Rescued Residents of Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary Photo Gallery by Helen Betts at pbase.com

Rescued Residents of Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary

The Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary is a 400-acre nonprofit refuge in Poolesville, Maryland, that offers care, rehabilitation and permanent sanctuary for neglected, abused or abandoned farm animals as well as providing a protected habitat for wildlife. They promote compassion and the humane treatment of all animals by educating the public on farm animal and wildlife issues.

We had seen a segment on TV about the sanctuary so decided to pay them a visit and meet their adopted family. A husband and wife team along with 100 volunteers and 8 staff care for more than 300 rescued farm animals, each with a name and a story of their rescue, and most of them quite friendly to humans. They’ve been in operation for 21 years, receive no public funding and survive only on donations. We had a wonderful time and are thinking about sponsoring an animal. Picture taking was a challenge, mainly because of light issues, so all the more reason to go back and try again!

For more information on the refuge, go to http://www.animalsanctuary.org

A haven for birds as well as rescued farm animals	Billy Bob, survivor of a high-speed car chase and crash	Face-to-face with Billy Bob	The goat smile
Sebastian, rescued from an abusive owner	Dueling goats	Sebastian and his little friend	Anticipation
Left behind	Inseparable	Perry, abandoned on Thanksgiving, now strutting his stuff	Madison, not so impressed by Perry
Logan overseeing his porch	Private quarters	Adventurous kid	Too much affection?
Looking for something	Clifford and Jonathan, sad stories with a happy ending	Handsome Jessie	Justin, the new calf on the block
Face-off	Awed	Edward the peacock	Favorites at the sanctuary
Jonas the survivor	General Darcy	Sweet dreams	Who could resist a face like that?
Burt the guinea hog	Dominic and the muddy camera	Watched	Scary sheep
That look	Popular with the sheep	The sheep barn	Puffed up
Resident geese	Injured	The goose pond	Love
Postscript	Billy Bob

Buz Kiefer		15-Jun-2018 21:51
Very nice gallery, Helen. Vote.

Gervan		11-Jun-2018 13:41
Nice gallery. Good to see these animals in their new habitat.V.

danad		10-Jun-2018 10:21
A superb report on the situation and stories of all those animals. V.

carol j. phipps		09-Jun-2018 22:52
Outstanding, heartwarming gallery. Vote

Dave Petersen Photography		09-Jun-2018 16:12
A wonderful gallery highlighting this very important and noble endeavor. your image "Left Behind" is fantastic and very sweet. VV

Jean D		06-Jun-2018 01:23
Nice to see these animals happy and well cared for in this splendid environment. ~V.

Stephanie		05-Jun-2018 15:13
What a sweet gallery! I love your photos here Helen! Hope to see more of them! V

victorswan		03-Jun-2018 16:55
Very nice gallery and certainly after reading the story around this farm, it is great that there are still good souls who are attracted to the fate of these animals; beautiful work Helen to put this in the interests Super vote

Zoltán Balogh		03-Jun-2018 07:06
I love this gallery very much Helen, your captures are just superb. V

Paolo Peggi (aka Bracciodiferro)		31-May-2018 18:58
Nice captures and well presented gallery. Brava Helen! V Paolo

Kuriacose Joseph		30-May-2018 12:57
This is not too far from where we live, off a road that we take when going to Edwards Ferry on the C&O canal. Perhaps we will pay them a visit some time.

barbarajoy		29-May-2018 12:45
Lovely gallery of a special place Helen. V

Ika Zinka Eferl		28-May-2018 14:43
Very nice gallery, cute captures and very well taken. V

Julie Oldfield		28-May-2018 00:34
There is a place near Ithaca, NY that is called Farm Sanctuary. It’s great to see the work done at these rescues.

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