Lancaster Farm Sanctuary

Lancaster Farm Sanctuary Saving Lives. Inspiring Change. Lancaster Farm Sanctuary is a 501c3 non-profit farm animal sanctuary. We are a farmed animal sanctuary located in Lancaster, PA.
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We rescue abused, neglected and unwanted farmed animals and provide them with a safe and loving forever home. We provide community education and outreach on behalf of farmed animals. We believe all beings deserve to be free from exploitation and oppression. We are ONLY open for scheduled tours and events and DO NOT have daily hours. Please check out the event tab if you’re interested in visiting! Visitors must have a tour ticket or appointment to visit.

06/12/2026

In early fall, Maeve was on hospice for a very rare vascular condition she was born with. We weren’t sure she would survive the month.

What you’re seeing in this incredible video by University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine is the cutting-edge care that changed everything for her.

Because of their creativity, compassion, and willingness to try something that had never been done before, Maeve got a chance. While her condition is not curable, she has been given something precious: time.

Time with friends. Time grazing on green grass. Time basking in the sunshine. Time being loved. ❤️

A huge shoutout to Emily Jaramillo (who was a veterinary student at the time!) whose trailblazing idea helped make Maeve’s treatment possible. And thank you to Dr. Cain, Dr. Lee, Dr. Leuthy, and the entire Penn Vet team who brought that idea to life. 🙏💗

We are deeply grateful to everyone at Penn Vet, and to every member of our community who helped fund Maeve’s care🙏💗

Every extra day Maeve gets to enjoy her life is a gift. ❤️

🔗 Link in our IG bio to learn more about Maeve’s journey

TRUTH OUT THURSDAYYou all, we are not perfect. We can be self righteous, whatever that means, as can everyone else. But ...
06/11/2026

TRUTH OUT THURSDAY
You all, we are not perfect. We can be self righteous, whatever that means, as can everyone else. But the public criticism we got this week was undeserved. It was a mischaracterization of us and a study we shared. But that didn’t stop people from hopping on the band wagon to gleefully hate on the vegans! I mean, how do you know if someone is vegan? Don’t worry, they’ll tell ya!🤮
And gotta say, it sucked to see people we kinda consider pals thumbs upping this bs. But just another day as an animal activist. People have to hate on you, if they didn’t, they might need to actually think about the inconceivably horrific violence being done to the animals every minute of everyday.

06/07/2026

Lil is home!!! 😭💚

This week, Lil underwent surgery to remove a mass that her veterinary team believes is very likely squamous cell carcinoma, a common form of cancer in horses.

While we are still waiting for biopsy results to confirm the diagnosis, her surgeons felt strongly enough about their findings to proceed with treatment. Following surgical removal of the mass, Lil also received photodynamic therapy (PDT), a specialized treatment designed to help destroy any remaining cancer cells and reduce the risk of recurrence.

The good news is that her surgical team feels she has a favorable prognosis following treatment.

There is still healing ahead, and we won’t know more until the biopsy results return, but today we are incredibly grateful.

Grateful for skilled veterinarians. Grateful for a successful procedure. Grateful for this community which makes her care possible. And so grateful to see Lil back where she belongs.

Harvey and Ambrose are fairly new to the sanctuary, but the three of them have become the best of friends. When Lil’s longtime companion George passed away, we worried about how she would adjust. Seeing her form new friendships has been one of the most unexpected gifts of this past year.

Judging by their reunion, we think her new friends were pretty happy to have her back😭❤️

Thank you to everyone who has been thinking of Lil and cheering her on. We know she felt the love❤️🐴❤️

TRUTH OUT THURSDAYBette spent the last eight years living her life.She dust bathed in the sun, scratched in the grass, a...
06/05/2026

TRUTH OUT THURSDAY

Bette spent the last eight years living her life.

She dust bathed in the sun, scratched in the grass, and perched beside her best friend Tammy the turkey each night before falling asleep.
Despite being different species, the two spent years together and could often be found side by side.

This week, Bette died💔

And while grieving her, we keep thinking about how close she came to never having those eight years at all.

Bette came to our sanctuary in 2018 after a visitor noticed she was struggling to eat on a dairy farm that also kept chickens for their eggs. She had been severely debeaked, and while the other chickens could compete for the grain scattered on the ground, Bette was going hungry.

What has stayed with us all these years is not just that Bette was suffering.
It’s where she was suffering.

She was living on exactly the kind of farm people point to when they talk about “ethical” animal agriculture. The kind of place people use to reassure themselves that exploitation can be compassionate if it looks nice enough.

But Bette’s life exposes the lie at the center of that story.

While consumers saw a humane farm, Bette experienced hunger, neglect, and exploitation.

And her suffering did not begin with her hunger.

She had already been severely debeaked. She was already being used for her eggs. And like every other hen there, her future would eventually be determined by what she could produce and when she stopped producing it 💔

Because when hens stop producing enough eggs, the industry has a name for them: spent.

The truth is that there is no such thing as happy exploitation.

There is only exploitation that has been made more comfortable for us to look at.

A visitor noticed what others had missed and made a phone call. Because of that, Bette got eight more years.

Thank you for eight wonderful years, Bette. We were so very lucky to know you. We love you.

Rest in peace, beautiful girl.

06/03/2026

Her look of satisfaction at the end 🥰

We need your help🙏Right now at Lancaster Farm Sanctuary, many of our rescued residents are depending on ongoing medical ...
06/02/2026

We need your help🙏

Right now at Lancaster Farm Sanctuary, many of our rescued residents are depending on ongoing medical care, specialized support, and people willing to keep showing up for them month after month.

Tommy survived frostbite and lost both her back feet. Maeve requires multiple daily medications and ongoing treatments for her leg. Lil is preparing for cancer surgery. Jude depends on three different daily medications to manage his health needs. Emily arrived with terrible eye infections and continues to need supportive care. And Robin, well she eats a lot!🐷

For all of them, rescue was only the beginning.
What comes after is surgeries, medications, wheelchairs, specialized care, follow-up appointments, healing, and lifelong safety.

That’s why we are introducing Guardian Circles 💚 an urgent monthly giving campaign.

Right now, after taking in some of our most medically complex residents ever, monthly support has dropped 26%.

This week, we need 35 new Monthly Guardians for Tommy, Robin, Emily, Lil, Maeve, and Jude. Can you help?

🐐 Tommy — 5 Guardians
🐄 Jude — 7 Guardians
🐐 Emily — 5 Guardians
🐴 Lil — 5 Guardians
🐑 Maeve — 6 Guardians
🐷 Robin — 7 Guardians

When you become a Guardian, you become part of the reason these animals continue receiving the care, safety and love they fought so hard to reach.

Guardians will receive a photo of their chosen resident and a special thank you card from the sanctuary.

Please join a Guardian Circle today💚 Link in comments.

And even if you cannot give right now, please like, share, and leave a comment wishing Lil well with her upcoming surgery. 🙏💚🐴💚

05/30/2026

So excited to see Robin’s story on The Dodo !❤️🐷❤️

Today we’re launching a new series:Truth Out Thursday.Every Thursday we’re going to talk about the bigger picture. The s...
05/28/2026

Today we’re launching a new series:
Truth Out Thursday.

Every Thursday we’re going to talk about the bigger picture. The systems. The realities. The things most people are conditioned not to question because they’re uncomfortable, politically inconvenient, or deeply normalized.

We need to have more of these conversations.

Because isn’t it pathetic that with trillions being exploited and killed annually, politicians are still using the word “vegan” like it’s some kind of insult instead of seriously confronting the issues?

Every year, humans kill more than 80 billion land animals and trillions of marine animals needlessly for food. Additionally Animal Agriculture is a major driver of deforestation, habitat destruction, biodiversity loss, greenhouse gas emissions, freshwater pollution, antibiotic resistance, and pandemic risk.

Entire communities and ecosystems are being sacrificed to sustain a system built on violence, waste, political influence, and corporate profit.

And instead of honestly confronting any of that, political discourse gets reduced to cheap culture war nonsense. One side weaponizes the word “vegan.” The other rushes to prove they’re not “too vegan” to be relatable.

Meanwhile forests are disappearing.
Oceans are dying.
The climate is collapsing.
And animals are suffering by the trillions.

This should not be controversial:
Animals are not ours to use and exploit.
And, none of us can survive this level of violence and destruction.

The meat and dairy industries have spent decades normalizing cruelty while lobbying politicians and protecting profits at all costs. They bombard us with advertisements and cover packages with happy cartoon animals while hiding away the truth. And far too many elected officials would rather cater to powerful industries than engage honestly with the reality unfolding around us.

If we actually care about the future of this planet, public health, wildlife, and animals themselves, then we need to stop treating veganism like a punchline and start recognizing it for what it is:
a necessary moral baseline.

See you next Thursday for another Truth Out.

05/27/2026

Five weeks ago, we rescued Emily. She was frightened, in pain, and unable to see.

Her eyes were in terrible condition, and we knew she needed urgent surgery if she was going to have a chance at a more comfortable life.

Today, watching her out in the pasture meeting the other goats just makes us so so happy for her.

Emily is still visually impaired, but she has regained some vision, and her eyes are healing great. The difference from those first days is incredible. She is brighter, stronger (bigger!), more curious, and more confident with each passing week.

She still spends lots of time with her best friend Tommy, and the two remain good friends. Tommy is doing really well, but because of her disabilities and fragile body, she will always be too vulnerable to safely live with the main goat herd.

As Emily has grown stronger and more independent, we felt it was important for her to slowly begin meeting the larger herd. And Tommy doesn’t seem to mind.

Little by little, Emily is settling into sanctuary life.❤️

And after everything she has been through, seeing her safe, healing, and surrounded by friends is what it’s all about❤️

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1871 Milton Grove Rd
Mount Joy, PA
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