British Columbia Animal Sanctuaries, Rescues, and Shelters
While we vegans all wish there wasn’t a need for animal sanctuaries, we are truly grateful for the compassionate work being done by so many people around the world to help animals in need. The animal sanctuaries, rescue centers, and shelters shown on this page are sorted based on reviews from your fellow vegans worldwide, and many are well worth your support. If you’re able to, consider visiting one or more of these animal care facilities, whether they are near home for you or if you happen upon one while you are traveling abroad.
Our goal is to provide a platform that truly respects and mirrors our collective vegan opinions and perspectives. As our global vegan community adds additional animal sanctuaries and care facilities, and as we review and rate our favorites, the resulting listings will continuously, and more accurately, reflect our favorite animal sanctuaries.
Our vegan community’s favorite Animal Sanctuaries in British Columbia
The Happy Herd Farm Sanctuary provides a forever home for all types of animals rescued from the farming industry. They will live out their entire lives in a beautiful natural setting treated with kindness and respect.
It all started with Desi Moo Moo our first calf, rescued from the dairy industry at a week old. His future was confinement in a veal crate and slaughter at 3 months. He would never eat grass or play with another calf. When he was just 2 weeks old we rescued our pink pig Lucy, a tiny piglet and the two immediately bonded and became life long friends. As Desi got bigger they both joined Baby the donkey and her best friend Betty Big Nose, grazing in a huge field. One year later we rescued another two male calves from slaughter, Scooter and Sparky, and we officially announced our home The Happy Herd in 2014!
The Happy Herd is located in the beautiful Fraser Valley, outside Vancouver, B.C. Canada, on 4 acres. The feeling that anyone who visits gets is just a calm, safe place and the animals that arrive seem to feel it too.We are thrilled just how many kind and caring people have found us and want to share this experience.