Kindred Spirits Sanctuary

Kindred Spirits Sanctuary Sanctuary for abused, abandoned and disabled farmed animals. Growing a more compassionate world! At Kindred Spirits, farm animals are our friends, not our food.
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Kindred Spirits Sanctuary was founded in late 2003 in response to an overwhelming need for farm animal sanctuaries. Farm animals are exploited every day in our society, and are subject to some of the most horrendous forms of harassment, abuse and neglect. Industrialized or factory farming operates on the basic premise that farm animals are mere commodities, not thinking, feeling beings. Animals t

hat exist in these factories suffer in silence, it's our mission to change that! Kindred Spirits is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to ending the abuse and suffering of farm animals through direct rescue, advocacy, and education. We seek to provide a place where people can connect with these sentient beings and discover their unique (and often humorous!) personalities. We are passionate about helping others form bonds with these remarkable animals, and gladly give tours on scheduled days! Kindred Spirits Sanctuary invites you to come and give a pig a belly rub, or get a kiss from a cow! The Sanctuary is located on just under 75 beautiful acres in Citra, Florida. The 166 sanctuary residents receive around-the-clock care, high quality diets, spacious barns, and green pastures in which to laze and graze. Most importantly, they are treated as individuals and given a loving, peaceful environment where they can live without pain, hunger, or fear of exploitation for their natural lives.

Meet the Golden Girls. 🐔Sophia. Dorothy. Blanche. And Rose.These four girls spent six weeks in quarantine after arriving...
09/02/2026

Meet the Golden Girls. 🐔

Sophia. Dorothy. Blanche. And Rose.

These four girls spent six weeks in quarantine after arriving sick from unfortunate circumstances.

After deworming, other treatments from our vet, and some good husbandry, their personalities are finally starting to come out.

Sophia is a little chatterbox who talks nonstop.

Dorothy is big and bossy.

Rose is small and always in your business.

And Blanche is beautiful and poised.

And now?
They have grass.
We're not sure they've ever had much access to it before, but they're making up for lost time.

Scratch. Peck. Dust bathe. Investigate. Repeat.

Welcome home, Golden Girls. 💛

An animal’s trust is one of the purest things a person can earn.
08/30/2026

An animal’s trust is one of the purest things a person can earn.

Our fences are broken. Our days are long. Our finances are sometimes painfully tight. And most mornings, we’ve somehow m...
08/28/2026

Our fences are broken. Our days are long. Our finances are sometimes painfully tight. And most mornings, we’ve somehow managed to live an entire lifetime before 9am.

But there’s a reason we keep showing up.

If you’re new here, welcome to Kindred Spirits Sanctuary. ❤️

Kindred has been providing a safe place for farmed animals for more than 20 years. We’re a nonprofit caring for more than 100 residents who have experienced abuse, neglect, abandonment, or simply been born into a world where they were never meant to live for themselves.

And some of the animals who call Kindred home have been here since the very beginning or are older than the sanctuary itself.

Here, they don’t have to be useful. They don’t have to produce anything. They don’t have to earn their place.

They just get to live.

We learn their personalities and preferences, watch closely for the things they can’t tell us, and provide the individualized care they need to live their best lives.

We aren’t perfect. There is always something broken, muddy, medically complicated, or unexpectedly hilarious waiting around the corner.

But we believe farmed animals deserve to be seen as individuals—with their own histories, personalities, preferences, and the right to simply exist.

So that’s what we’re here to do: give them a safe place to live, for as long as they need us.
And hopefully, help more people see them differently along the way.

Welcome to Kindred. ❤️

For those of you following Chuck, he spent the afternoon discovering what it feels like to be the only goat in the world...
08/27/2026

For those of you following Chuck, he spent the afternoon discovering what it feels like to be the only goat in the world. 😂

He came in the clinic yesterday for an ultrasound and injections in his joints to make him more comfortable. His tendons aren’t looking as good as we’d hoped, but they’re something we can work with for now.

As usual, Chuck was a wonderful patient. But after he woke up, our normally keep-your-distance kind of guy became surprisingly confident.

He wandered around the clinic, checked out what everyone was doing, supervised Tony building a chicken playground, met the clinic animals and generally made himself everyone’s business.

It turns out Chuck is pretty outgoing when he doesn’t have a handful of other goats around him. He will not compete for the spotlight.

Maybe we all have a little more confidence when we get to step away from the crowd and just be ourselves.

And apparently, Chuck is no exception. ❤️

Mr. TatersSome animals want to be the center of attention. Mr. Taters would very much like to be left out of the meeting...
08/26/2026

Mr. Taters
Some animals want to be the center of attention. Mr. Taters would very much like to be left out of the meeting. 😂

His name is Taters. Mr. Taters, if you will.
He came to us from another sanctuary already carrying that name, so we kept it. And he hasn't exactly gone out of his way to tell us much about himself since then.

Mr. Taters is a quiet guy who prefers to keep to himself, spending his days in the yard we affectionately call Fat Camp (some are losing weight faster than others 😅). He doesn't need a crowd, doesn't need a fuss, and certainly doesn't seem interested in explaining himself to anyone.

And honestly, we get it.

Some of us are perfectly happy being the quiet one in the corner, minding our own business and enjoying a little peace and quiet. ❤️

Come join us! 🐷🐗🎃
08/25/2026

Come join us! 🐷🐗🎃

When you have this much poo around, someone is bound to find a use for it. 😂🦋 This butterfly is getting something from p...
08/25/2026

When you have this much poo around, someone is bound to find a use for it. 😂🦋

This butterfly is getting something from pig p**p that it can't get from flowers alone.

Butterflies need more than the sugars in nectar. They also seek out salts, minerals, and other nutrients, which they can find in places like mud, animal dung, urine, and even carrion.

This behavior is called mud-puddling.

So while we see a pile of pig p**p, this butterfly apparently sees a nutrient-rich buffet.

And now you know something you probably never expected to learn today… and saw something you probably didn't want to see today. 🤣
You are welcome.

“To care deeply about animals is not softness. It is awareness.”
08/23/2026

“To care deeply about animals is not softness. It is awareness.”

08/22/2026

Dwight only chews with his mouth open.

Good morning, Dwight. 🐷💚

Name that tongue. 👅If you've been around Kindred for a while, do you know who this tongue belongs to?Bonus points if you...
08/21/2026

Name that tongue. 👅

If you've been around Kindred for a while, do you know who this tongue belongs to?

Bonus points if you know why this resident's tongue is often hanging out. 😂

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1411 East Highway 329
Citra, FL
32113

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