Animal Place

Animal Place 💚Kindness starts with you.
🐷501(c)(3) nonprofit farmed animal sanctuary
Without you, there is no us.
📍Grass Valley & Petaluma, CA.

Founded in 1989, Animal Place fills a much-needed niche of farm animal rescue, sanctuary, education, and adoption. Animal Place is one of the largest and oldest animal sanctuaries in the nation. We operate a 600-acre sanctuary in Grass Valley, California, and a 60-acre animal shelter in Vacaville, California. Animal Place extends compassion to all life with a special emphasis on farmed animals. Th

is is executed by providing permanent sanctuary, education, legislation, and appropriate placement of needy animals. Commenting Policy:

Our page is for supporters of Animal Place. We love engaging discussions and the sharing of opinions–we encourage you to do just that! However, we reserve the right to remove comments or posts that contain the following:

- mocking of rescued animals (e.g. "bacon!" "looks tasty")
- promotion of violence towards humans or nonhumans
- spam
- personal attacks
- off-topic
- encouraging or promoting illegal activities

Anyone leaving an inflammatory, callous comment encouraging the consumption of any of the rescued animals at Animal Place will be permanently banned. If you have questions, email [email protected]

Thank you!

10 years ago, a 2 yr old bull broke into our sanctuary to join our all male herd. We figured out he came from a neighbor...
08/31/2026

10 years ago, a 2 yr old bull broke into our sanctuary to join our all male herd.

We figured out he came from a neighboring property raising Highland x Angus cross cows for slaughter.

The farmer called Davey stupid because Davey had chosen to break into our sanctuary over staying with his original herd.

We asked if we could keep Davey, and he said yes. We tried to convince the farmer to sign over Davey's original herd over to us but he refused.

All of Davey's original family was sent to slaughter.

We love Davey very much. At 12, he moves slower and is on pain management.

But Davey's family deserved to grow old too. All cows do.

❤️ Coco is back home! She has a long road to recovery ahead of her, after surgery to remove much of her udder due to squ...
08/28/2026

❤️ Coco is back home!

She has a long road to recovery ahead of her, after surgery to remove much of her udder due to squamous cell carcinoma.

Her treatment protocol:
✅️ Daily meloxicam to manage pain
✅️ bloodwork to recheck kidney levels
✅️ daily bandage change at incision site
✅️ injectible antibiotic every 4 days for 4 doses
✅️ suture removal

She is not in the all clear. The cancer may spread as good margins were not achievable during surgery.

But coco is in good spirits and happy to be back home.

You can donate to her care, and your gift will be matched. Thank you to each person who has given so far!

Does your animal shelter make the grade? Our Food for Thought program helps nonprofit animal shelters align their missio...
08/27/2026

Does your animal shelter make the grade?

Our Food for Thought program helps nonprofit animal shelters align their mission of kindness with their event menu through a plant-based policy.

Search for your local animal rescue or shelter to see its grade in our Food for Thought database.

If you see a bad grade? You can easily email or reach out to them and kindly ask them to adopt a plant-based event policy.

See a good grade? Email and thank your shelter or rescue for saving animals and not serving their friends at events.

You can search for your shelter or rescue here: https://animalplace.org/food-for-thought/report-cards/

Put your compassion in action and become a volunteer at the sanctuary! Join us at our next volunteer orientation on Satu...
08/26/2026

Put your compassion in action and become a volunteer at the sanctuary! Join us at our next volunteer orientation on Saturday, September 12, from 10:00-12:00 pm at our Grass Valley sanctuary!

You can sign up here: https://animal-place.vomo.org/opportunity/new-volunteer

Coco had much of her udder removed. We received results from the biopsy taken. It is not great news.Coco was rescued fro...
08/25/2026

Coco had much of her udder removed. We received results from the biopsy taken. It is not great news.

Coco was rescued from a dairy farm that continued to breed and milk her, despite obvious signs of squamous cell carcinoma on her udder, a**s, and v***a.

Squamous cell carcinoma is more common in female Nigerian Dwarf goats with white hair. The lesions can be lasered off as they appear, which is what we have done for Coco for the past two years.

There is no treatment. Instead we will closely monitor her quality of life.

If you would like to support Coco, please donate. Her cost of care is at $3,800. And right now, your donation will double, up to $2,000.

https://www.facebook.com/donate/1629646688502250/

08/24/2026

It does not matter if it is 90+ F degrees or that this is a 10x10 foot stall...Maggie chose to take a nap on Maisie's face.

Sweet girl Coco is hospitalized. For several years, we managed her squamous cell carcinoma - a cancer common in Nigerian...
08/23/2026

Sweet girl Coco is hospitalized.

For several years, we managed her squamous cell carcinoma - a cancer common in Nigerian dwarf goats, especially ones with a lot of white fur.

This usually involved taking her into her vet for ablation, in which the small skin cancers are removed.

Unfortunately, we recently discovered that her cancer spread into her udder.

This required a total udder removal 😭.

If you would like to help, please consider a donation.

Thanks to one donor, all gifts made to Coco will be doubled, up to $2,000.

In the past month and a half, we have spent more than $18,000 on major medical cases.

Any and all support is so deeply appreciated.

Coco is having good days and not so good days. She remains hospitalized so that she can receive intensive care.

Goats Churro and Major Tom would love to meet you, your family and friends! They might even let you scratch their butts,...
08/21/2026

Goats Churro and Major Tom would love to meet you, your family and friends! They might even let you scratch their butts, but no guarantees. We have two tours coming up: Saturdays, Sept 5th and Oct 24th. Tours start at 10 AM. Click here to buy tickets and learn more!* https://donate.animalplace.org/event/public-tours-2026/e761020

We hope to see you soon 🐐🐑🐰🐓

*You MUST buy a ticket in advance! No walk-ups are allowed.

Address

17314 McCourtney Road
Grass Valley, CA
95949

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 4pm
Tuesday 10am - 4am
Wednesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm

Telephone

+15304771757

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