List of animal sanctuaries

This is a list of notable animal sanctuaries from around the world.

Argentina

Santuario Equidad, San Marcos Sierras, Córdoba Province^[1]^[2]

Australia

Bolivia

Parque Machía, Villa Tunari Run with help from volunteers by Comunidad Inti Wara Yassi.
Parque Ambue Ari, Santa Cruz Department Run with help from volunteers by Comunidad Inti Wara Yassi.
Parque Jacj Cuisi, La Paz Department Run with help from volunteers by Comunidad Inti Wara Yassi.

Chile

Santuario Igualdad Interespecie, Santiago de Chile.^[5]

Costa Rica

Alturas Wildlife Sanctuary, Dominical, Puntarenas

Canada

British Columbia (BC)

Nova Scotia

North Mountain Animal Sanctuary, Burlington The first sanctuary in Atlantic Canada for abused, neglected, and unwanted farm animals.

Ontario

Aspen Valley Wildlife Sanctuary, Rosseau
Penny Lane Farm Sanctuary (Ottawa www.pennylanesanctuary.com
Bear With Us Sanctuary and Rehabilitation Centre for Bears, Sprucedale, Ontario
Bergeron's Exotic Animal Sanctuary, Picton
Bear Creek Sanctuary, Barrie, Ontario^[7]
Big Sky Ranch Animal Sanctuary, Kemptville
Cedar Row Farm Sanctuary, near St. Mary's
Constance Creek Wildlife Refuge, Ottawa Serves as a home for over 70 farmed and domestic animals as well.
Piebird Vegan Farmstay/Sanctuary, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada
Story Book Farm Primate Sanctuary, Sunderland
Teja's Animal Refuge, near Alexandria
The Donkey Sanctuary of Canada, Guelph
Wishing Well Sanctuary, Bradford
RR Refuge, Alexandria^[8]
Rideau Valley Wildlife Sanctuary, North Gower
Wild Bird Care Centre, Nepean^[9]

Saskatchewan

Forever MicroRanch Sanctuary, near Frontier, Saskatchewan^[10]

Québec

Fauna Foundation, a chimpanzee sanctuary, Chambly^[11]

Germany

Erdlingshof, Kollnburg, Germany^[12]
Hof Butenland Butjadingen, Germany^[13]

India

See: Wildlife sanctuaries of India See: Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary

Ireland

The Sathya Sai Sanctuary, Castlebaldwin, Ireland
Dogs Aid Animal Sanctuary, Dublin, Ireland
National Exotic Animal Sanctuary, Ireland
Hungry Horse Outside, Longford, Ireland^[14]

Israel

Monkey Park
269life Liberation Farm

Italy

Agripunk Onlus, Ambra (AR), Fuorimano
Italian Horse Protection Association (IHP), Montaione
Fattoria della Pace Ippoasi Onlus (San Piero a Grado-Pisa)
The Green Place, Nepi
Santuario Vita da Cani Onlus (Magnago-Milano)
EZ's Place / Zedan Ranch Onlus (Montereale Valcellina, Pordenone)

Kenya

The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust
Amboseli Trust for Elephants
Tsavo National Park
African Fund for Endangered Wildlife Kenya limited (AFEW (K) LTD) also known as the Giraffe Centre
Old Pejeta Conservancy

Malaysia

Kota Kinabalu Wetland Centre, Kota Kinabalu

Malta

Carers for Stray and Abandoned Felines

México

Tierra de Animales,Cancun, Quintana Roo.

New Zealand

Pakistan

Senegal

Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary, near Saint-Louis

South Africa

Hwange and Kruger National parks

Spain

Sweden

Gotlands Djurfristad,^[25] Gotland

Switzerland

See: List of reserves for waterbirds and migratory birds in Switzerland

Tanzania

Serengeti National Park

Thailand

Elephant Nature Park, Chiang Mai Province
Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand, Phetchaburi Province

United Arab Emirates

Uganda

Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary - Located approximately 176 kilometres (109 mi), by road, north of Kampala, on the Kampala-Gulu Highway

United Kingdom

Assisi Animal Sanctuary, Conlig, Northern Ireland
Bleakholt Animal Sanctuary, the Irwell Valley, near Edenfield, Lancashire
Bransby Horses, Bransby, Lincolnshire
Buttercups Sanctuary for Goats in Maidstone, Kent.
Cornish Seal Sanctuary, Gweek, Cornwall
Ferne Animal Sanctuary, Somerset, near Chard
Hartland Wildlife Rescue, Hartland, North Devon
Hillside Animal Sanctuary, Frettenham, Norwich
Lower Moss Wood Educational Nature Reserve and Wildlife Hospital, Knutsford, Cheshire
Mare and Foal Sanctuary, Newton Abbot, Devon^[26]
Monkey World, Wool, Dorset
Mousehole Wild Bird Hospital and Sanctuary, Mousehole, Cornwall
Natureland Seal Sanctuary, Skegness
Qolas Animal Sanctuary, Holsworthy, Devon
Redwings Horse Sanctuary, Norwich, Norfolk.
Springflower Animal Sanctuary, North Devon
The Horse Trust, Speen, Buckinghamshire
Thornberry Animal Sanctuary, Rotherham, South Yorkshire
Willows Animal Sanctuary, Fraserburgh, Scotland
The Donkey Sanctuary, Whiteley Bank, Isle of Wight
Wales Ape and Monkey Sanctuary, Abercrave, Wales
The Monkey Sanctuary, Looe, Cornwall^[27]

United States

Arizona

Friends For Life Animal Sanctuary, Gilbert
Healing Hearts Animal Sanctuary, Willcox
The Hermitage Cat Shelter
Ironwood Pig Sanctuary, Tucson^[28]
Morning Starr Animal Sanctuary, Verde Valley
Rescued Unwanted Furry Friends Foundation a.k.a. R.U.F.F.F. Mohave County
Hacienda de los Milagros, Chino Valley
Tiger Creek Wildlife Refuge,

Arkansas

Riddle's Elephant and Wildlife Sanctuary ((http://elephantsanctuary.org))
Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge ((http://www.turpentinecreek.org))

California

Animal Place, Grass Valley^[29]
Farm Sanctuary, with locations in Acton (Animal Acres) and Orland
Forever Wild Exotic Animals, Phelan
The Gentle Barn, Santa Clarita
Harvest Home Animal Sanctuary, Stockton
Lions, Tigers and Bears, Alpine
Living Free Animal Sanctuary, Mountain Center, near Idyllwild-Pine Cove
Pacific Marine Mammal Center, Laguna Beach
PAWS Wildlife Sanctuaries, San Andreas
Piece of Peace Animal Sanctuary, Marysville
PreetiRang Sanctuary, near Rio Vista^[30]
Safe Haven Animal Sanctuary, San Jose
Shambala Preserve, Acton
Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary, Silverado
Wild Horse Sanctuary, Shingletown
Wildlife Waystation, Angeles National Forest
Wolf Mountain Sanctuary, Lucerne Valley^[31]

Colorado

Mission: Wolf, Westcliffe
Peaceful Prairie Sanctuary, Deer Trail
The Wild Animal Sanctuary, Keenesburg
Wolf Sanctuary, Bellvue^[32]40°37′02″N 105°18′25″W / 40.6170848°N 105.306887°W / 40.6170848; -105.306887

Florida

Georgia

Bear Hollow Zoo, Athens^[34]
A New Hope: Animal Sanctuary & Education Center, Athens^[35]
Noah's Ark Animal Sanctuary, Locust Grove^[36]

Hawaii

Leilani Farm Sanctuary, Maui^[37]

Illinois

Mulberry Hill Farm Sanctuary, Capron

Indiana

Black Pine Animal Sanctuary, Albion
Uplands Peak, Salem Indiana

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maryland

Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary, Poolesville
Star Gazing Farm, Boyds, Maryland

Massachusetts

Maple Farm Sanctuary, Mendon

Michigan

Grateful Acres Animal Sanctuary, near Kalamazoo
Great Lakes Rabbit Sanctuary, near Ann Arbor
Mackenzie's Animal Sanctuary, West Michigan, near Grand Rapids
Sasha Farm, Manchester
Whitefish Point Bird Observatory, Chippewa County

Minnesota

The Wildcat Sanctuary, Sandstone

Mississippi

St. Francis Animal Sanctuary, southern Mississippi, near Tylertown

Montana

Animal Wonders, Inc., Montana

Nebraska

Juliana's Animal Sanctuary, Rockville, Nebraska

Nevada

Animal Ark Wildlife Sanctuary, Reno
Safe Haven Rescue Zoo, Imlay

New Hampshire

Rolling Dog Farm, Lancaster

New Jersey

New Mexico

The Heart and Soul Animal Sanctuary near Santa Fe
Safe Haven Animal Sanctuary, Las Cruces
Save the Chimps, Alamogordo
Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary Ramah, New Mexico

New York

Farm Sanctuary, Watkins Glen
Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary, High Falls
Spirit Animal Sanctuary, Boonville
Catskill Animal Sanctuary, Saugerties
Pets Alive, Middletown, New York http://lionstigersandbears.org/
Spring Farm Cares, Clinton, New York http://www.springfarmcares.org/
Hudson Valley Animal Rescue and Sanctuary Pleansantville, New York http://www.hvars.org/
Love and Hope Animal Sanctuary Franklin, New York http://loveandhopeforanimals.org/

North Carolina

Blind Cat Rescue, Fayetteville
Carolina Raptor Center, Charlotte
Faithful Friends Animal Sanctuary, Salisbury
Goathouse Refuge, Pittsboro

Ohio

Happy Trails Farm Animal Sanctuary, Ravenna
Lasa Sanctuary, Jefferson
Noah's Lost Ark, Berlin Center

Oklahoma

The Garold Wayne Interactive Zoological Foundation, Wynnewood
Safari's Interactive Exotic Wildlife Sanctuary, Broken Arrow (closed?)^[41]
Free To Live Animal Sanctuary, Edmond

Oregon

Chimps Inc., Bend
Green Acres Farm Sanctuary, Silverton
Out to Pasture Sanctuary, Estacada
Sanctuary One, Jacksonville
Wildwood Farm Sanctuary, Newberg

Pennsylvania

The Farmhouse Sanctuary, Roaring Brook Twp
Godot Animal Sanctuary and Rescue, Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

Norman Bird Sanctuary, Middletown

South Dakota

Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary, Hot Springs
Spirit of the Hills Wildlife Sanctuary, Spearfish, South Dakota

Tennessee

The Elephant Sanctuary, Hohenwald
Freedom Farm Animal Sanctuary, Robertson County
Tiger Haven, Roane County

Texas

Bat World Sanctuary, Palo Pinto County
In-Sync Exotics, Wylie^[42]
Primarily Primates, Bexar County
Thunder Paws Animal Sanctuary, Dripping Springs
SARA Sanctuary, Seguin
Welcome Home Barnyard Sanctuary, Corpus Christi
Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch, Murchison
Saint Francis Wolf Sanctuary, Montgomery
Tiger Creek Wildlife Refuge, Tyler, Texas^[43]
Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue, San Angelo, Texas^[44]

Utah

Best Friends Animal Society, Angel Canyon, near Kanab
Ching Farm Animal Rescue & Sanctuary, Riverton
Furry Friends Animal Sanctuary, Sanpete County

Vermont

VINE Sanctuary, Springfield^[45]

Virginia

United Poultry Concerns, Machipongo^[46]

Washington

Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest, Cle Elum
OPR Coastal Primate Sanctuary, Longview, Washington/cowlitz http://oregonprimaterescue.com
Pigs Peace Sanctuary, Stanwood^[47]
Pasado's Safe Haven, [Monroe, Washington]^[48]

Wisconsin

Heartland Farm Sanctuary, Verona, Wisconsin
Home for Life, Star Prairie

Vietnam

Animals Asia Vietnam Bear Rescue Centre, 2 hour drive from Hanoi^[49]

Zimbabwe

Chipangali Wildlife Orphanage (www.chipangali.com)

References

^ Santuario Equidad
^ Libera! y la Fundación Franz Weber proponen crear en Galicia un santuario para caballos maltratados
^ Edgar's Mission
^ Farm Animal Rescue
^ http://www.santuarioigualdadinterespecie.org
^ Hearts On Noses - A Mini Pig Sanctuary
^ http://[www.bearcreeksanctuary.com/main.htm]
^ RR Refuge
^ http://www.wildbirdcarecentre.org/
^ Liebenberg, Matthew. "Frontier's farm-animal sanctuary owners want to promote a more kind world for all beings - Prairie Post". Retrieved 2016-06-26.
^ Fauna Foundation - A Chimpanzee Sanctuary
^ Erdlingshof
^ [1]
^ Hungry Horse Outside
^ El Refugio del Burrito
^ Wings of Heart Sanctuary
^ [2]
^ [3]
^ [4]
^ Leon Vegano Animal Sanctuary
^ [5]
^ [6]
^ [7]
^ [8]
^ http://www.gotlandsdjurfristad.se/
^ The Mare and Foal Sanctuary
^
The Monkey Sanctuary
- Blue Scientists ZOO and Wildlife Rescue, Looe, London, Sanctionary, ZOO, Wildlife Rescue, international Rescue Activities
^ Ironwood Pig Sanctuary
^ Animal Place
^ PreetiRang Sanctuary
^ Wolf Mountain Sanctuary
^ Wolf Sanctuary
^ Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary
^ Bear Hollow Zoo
^ [9]
^ Noah's Ark Animal Sanctuary
^ Leilani Farm Sanctuary
^ Home At Last Animal Sanctuary
^ [10]
^ [11]
^ Safari's animal sanctuary being handed over to new caregivers
^ In-Sync Exotics
^ [12]
^ [13]
^ VINE Sanctuary
^ United Poultry Concerns
^ Pigs Peace Sanctuary
^ [14]
^ Animals Asia Vietnam Bear Rescue Centre

[1] Santuario Equidad

[2] Libera! y la Fundación Franz Weber proponen crear en Galicia un santuario para caballos maltratados

[3] Edgar's Mission

[4] Farm Animal Rescue

[5] ttp://www.santuarioigualdadinterespecie.org

[6] Hearts On Noses - A Mini Pig Sanctuary

[7] ttp://[www.bearcreeksanctuary.com/main.htm]

[8] RR Refuge

[9] ttp://www.wildbirdcarecentre.org/

[10] Liebenberg, Matthew. "Frontier's farm-animal sanctuary owners want to promote a more kind world for all beings - Prairie Post". Retrieved 2016-06-26.

[11] Fauna Foundation - A Chimpanzee Sanctuary

[12] Erdlingshof

[13] [1]

[14] Hungry Horse Outside

[15] El Refugio del Burrito

[16] Wings of Heart Sanctuary

[17] [2]

[18] [3]

[19] [4]

[20] Leon Vegano Animal Sanctuary

[21] [5]

[22] [6]

[23] [7]

[24] [8]

[25] ttp://www.gotlandsdjurfristad.se/

[26] The Mare and Foal Sanctuary

[27] The Monkey Sanctuary
Blue Scientists ZOO and Wildlife Rescue, Looe, London, Sanctionary, ZOO, Wildlife Rescue, international Rescue Activities

[28] Blue Scientists ZOO and Wildlife Rescue, Looe, London, Sanctionary, ZOO, Wildlife Rescue, international Rescue Activities

[28] Ironwood Pig Sanctuary

[29] Animal Place

[30] PreetiRang Sanctuary

[31] Wolf Mountain Sanctuary

[32] Wolf Sanctuary

[33] Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary

[34] Bear Hollow Zoo

[35] [9]

[36] Noah's Ark Animal Sanctuary

[37] Leilani Farm Sanctuary

[38] Home At Last Animal Sanctuary

[39] [10]

[40] [11]

[41] Safari's animal sanctuary being handed over to new caregivers

[42] In-Sync Exotics

[43] [12]

[44] [13]

[45] VINE Sanctuary

[46] United Poultry Concerns

[47] Pigs Peace Sanctuary

[48] [14]

[49] Animals Asia Vietnam Bear Rescue Centre

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