Our Story

Ananda Animal Sanctuary is a registered charity run entirely on volunteers and was established in January 2019 with the sole aim of helping animals in need.

We receive no secure funding and rely entirely on donations from our fantastic supporters.

Starting out with just 1 acre of land, we soon reached capacity and relocated to a much bigger 10-acre site in September 2020 to be able to take in more rescues.

Many of our residents have been rescued from slaughter, neglect or are unwanted pets. We ensure each animal receives optimum care and support, physically and psychologically, to allow their individual personalities to blossom and enjoy their lives to the fullest at the sanctuary.

Our Vision

At Ananda Animal Sanctuary, our vision is to see animals freed from suffering and exploitation. Our goal is to rescue and provide refuge for as many farmed animals in need of a home as possible.

We want to help people make the connection that farm animals like sheep and pigs are no different to our companion animals and that they all have their own personalities that deserve respect and compassion. We believe that an animals worth should not be based on its usefulness to humans.

With abundant scientific evidence demonstrating that animals do feel pain and stress, it goes without saying that we are morally obligated to ensure animals are free from suffering and exploitation. We should be kind to others whether they are from the same species or not. Jeremy Bentham once said:

“THE QUESTION IS NOT ‘CAN THEY REASON?’ NOR ‘CAN THEY TALK?’ BUT ‘CAN THEY SUFFER?’”

We all have a built-in capacity for empathy and compassion however, disappointingly, some of us do not extend this from pets to wildlife or the animals that are sadly farmed for food. There is no logical reason why we should treat these animals any differently since they have the same capacity to experience joy, pain and fear. Studies have even shown that pigs are cognitively smarter than dogs!

Our vision is a world of compassionate beings that don’t enslave, torture or kill other animals. We are all vegan at Ananda and would like to see an end to the animal farming industry for the sake of the animals and the planet. The ultimate result would be to see this ethical shift within our lifetime, and for animals to no longer suffer needlessly at the hands of humans.