Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary

05/23/2026

A big THANK YOU to everyone who came out to help with or participate in our Run for the Animals and 1 mile Fun Walk on Sunday! We really appreciate everyone who ran or walked Virtually too! Our 23rd annual event was a huge success and over $46,000. was raised for the rescued animals!!! Congratulations to top team PCRM, winner of the coveted Pigasus trophy, and 2nd place winner Team Vegan Powered, winner of the Poplar Tree Award. We are so incredibly grateful to the many individuals and teams who worked very hard to raise critical funds for the sanctuary, which will help us to continue rescuing and providing the animals with all the feed and vet care they need to stay happy and healthy. Special thanks to top team Poplar’s Peeps, who raised over $15,000. and top individual Maureen McGowan, who raised $5.028. for the rescued animals!! Thanks also to our event sponsors, including top sponsors Rich Peppin, Roots Market, RnJ Sports, and Just Ice Tea who came and handed out their delicious teas, Brewing Good Coffee for their amazing coffee, to Lisa Berigan for being our awesome MC and for all her radio promotion of our event, to Becky Regnery for the Great Warm up, and to the Run Committee - Howard Edelstein, Naomi Yount, Robin Walker, (who also donated so many delicious cupcakes from Wilma Bakes Cakes!), Sonia Bakhshi, Michael Gurwitz, and Donna Zeigfinger for all their hard work in making this such a successful event. Thanks also to Maureen McGowan for her photography of the event. We are so appreciative of everyone for all of your amazing support – THANK YOU for helping us to help the animals in such a BIG way!
Lots more photos of the event here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/msr2c3RuC6jJcRTF6
Race results: https://www.bluecheetahtiming.com/.../run-for-the-animals-5k

05/14/2026

Only a few more days until our Run for the Animals, this Sunday May 17th! Online registration closes at midnight tonight (Thursday May 14), so be sure to sign up today! You can also sign up at Packet Pick Up on Saturday May 16, or on Race Day starting at 6:30 am. Help us to reach our goal and raise funds to continue caring for all the rescued animals - thanks for your support!
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05/10/2026

Our first goslings of the season appeared today- on Mother’s Day! The wild Canada geese always allow one of the domestic geese to be their nanny and help with the babies. Everett is the chosen one with this group. Pierre and Andre, in the background, are very unhappy that the parents did not choose them, and were honking their disapproval.😂

05/10/2026

Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there- from all of our lovely moms at Poplar Spring! Although we don’t ever breed animals here, some of the females are already pregnant when we rescue them. It is so heart warming to see the life long bonds these mothers form with their children. They Iove their babies the same way human mothers do, and snuggle with them every night. We are so happy to provide a great home for these sweet families, where they can live happily together for the rest of their lives. We hope everyone has a wonderful day!💕

05/06/2026

Happy 3rd Birthday to our sweet little goat Herbie! Herbie came to us when he was only a few days old, when his owner reached out to us for help. He was born with a terrible joint infection in his front leg, which was rapidly spreading and required amputation to save his life. Thankfully, the surgery went well, and Herbie has lived happily in our special needs area ever since. He has several other three legged friends, and spends his days happily grazing and playing with Evie, Sally, Yeti, Luna, Dudley and Lester. I Included some of his baby photos because he was just so darn cute- and still is! We love you Herbie- Happy Birthday!🎉🎂 ♥️♥️♥️

04/24/2026

04/20/2026

A big welcome to our newest cow, Jenny (aka “Sweetie Pie”) who is very elderly and arthritic, but needed a safe home. Jenny, who is 14 years old, was the last remaining cow on a farm that sent the other cows to slaughter years ago, and she has been on her own and neglected and lonely ever since. We happily agreed to take her and give her a wonderful life when we heard her story. She is now on arthritis medication and is getting around much better, and this weekend she met the other rescued cows for the first time! She was so excited she started running and bucking and kicking, and has been happily grazing and lounging with them ever since. At night she sleeps safely in a cozy barn, since she is not able to travel the long distances that the other cows like to go in the evening, and she seems very happy and content with this arrangement. Jenny is very sweet and friendly and enjoys being petted and brushed. We love her so much already, and look forward to caring for her and giving her a great life with lots of cow friends for many more years.

02/05/2026

This weekend we took in a beautiful and very lucky turkey - Tammy is a gorgeous domestic Blue slate turkey who escaped a terrible barn fire where all the other animals perished, and then somehow survived for days in the bitter cold and snow on her own, until she made her way to a kind family who took her in. When the former owner would not respond to their calls they had hoped to keep her but their landlord threatened to shoot her. Looking for a good home for her they were dismayed that their only offers were from people who wanted to eat her! When they contacted us at Poplar we happily agreed to give this sweet girl a wonderful home. She is very friendly and her rescuers said she would run to greet them when they called her name. She will now be safe and cared for, with lots of turkey and chicken friends, for the rest of her life. ❤️🦃

01/30/2026

It has really been a week! We got about 6.5 inches of snow plus some sleet on Sunday, and it has been brutally cold, but everyone is handling it ok and doing well. A huge shoutout to amazing volunteer Alex who somehow made it in on Sunday in his two wheel drive(!) and to all of our awesome staff and volunteers who have been coming in every day and working so hard to keep everyone warm and fed. Some snowy scenes from the past few days- will it ever melt?!🥶❄️

01/02/2026

Happy New Year! 🎉It was crazy cold today and all the goats found the best way to stay warm - snuggling with a friend!💕We hope everyone has a peaceful, happy and healthy 2026! 📷:Karen Blass