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26-MAY-2018

Popular with the sheep

I’ve never thought of sheep as being friendly before, but they certainly were at the sanctuary, even if you didn’t have any treats for them.

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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.

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.

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

That look, posted earlier:

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Zoltán Balogh09-Jun-2018 14:03
This is a great capture Helen. V
Liz Bickel08-Jun-2018 18:22
This positive close up experience with farm animals helps city folk to better understand that critters are individuals just like us. Everyone - people and sheep - all look happy here.
joseantonio08-Jun-2018 15:18
seems she got a lot of attention.V.
bill friedlander08-Jun-2018 15:10
Nice to see all the people smiling like that. V
exzim08-Jun-2018 14:53
Probably used to treats from visitors, they now expect them.
Colin Storey08-Jun-2018 13:51
Lovely scene.
Tom LeRoy08-Jun-2018 13:32
Looks like the sheep and people are having a nice time ! V
Nick Paoni08-Jun-2018 12:43
Neat seeing all the people interacting with them in this environment.