We're glad your family had a great visit! It's great seeing children meet the animals and get to know them as individuals. We hope they'll have great memories for years to come.
The Catskill Animal Sanctuary is such a wonderful place for rescued and neglected farm animals. I loved this place. It is so peaceful here for the animals and they have a lot of room to roam freely surrounded by beautiful mountains. The tour guide was extremely educated in each animal's history and provided the group with a lot of information about the methods of modern factory farming and how animals are horribly mistreated and abused. The staff is very friendly and educated. Walking through the sanctuary, I felt an overall peace with these farm animals. I love the fact that they rescue farm animals such as horses that are blind and have been abused in the past. All the animals were happy, well-fed, and well taken care of and pampered and loved. I loved how the chickens and turkeys had a lot of room to roam outside and had a barn to rest and sleep in. They even take care of stray cats. This sanctuary is incredible and I really enjoyed spending time with all the sweet and loving animals.
Beautiful farm setting that takes special care of special animals. Loved to hear some of the stories of the special animals. Great place for kids and adults.Donations appreciated!
My kids and I loved this place- they were able to hold all sorts of animals and get close- I hugged a sheep! Never in my life! The tour guide was excellent. A must see !
The Catskill Animal Sanctuary is amazing! Great place to learn about farm animals and support a not-for-profit which does such wonderful things for animals. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable about the members of the Sanctuary, and it was wonderful to bond with all of the animals. We will definitely be back soon!
We loved our stay at the Homestead. The guest house is beautiful, clean, and comfortable. Erica made us feel welcome and cooked delicious vegan pancakes in the morning. We were lucky to be able to join the founder Kathy on a private tour of the sanctuary which was just amazing. Getting to meet the animals and hear their individual stories really touched us. We were happy to help support the loving care of the farm animals and the people who make it happen. It was an amazing experience and we highly recommend it.
The bond between humans and animals enriches life for both.This sanctuary, currently home to about 240 animals, reminds anyone visiting that if the heart is in the right place, each and all of us can do a lot of good !Kathy, the sanctuary's director and farm manager, has a warm and open heart!Thank God for hearts like Kathy's! What an act of loving kindness to provide a true refuge and sanctuary for animals and love and nurture them back to health and help them thrive again!Kathy's heart and this sanctuary can restore one's faith in humanity!
We're glad you enjoyed the tour. Thank you for the kind words and for being an advocate for the animals!
I loved the tour of the sanctuary and all of the animals you get to see and hear about. They do excellent work with their rescues of animals!
We love Catskill Animal Sanctuary so much! Its so hard to even put into words how magical and healing this place is. Kathy Stevens created a haven for rescued "farm" animals, and now around 300 animals live at the sanctuary - all rescued from bad situations. But instead of being a place of sadness, this sanctuary is so uplifting, because Kathy Stevens and her team of volunteers and staff rehabilitate the animals by listening to them and letting them guide their own recovery. It is a place of tremendous kindness and compassion, and when you go there, you feel very blessed. Its wonderful to walk through the sanctuary and pet animals, and see their native curiosity and playfulness come out. I cannot say enough good things about how beautiful and peaceful it is to be at Catskill Animal Sanctuary and can highly recommend reading Kathy Stevens's books on how the places was founded and the stories of the animals who live there.