Libby Lou's Safe Haven

05/29/2026

These girls love their carrots!🥕 ❤️

05/26/2026

My buddy Jodie in the UK rescued this precious boy from a petting farm when he was a baby. His story has taken off so much and now he even has his own song!!!!❤️

05/24/2026

5 years ago today the second surprise baby was born at Libby Lou’s, a sweet baby boy. He’s grown up just as sweet as can be and sensitive. Happy birthday Mau Mau! Momma loves you!!
Photo credit Myers family.

05/21/2026

This past weekend was the busiest Libby Lou’s has ever been! In addition to the kids coming out on Saturday, we also had two birthday tours, one on Friday and the other on Sunday. I swear I don’t think the donkeys have ever looked this well groomed! 😄🫏

The animals got so much extra attention and I feel really good about all the education I was able to do. Thank you all for your visits, for donating and for caring about farm animals. 🩷

Photo #2 credit Myers family

05/19/2026

Good!!!

🐴 A HISTORIC DAY FOR HORSES 🐴

After decades of operation, Canada’s largest horse slaughterhouse — Bouvry Exports in Fort Macleod, Alberta — has officially closed its doors for good.

This was the facility where thousands of horses each year drew their final breath: retired racehorses, faithful ranch and trail companions, family pets sold at auction, and wild mustangs. Many shipped across the border from the United States, held in feedlots, then slaughtered for the horse meat markets in Japan and Europe.

For years, brave activists, undercover investigators, journalists, and everyday horse lovers refused to stay silent. They documented the suffering, held protests, gathered petitions, and kept the pressure on. Today, that tireless work has delivered a real victory. 💔🤍

The Canadian Horse Defence Coalition has confirmed: Bouvry Exports is permanently closed and no longer accepting horses for slaughter.

This moment belongs to every person who has ever gazed into a horse’s eyes and seen a soul staring back. To the rescue groups who outbid kill buyers at auctions. To the volunteers who stood in freezing weather with signs. To the investigators who never looked away.
But the fight is far from over. 🐴

Horse slaughter continues at Viande Richelieu in Quebec. Live horse exports to Japan by plane still happen. And there are real concerns that slaughter operations could expand elsewhere to fill the gap.

So today we celebrate this hard-won victory.
Tomorrow we keep fighting — until every horse is allowed to live out its days in peace.
Every horse deserves a pasture, not a slaughterhouse. 🤍

What are your thoughts on this victory? Share below 👇

📰 Source: Canadian Horse Defence Coalition / World Animal News

05/17/2026

What an amazing afternoon yesterday! We welcomed three families to Libby Lou’s for a tour. I tailored it around the kids, we stayed outside the pens and let the animals greet us safely. I did take them in to meet Regan because she is bombproof. I made up some index cards with fun facts about donkeys and cows to share and answered questions. The animals were just magical! Very gentle with the kids and vice versa. At the end, we gave them apples and carrots. I showed the group how to safely feed treats as the technique is a bit different with equines and cows. I think everybody had a great time!! Thank you to the parents for the donations!

05/15/2026

Libby Lou and her cabbage! 🥬❤️

05/15/2026

Libby Lou and her cabbage!

05/08/2026

Auggie Norman helping me fill the water tubs! Thank you Aug. 🤣🐮🩷

05/01/2026

Missing our beautiful girl. 💔😢.