Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Meet Nina

This is a sweet little lamb named Nina who is lucky to be living out a happy and healthy life at the Acton, Ca Farm Sanctuary Shelter. Nina was rescued with another lamb in February 2016, they both were severely ill and needed medical attention. These sweet lambs are survivors! Sheep and lambs are not raised on large industrialized farms or subjected to the same conditions endured by other farm animals in the US, but they still represent hundreds who are part of a growing epidemic. Farm Sanctuary has taken in sheep which authorities have found wandering, those who have been rescued from small farms, those from backyard slaughter operations, as well as those that have simply been abandoned at their shelter like Nina was. There are many other deserving sheep, which have not received rescue, but instead die of their ailments on farms, feedlots, and butchers yards. Lamb meat is popular in the backyard farming world and most of these lambs are killed long before they even reach one year old, many even sooner than that! I met Nina this weekend and instantly fell in love. She is no different then a household dog or cat, she is energetic playful and full of love. Nina is doing well, she is safe at the sanctuary and she will never know cruelty and will live out her days romping exploring and helping shed light on the plight of farm animals worldwide. Please remember it’s not only what we eat that effects these sweet babies but also the clothes we wear and products we purchase as consumers. Lambs are skinned alive for their skin in many popular products such as Ugg boots. Wool obtained from shearing sheep is often violently obtained from the animal. Those who shear the sheep are paid by how much wool they get not by how many sheep they shear, often times this leads to mutilation of the sheep. There have been sheep found castrated, missing tails, ears, even having parts of their face cut off, and they are left to suffer with no medical treatment. This is no life for such a sweet animal like Nina and her kind. Just look at that sweet face! Please share Nina’s story and honor the less fortunate sheep that she serves as an ambassador for. Please take a moment and visit my fundraising page; http://tinyurl.com/compassionBerlin. I am running the Berlin Marathon for Team Farm Sanctuary as part of my Miles of Mercy campaign to raise money for the amazing work they do to help animals, and educate to evoke change. Please consider making a donation to help support Farm Sanctuary and the amazing work they do. No amount is too small (or too big). Donate @ http://tinyurl.com/compassionBerlin

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