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!

06/20/2026

❤Cruelty case survivor update: All About Marianne! ❤

Marianne is one of 45 animals we took in from a local cruelty case, in which more than 200 animals were discovered diseased, dying, or dead.

Marianne arrived with a body condition score of 1.5 out of 5. Her face and lips were covered with painful mouth sores. It is one of the worst cases of sore mouth we've seen.

It took months of rehabilitation and care to heal Marianne.

Once all of her sores were healed and she was clear of all diseases, she was placed into our adoption program. She found the BEST home with Chris and his family!

Now, Marianne goes on daily walks with her best friend, Scoops. She has gone from a shy goat to a very social one. She is living her best life, and we could not be happier for her.

We could only save so many lives because of our adopters. ❤

Look for more updates in the coming weeks on how everyone else is doing!

FREE summer camp opportunity for 6-8th graders at our Grass Valley, California sanctuary. We are hosting a FREE summer c...
06/19/2026

FREE summer camp opportunity for 6-8th graders at our Grass Valley, California sanctuary.

We are hosting a FREE summer camp July 27-31st from 10:00-3:00 pm.

Students will work directly with our rescued farmed animals, learning how to provide proper care and enrichment. Students will tackle important issues like animal welfare, climate change, all while learning key leadership skills.

This is all part of a partnership with LEAP - Leaders for Ethics, Animals, and the Planet which provides leadership training and humane education to middle and high school students.

The deadline to apply is June 26th.

Application: https://animalplace.org/leap/

06/19/2026

Benny's surgery was a success! His medical team was able to remove many of the stones in his bladder. 💛

Today, our RVT will consult with Benny's vet to determine a plan for Benny to reduce the chances of this happening again.

A huge thank you to for their incredible care of Benny!

06/19/2026

How we think pigs should live v. How industrial agriculture thinks pigs should live.

Right now, the Farm Bill still contains the harmful "Save Our Bacon" act, which nullifies state voter-approved animal welfare initiatives that banned cruel gestation crates. These crates are so small, a pig cannot turn around.

The Farm Bill is in the Senate, so there is still time to demand your Senator vote to remove this harmful act.

Comment "Protect Pigs" and we will send you a contact form and message for your Senator. Or, click the link in our bio.

To be clear, we do not wish to see any pig suffer, which is why we promote veganism.

📷1 Human Cruelties /
📷2,3,5,8,9 Jo-Anne McArthur/ We Animals
📷4,6,10,11 Balvik C. / We Animals
📷7 Bear Witness Australia / We Animals

Today's Benny's update! Supporters have raised $5,000 and we need help raising another $1,500 for his surgery at 3 pm. B...
06/17/2026

Today's Benny's update! Supporters have raised $5,000 and we need help raising another $1,500 for his surgery at 3 pm.

Benny has improved dramatically and the team at Loomis Basin Equine will attempt to remove the crystals still stuck in his bladder.

No body shaming here, but because Benny REALLY enjoyed the hot spring grass, he is carrying extra weight that may make accessing the bladder difficult. We do not feed out Alfalfa or high grain to our sheep.

Keep Benny in your thoughts. Donate and share if you can.

Donate here: donate.animalplace.org/bennyvet

06/17/2026

🦨 fencing update!

Thanks to everyone who donated to keep our skunk neighbors separated from our feathered residents!

The new fence has been installed and we just wanted to share!

06/16/2026

Here is our official sanctuary caregiver spotlight of Blake.

Thanks, Blake 😅🐐🛑

Benny is improving! Here are last night's updates (we have not spoken to his team yet this am).🟡 The effects of the capt...
06/16/2026

Benny is improving! Here are last night's updates (we have not spoken to his team yet this am).

🟡 The effects of the capture myopathy are improving. His urine color is more normal, his kidney values are coming down, and his muscle enzymes have reduced. He is not out of the woods but getting close.
🟡 His catheter did come out but thankfully he is able to urinate without it. He is still straining and is uncomfortable.
🟡 He remained on IV fluids overnight.
🟡 He will be getting x-rays this morning to see what crystals remain.

Thank you to everyone's kind words and support.

The current bill is $3,400. This will increase today with xrays and hospitalization. Supporters have raised $3,000 so far!

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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