The Happy Pants Ranch animal sanctuary & rescue registered charity 1185169

The Happy Pants Ranch animal sanctuary & rescue registered charity 1185169 An independent animal sanctuary and registered charity based in Sittingbourne, Kent. Entirely public donation reliant and volunteer run. # # #
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A forever home to over 450 special needs rescue animals with nowhere else to go. A special place for all involved. 🩷 The Happy Pants Ranch is an independant, registered animal sanctuary charity and forever home to around 350 rescue animals, including goats, dogs, ferrets, pigs, emus, cats, cows, chickens, turkeys, ducks, sheep, terrapins, horses, snakes, a parrot and even a peacock! It’s a totally

donation-reliant charity, taking in special needs animals that have no where else to go usually because of medical or behavioural issues. At the sanctuary they get the love, care and rehabillitation they need. The Happy Pants Ranch is also a hub for people with mental health conditions and learning difficulties as a place where adults and children can come for free animal therapy and improving their wellbeing. Nobody comes here without getting some, of what we like to call, “Ranch Magic." The charity is run entirely by local volunteers and funded only by donations so community and public support is vital to keep the sanctuary going. People can help in lots of ways, from physical help volunteering with the animals care and upkeep to online support by sharing posts, fundraising and helping to raise awareness! For volunteering oppotunities, donation drop off point details, location address and more information please message the page. Thank you so much everyone for all your support! Amey (Ranch Manager, Founder, Volunteer and general animal nut!) and all Th Ranch Residents!

Omg I’m soooo excited for caaaaake!!! 😋
24/04/2025

Omg I’m soooo excited for caaaaake!!! 😋

Saturday - Meet animals and eat cake! 🍰 what could be better??!
24/04/2025

Saturday - Meet animals and eat cake! 🍰 what could be better??!

📣 Super fun BIG SPRING Ranch sale! 📣

🌟We’ll be holding a table top fundraiser in aid of The Happy Pants Ranch charity on Saturday April 26th at iwadeatthebarn where ALL proceeds go towards saving the sanctuary from closure in September!

🛍️From 10am - 1pm you can browse through everything from bric-a-brac and clothes to pet accessories, toys, charity merchandise and cleaning products!

🐶Come and say hi to The Ranch Crew and Ranch Granny herself! Plus you can find out about volunteering and meet some of the furry, feathered and scaley Ranch Residents who’ll be there waiting for a cuddle!

🍰Refreshments available and amazing cakes by My lavender kitchen. Artisan Vegan Bakery and Fauxmagerie.

🌟Come along, bag yourself an absolute bargain AND help raise some funds for some very deserving rescue animals!

💳 Cash ideal but cards accepted!

🎈Find us at: Iwade Barn, All Saints Close, Iwade, Sittingbourne, ME9 8FP

💜Please share!

🌸 BABY NAMING COMPETITION RESULTS! 🌸So after a tonne of naming suggestions we had a bit of a landslide with votes and I ...
23/04/2025

🌸 BABY NAMING COMPETITION RESULTS! 🌸

So after a tonne of naming suggestions we had a bit of a landslide with votes and I can now reveal the top three winning baby Rhea names are:

🌼PICKLE!
🌺NEVILLE!
🌸 RODNEY!

Thank you everyone who suggested names! We love them!

🌟Welcome to The Ranch Pickle, Rodney and Neville! 🌟

Voting closes for the Rhea naming competition at 7pm tonight! So get choosing your top 3!
23/04/2025

Voting closes for the Rhea naming competition at 7pm tonight! So get choosing your top 3!

💜So here we go!

💛Simply “like” your top 3 suggested names from the comments below!

🩵Those three with the most likes in 24 hours will be the winners! (Psst.. share with your Facebook friends and family and ask them to vote for your suggestions!)

🩷ps. If you’re seeing this on instagram pop over to Facebook for the naming suggestions…

A few of you lovely Ranch Fans have been asking for the charity’s Amazon Wishlist so here it is..(Remember to register w...
23/04/2025

A few of you lovely Ranch Fans have been asking for the charity’s Amazon Wishlist so here it is..

(Remember to register with easyfundraising.org.uk too when you shop online!)

Quite a few items on the list I believe you can get cheaper from other online stores so if you’d rather send direct, please message the page for the delivery address..

Or you can put an order in with Gillett Cook who offer food and products at cost price to The Ranch with free delivery.

Right now the animals are mostly in need of dry feed:
Guinea pig pellets
Rabbit pellets
Cat biscuits
Chicken corn / pellets
Pig pellets / rolls

Any brand - the Ranch Residents aren’t picky!

Thank you so so much! As always for your continued support for The Ranch, but now more than ever. 💙

The Happy Pants Ranch has a Amazon wishlist so you can personally help some of the 350+ animals that live on the sanctuary! 🛍🛍🛍

Check out the link if you'd like to donate a little something to one of the The Ranch Residents! 💚💛🧡💙🖤

You can even choose which resident you'd like your gift to go to - from the kitties to the guineas - there's a description for who each item is for on the list. 🎁🎁🎁🎁

http://www.amazon.co.uk/registry/wishlist/2IJABKZMB8ACK/ref=cm_sw_r_fa_ws_QAYusb1SK2TMX

PLUS you can register with Amazon Smile AND easyfundraising.org.uk do the charity recieves a FREE DONATION everytime you shop online! 💰💰💰

Thank you SO much! 🐷🐮🦊🐶🐱🐭🐹🐰🐸🐦🐔🦆🐥🦄🦇🐴🐢🐍

🐦Pesticides don’t just target pests — they also eliminate the food that birds need to feed.🌱Please choose natural soluti...
23/04/2025

🐦Pesticides don’t just target pests — they also eliminate the food that birds need to feed.

🌱Please choose natural solutions.

🐛Nature depends on balance.

This old dog… This old dog has always been waiting for you.This old dog enjoys every moment with you.This old dog thinks...
22/04/2025

This old dog…

This old dog has always been waiting for you.

This old dog enjoys every moment with you.

This old dog thinks think you are the perfect person.

This old dog knows that in their heart your place of love is infinite.

This old dog wouldn't change one second of the time it’s spent with you.

This old dog loves you more than you love yourself.

This old dog has always felt like the happiest dog in the world.

This old dog wouldn't waste another minute if it wasn’t spent by your side.

This old dog will be waiting for you.

This old dog will love you forever.

🩶🐾

This Saturday!Come and say hi!
22/04/2025

This Saturday!

Come and say hi!

📣 Super fun BIG SPRING Ranch sale! 📣

🌟We’ll be holding a table top fundraiser in aid of The Happy Pants Ranch charity on Saturday April 26th at iwadeatthebarn where ALL proceeds go towards saving the sanctuary from closure in September!

🛍️From 10am - 1pm you can browse through everything from bric-a-brac and clothes to pet accessories, toys, charity merchandise and cleaning products!

🐶Come and say hi to The Ranch Crew and Ranch Granny herself! Plus you can find out about volunteering and meet some of the furry, feathered and scaley Ranch Residents who’ll be there waiting for a cuddle!

🍰Refreshments available and amazing cakes by My lavender kitchen. Artisan Vegan Bakery and Fauxmagerie.

🌟Come along, bag yourself an absolute bargain AND help raise some funds for some very deserving rescue animals!

💳 Cash ideal but cards accepted!

🎈Find us at: Iwade Barn, All Saints Close, Iwade, Sittingbourne, ME9 8FP

💜Please share!

💜So here we go!💛Simply “like” your top 3 suggested names from the comments below!🩵Those three with the most likes in 24 ...
22/04/2025

💜So here we go!

💛Simply “like” your top 3 suggested names from the comments below!

🩵Those three with the most likes in 24 hours will be the winners! (Psst.. share with your Facebook friends and family and ask them to vote for your suggestions!)

🩷ps. If you’re seeing this on instagram pop over to Facebook for the naming suggestions…

🌟Wet and dry cat food needed🌟😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻
22/04/2025

🌟Wet and dry cat food needed🌟
😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻

💕 Charity cat food appeal! 💕

🐾 Do you have some wet or dry kitty food that your cat refuses to eat?

🐾 The Ranch is running very low on wet and dry cat food donations which help feed the 25 sanctuary cats for life here..

🐾 If you have some unwanted cat food (any brand) then please message the page on how to donate!

🐾 We have donation drop off points in Rainham, Upchurch and Sittingbourne and of course direct to the sanctuary in Newington or for anyone further a field wanting to donate you can buy online and send direct to The Ranch, just message the page for delivery details…

🐱Or check out the charity’s Amazon wishlist here:

www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/2IJABKZMB8ACK/ref=nav_wishlist_lists_1_encoding=UTF8&type=wishlist&fbclid=IwAR3GJL_JQ6ulKssy0DWSaFHoE7C5pqAGU7epYcsQU9RS2pVyDM0tU9v5fA

🐾 Thank you so much everyone!

💕 Please share! 💕

Right! As usual I’m behind with stuff! (You lot know me too well now!) so the rhea baby naming competition suggestions w...
22/04/2025

Right! As usual I’m behind with stuff! (You lot know me too well now!) so the rhea baby naming competition suggestions will be put up tonight ready for you all to vote!

So there’s still a few hours to get your baby names suggested!

🩵

🌼So last year we had a very unexpected surprise birth at the sanctuary…

🐣Tonto (the rhea that was found as a stray in Iwade) and Rogue became parents for the first time! And it was a first for The Ranch too as we’d never had baby rheas before!

🌼As you know we’re strictly against breeding and endeavour to remove all eggs from birds when they’re laid to prevent any unwanted hatchlings!

🪺But unlike other poultry and waterfowl, with emus and rheas it’s the male who makes the nest and sits on the eggs - and let me tell you they are pretty protective over them! We managed to remove most of the eggs but despite our valiant efforts Tontos guarding skills meant that there were 4 eggs we just couldn’t get to in time before if was too late to take them away…

🌸And then one morning three little heads popped up out of Dads feathers and said hello to the world!

💝Anyone who came to our open days last year got a sneak peek at the little ones and we decided to ask them to name the babies!

🎀So now we’re opening it up to you lovely Ranch Fans online too to have the chance at naming the baby rheas!

🎈Now as we don’t know the sexes yet, any names suggested need to be unisex, that’s the only rule! So get your baby naming thinking caps on!

💟In order to suggest your Rhea names all you need to do is make sure you like / follow the ranch page (which you probably do already!) but you need to invite all your friends and family to do the same in 3 easy steps! (Instructions below.) Then your name suggestions, along with those from the open days last summer, will all be put forward on the page on Easter Sunday and the 3 with the most likes win and the winning names announced on Monday!

➡️ Just go to the top of the sanctuary home page and click the three little dots on the right of the page next “message”…

➡️Then select “invite friends” from the menu

➡️Click “select all” and then “invite friends”

Happy naming!

💕🌼🐣🪺💗🌸💛

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21/04/2025

“Whenever I feel down, angry, upset... this little girl, battling deafness and blindness, makes me realise what a nork I'm being. Candy, aka LongDog, makes me know how privileged I am... but how privileged I am to know and be loved by this gorgeous princess...”

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Volunteer
21.04.25

Invite your friends to follow the page and suggest some baby names!🩷
19/04/2025

Invite your friends to follow the page and suggest some baby names!

🩷

🌼So last year we had a very unexpected surprise birth at the sanctuary…

🐣Tonto (the rhea that was found as a stray in Iwade) and Rogue became parents for the first time! And it was a first for The Ranch too as we’d never had baby rheas before!

🌼As you know we’re strictly against breeding and endeavour to remove all eggs from birds when they’re laid to prevent any unwanted hatchlings!

🪺But unlike other poultry and waterfowl, with emus and rheas it’s the male who makes the nest and sits on the eggs - and let me tell you they are pretty protective over them! We managed to remove most of the eggs but despite our valiant efforts Tontos guarding skills meant that there were 4 eggs we just couldn’t get to in time before if was too late to take them away…

🌸And then one morning three little heads popped up out of Dads feathers and said hello to the world!

💝Anyone who came to our open days last year got a sneak peek at the little ones and we decided to ask them to name the babies!

🎀So now we’re opening it up to you lovely Ranch Fans online too to have the chance at naming the baby rheas!

🎈Now as we don’t know the sexes yet, any names suggested need to be unisex, that’s the only rule! So get your baby naming thinking caps on!

💟In order to suggest your Rhea names all you need to do is make sure you like / follow the ranch page (which you probably do already!) but you need to invite all your friends and family to do the same in 3 easy steps! (Instructions below.) Then your name suggestions, along with those from the open days last summer, will all be put forward on the page on Easter Sunday and the 3 with the most likes win and the winning names announced on Monday!

➡️ Just go to the top of the sanctuary home page and click the three little dots on the right of the page next “message”…

➡️Then select “invite friends” from the menu

➡️Click “select all” and then “invite friends”

Happy naming!

💕🌼🐣🪺💗🌸💛

  🩶🐦
19/04/2025

🩶🐦

A lot of you despise me,
And I don't understand why.
I am not ugly or deserving of your hate.
I survive every day on the streets,
That used to be meadows.
There are no tasty seeds,
Because you turned trees into buildings.
I eat what you throw on the ground,
Because I have no choice.
Water is harder and harder to find.
Do you know what it takes to survive in a world that is not mine anymore?
Please don't scare me or hurt me,
Just let me live -
Live in your world that was once mine..

Words by Amey James of The Happy Pants Animal Sanctuary Charity

🩶🐦

When a cat falls out of a tree, it lets go of itself. The cat becomes completely relaxed, and lands lightly on the groun...
19/04/2025

When a cat falls out of a tree, it lets go of itself. The cat becomes completely relaxed, and lands lightly on the ground.

But if a cat were about to fall out of a tree and suddenly made up its mind that it didn't want to fall, it would become tense and rigid, and would be just a bag of broken bones upon landing.

In the same way, it is the philosophy of the Tao that we are all falling off a tree, at every moment of our lives. As a matter of fact, the moment we were born we were kicked off a precipice and we are falling, and there is nothing that can stop it.

So instead of living in a state of chronic tension, and clinging to all sorts of things that are actually falling with us because the whole world is impermanent, be like a cat.

Alan Watts

Happy 💛

🌼So last year we had a very unexpected surprise birth at the sanctuary…🐣Tonto (the rhea that was found as a stray in Iwa...
18/04/2025

🌼So last year we had a very unexpected surprise birth at the sanctuary…

🐣Tonto (the rhea that was found as a stray in Iwade) and Rogue became parents for the first time! And it was a first for The Ranch too as we’d never had baby rheas before!

🌼As you know we’re strictly against breeding and endeavour to remove all eggs from birds when they’re laid to prevent any unwanted hatchlings!

🪺But unlike other poultry and waterfowl, with emus and rheas it’s the male who makes the nest and sits on the eggs - and let me tell you they are pretty protective over them! We managed to remove most of the eggs but despite our valiant efforts Tontos guarding skills meant that there were 4 eggs we just couldn’t get to in time before if was too late to take them away…

🌸And then one morning three little heads popped up out of Dads feathers and said hello to the world!

💝Anyone who came to our open days last year got a sneak peek at the little ones and we decided to ask them to name the babies!

🎀So now we’re opening it up to you lovely Ranch Fans online too to have the chance at naming the baby rheas!

🎈Now as we don’t know the sexes yet, any names suggested need to be unisex, that’s the only rule! So get your baby naming thinking caps on!

💟In order to suggest your Rhea names all you need to do is make sure you like / follow the ranch page (which you probably do already!) but you need to invite all your friends and family to do the same in 3 easy steps! (Instructions below.) Then your name suggestions, along with those from the open days last summer, will all be put forward on the page on Easter Sunday and the 3 with the most likes win and the winning names announced on Monday!

➡️ Just go to the top of the sanctuary home page and click the three little dots on the right of the page next “message”…

➡️Then select “invite friends” from the menu

➡️Click “select all” and then “invite friends”

Happy naming!

💕🌼🐣🪺💗🌸💛

18/04/2025

🎉 Coming up at 3pm today! 🎉

(Sorry guys I went over on my ankle yesterday and have been hobbling around like a gromit trying to get stuff done… slowly… 🐌)

17/04/2025

Easter baby naming
competition
coming tonight!
🌸🪺🌼

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Iwade Road
Sittingbourne
ME98QD

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Welcome to The Ranch!

The Happy Pants Ranch is an independant, donation reliant animal sanctuary charity based in North Kent and home to over 300 unwanted, abandoned, disabled and special needs animals from all over the country and abroad. From cats to ferrets and donkeys to tortoises - the sanctuary takes in animals that have no where else to go - a "last chance saloon” for animals on death row. I've always loved animals - since my first hamster, Snowball, when I was 5 years old, I've owned and cared for hundreds of animals over the years. As I was an only child my pets were my friends and I became vegetarian at the age of 8, despite both my parents being carnivores. Although I'm originally from Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, over the years I've lived in different places all over the country from Newcastle to London and, despite studying and working as a Graphic Designer, animals have always been my passion and something I never grew out of. Unintentionally the charity started in 2008, when, after a move to Kent meant me giving up my design job in London and setting up business as a professional dog walker and pet sitter. This is where the name originated: Happy Pants. Looking after other people's pets was meant to be my "animal fix" but the opposite happened... I was offered to rehome to a few unwanted waifs and strays - a small flock of ex-battery hens and some guinea pigs at first and once word of this spread more requests came in to take in more unwanted pets. After posting funny and heartwarming videos of the rescue animals on social media a following began and as the amount of awareness and support increased so did the number of animals the sanctuary was able to help. The Happy Pants Ranch was born! The charity has now brought cats back from Spain, saved turkeys from christmas dinner, taken in ducks with broken legs and pigs with attitude! From ferrets to cows - The Happy Pants Ranch has become a "last chance saloon” for animals “on death row.” The charity is run entirely by local volunteers and funded only by donations so community and public support is vital to keep the sanctuary going. You can help in lots of ways, from physical help volunteering with the animals care and upkeep to online support by sharing posts, fundraising and helping to raise awareness! PLEASE NOTE: The sanctuary is closed for visits due to COVID-19 for the forseeable future. Hopefully all events, opendays and visits will resume in summer so watch this space! For volunteering oppotunities, donation drop off point details and full location address please message the page.

Please be patient with replies as there is only myself who runs and manages all aspects of The Ranch. Thank you so much everyone for all your support and I hope you enjoy the page! Amey :) xx Ranch Manager, Founder, Volunteer and general animal nut!

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