Hurricane Season
Your help is vital!

Our critters have been through enough...they shouldn't have to go through a hurricane.

There are several items that we need for evacuation. We also need your assistance in evacuating the animals. Please conact our director to sign up to be a part of our evacuation plan.

Our animals depend on your generous support.
To donate use the button below.

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Mission Statement

Welcome Home Barnyard Sanctuary is a non-profit, no-kill refuge for farm animals in the South Texas area. Started in 2004 with private funds in order to fill the desperate need for such a shelter, Welcome Home’s mission is to offer care, rehabilitation and a permanent “forever home” for neglected, abandoned, and unwanted farm animals. Welcome Home also strives to furnish information to the public regarding farm animal issues and to promote compassion and humane treatment for all animals. The sanctuary embraces every opportunity to reach out to the public and to offer “city kids” a chance to enjoy one-on-one contact with our furry farm animal friends. We are also in the process of going “hi-tech” setting up an interactive and informational web site that is to include a separate informational children’s section. We host educational outings by appointment and are starting a pilot program offering educational information conforming to the TEKS requirements so that teachers can offer their students an interactive learning experience in the sciences.

What we do

As you can imagine, such an undertaking is one that requires a large commitment in time and in funds. Our current residents include 31 goats, 15 sheep, 4 horses, a cow, a pig, nearly 60 chickens, turkeys and ducks, and even a baby buffalo. We accept any and all farm animals in need and will take in and care for even the most desperate cases. As most of our animals come from neglect or abuse situations, the level of care required is typically highest when the animal first arrives. Special feedings, medications, and housing are all provided and round-the-clock volunteer attention is provided. Our work would be impossible without the assistance of dedicated volunteers! Housing, feeding, maintaining, and seeing to the well-being of all of our current residents costs over $2,200.00 per month barring any unforeseen medical emergencies! Welcome Home is in the process of obtaining its 501(c)3 status and is run entirely by donations from the public and its supporters and organizers. The sanctuary does not receive any county, state, or federal funding and there are no paid staff. All donations go directly to the care, feeding, and maintenance of the animals.

We are in the process of expanding our facilities and making improvements to the existing structures as the heavy rains and flooding have taken their toll. As the caretakers of our little animal ambassadors, we feel that they deserve to live the rest of their days in a safe, comfortable and happy environment.

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A Prayer for Animals

Hear our humble prayer,
O God,
for our friends, the animals,
especially for those who are suffering;
for any that are lost or deserted
or frightened or hungry.

We entreat for them all
Thy mercy and pity,
and for those who deal with them,
we ask a heart of compassion
and gentle hands and kindly words.

Make us, ourselves,
to be true friends to animals
and so to share
the blessings
of the merciful.

-Albert Schweitzer

Pan says "The End. But check out the goats' page 'cuz goats rule!"

Starting to rain...into the barn everyone!



Buster


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