do what is needed to keep the Madleen's crew safe, break the siege, open up a humanitarian corridor, and end the genocide.

Which reminds me of some better news: a land convoy has departed from Algeria to join forces with the Freedom Flotilla, and will be joined by a second convoy leaving tomorrow; and at least 7,000 volunteers will imminently set off from Tunisia with yet another aid convoy heading towards Gaza, too. Africa for the win! 🕊

Hi everyone,just a few photos from yesterday.There is a lot to say, but since it would take a book to lay out the ins an...
07/06/2025

Hi everyone,

just a few photos from yesterday.

There is a lot to say, but since it would take a book to lay out the ins and outs and the true severity of the situation, I won't even try.

I don't know what to ask for anymore either, since none of what I ask for typically happens - thank you from the heart to the very few who do still donate, who do still try to reach out and find someone to help, who still share, like, comment... - so all I could write would only waste more of the little time I have and more energy I don't have (left).

Please be so kind to at least send any spare cents you might have to and the . People are literally starving in Palest!ne, and this is the only half-safe and practicable way to get them to eat anything at all! I'm sure y'all have seen the videos of children eating leaves and grass, baking 'cakes' from dirt or rotten animal feed, that has of course long run out in the meantime, too. Even foraging has been prohibited by I$rael, but since they have destroyed 70% of Palest!nian land there isn't much left to forage anyway. Can you picture, for just a moment, that these people have lived lives to the same standard as you before?

I am sure we all can sacrifice a little something so that they at least have something to eat at all, while expecting to be shred to pieces or burnt alive - just like so many of their friends and loved ones before - since there obviously is nowhere safe left to go in Palest!ne, and I$rael is determined to annex all of its land. It is not exactly clear what the 'Final Solution' is... the official narrative doesn't add up with the situation on the ground. But what is certain is that none of what is happening is any inch less evil and sadistic than what happened in the 3rd Reich.

Which reminds me that today is the last day to register for the . And if you are interested in the wonderful grassroots efforts to open up a humanitarian corridor, you might want to follow for all the latest info on , and the Resilience Convoy by . End the genocide, free Palestine (and the rest of us, too)! 🕊

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Welcome to Heartstone Veganic Sanctuary...

... a humble attempt to help creating the peaceful and compassionate more-than-human world our hearts know is possible. 🌻 Heartstone is the first vegan organic sanctuary in Ireland - but hopefully not for long! 🌱 Veganic means, for me, that not only everything that is grown on the farm is grown according to vegan organic (also called stockfree organic) standards, but also, that all food, treats, and other products for the animals and for me - including fabrics, supplements, natural remedies, care products and so on - are vegan and organic, veganic wherever possible - and there’s only very few exceptions I have to make due to unavailability (like wood shavings, and natural but non-organic worming), but everything is always natural, chemical-free, and where available, also seasonal and local or fair trade. The fruit, veg, and in the near future nuts are also grown with no-dig methods, an emphasis on perennials, and along permaculture principles and the concept of forest gardening. 🌿

If you wish to learn more about the idea and concept of microsanctuaries, you might want to check out https://microsanctuary.org.

For more info about vegan organic growing, I’d recommend visiting http://veganorganic.net.

Feel free to contact me - and you’re very welcome to visit us anytime with prior notice. 🍵 How to help/support us: