Safe haven

This weekend Red Fraggle and I went to visit our sponsored animals at Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary in Poolesville, MD. It's an amazing place and I encourage anyone in the area who is interested in, or even just curious about, farm animals to go visit (which you can do by making an appointment in advance) and/or donate to their worthy cause.

I loved getting to meet all the animals, but my favorite was Emily, a blind calf. She was being kept in a separate pasture with Beulah, a cow whose hoof was injured. Emily and Beulah are bonding and the hope is that once Beulah has recovered, they can both go join the rest of the cows and Emily will have a buddy to help her out. They might put a bell on Beulah's neck so Emily can find her.

Emily with her friend Beulah.

It's really a special place with a lot of special residents. If you were on the fence about going vegetarian, you should go meet your meat. (Emily would be a burger right now except that she got separated from her raised-for-meat herd because she was blind, and then the farmer abandoned her to die on her own but some nice neighbor saved her.) These animals are all so sweet with their own personalities, no different than your dog or cat. Speaking of which, I wonder if Mr. Kitty would like a bovine sister...