registered charity no. 1195321
“Because every animal has the right to a peaceful, happy life."
registered charity no. 1195321
“Because every animal has the right to a peaceful, happy life."
The Perfect Gift
Looking for a gift for a loved one, whilst helping to save animals' lives at the same time?
Sponsor an animal
Sponsor one of our amazing residents - a sponsorship pack complete with certificate will be sent to your loved one, as well as a personal THANK YOU video from the animal to them!!
Buy a gift from our shop
Head to our Sanctuary Shop for a range of gifts... handmade knitted items, mugs, Christmas cards and more! Absolutely ALL proceeds go straight to the care of the animals.
Gift an Afternoon Tea
Buy a voucher for our famous Afternoon Tea Experience.. starting up again in Spring 2023, this is an opportunity to have an excusive tour to meet the animals, followed by a delicious feast!
-- the hens in these photos are from Free Range farms. They live in barns of up to 10,000, with access to an outside area during the day.
-- hens in commercial egg farms are culled at 72 weeks old, as they are no longer useful. They are called "spent hens". They are replaced by 16 week-old hens, and the cycle repeats. Hens can live for 6 years or more.
-- around 3 million chicks are hatched each month in the UK to be sent to egg farms. The baby boys are killed almost at birth. Like the hens who have spent thier lives laying eggs for humans, they are now a by-product.
-- commercial laying hens have been selectively bred to lay around 300 eggs a year. Their wild ancestor would lay around 12 a year.
-- this intesive breeding, and exhausting egg production, has a huge toll on their bodies. Egg peritonitis, prolapse vent, ovarian cancer, vent gleet and many other issues are common. In barns of thousands, it's almost impossible for them to receive individual care and medical treatment.
-- you can find a brilliant resource for all chicken health issues from the Open Sanctuary Project here.
at Pear Tree Farm Animal Sanctuary, we see all hens for the beautiful individuals that they are
This is Zelda. She was terrified and bald when she arrived at the sanctuary. She trusted us very quickly, and hid behind us from other hens when she was scared. She grew in confidence, she grew her feathers, and now she is a brave, fluffy member of the main flock.
Pear Tree Farm Animal Sanctuary is dedicated to providing refuge for animals in need, promoting kindness and respect, and changing the way we see ‘industry’ animals.
Community connection
We are lucky enough to work with some incredible people here at the sanctuary.
We have a mutually beneficial partnership with Apogee Training, a fantastic organisation who offer alternative education provisions for young people.
Have a look at our 'get involved' section below to see how you can support our work...
Ethel the Hen
this absolutely beautiful painting of Ethel the rescue hen, was created by a wonderful supporter and chicken rescuer - Helen from Fae Cottage Artistry. £5 from each mounted cotton-rag print is donated to help us with our work!
In June 2020, we took part in a mass hen rescue mission involving some incredible Sanctuaries around the country. The farm of 11,000 hens was cleared and every single one was taken to safety. Just over 2,300 of them came home to us here at PTF Animal Sanctuary, and we began the process of rehoming them into loving, safe forever homes.
Since then, we have been continuing to save the lives of "spent hens" from around our local area and beyond. Commercial egg farms cull their flocks at 72 weeks old to make room for younger hens. We believe that after a lifetime of servitude, these beautiful individuals deserve a chance at a long and happy retirement. Since we began these missions, we have successfully freed over 8000 hens from slaughter.. but we cannot do it without your support.
If you think that you could offer a home, please follow the link below and get involved in our next hen rescue. This form contains information and guidance on becoming a hen parent.
If you're interested, but inexperienced, send us a message, or download the Hen Care Starter Guide from our sanctuary shop below.
Thank you for giving these ladies a chance.
UPCOMING DATES:
we currently have rescue hens awaiting new homes
Ways to get involved..
If you'd like to support the work we do and help us to rescue animals in need, there are a few different ways you can help
GIFT from our wishlist
we have an Amazon Wishlist set up, which we regularly update with things we need around the sanctuary! any of these items can be bought and will be sent directly to us.
if you have any of the items lying around at home - we'd also be super grateful for them! at present, particularly useful items are old duvets, blankets and towels. anything animal-related also useful! get in touch if you have any questions.
thank you so, so much!!
VOLUNTEER at the sanctuary
if you live locally to our sanctuary, please get in touch for volunteer opportunities
we have lots of ways to get involved - if you have a couple of hours a week to spare, you could get involved with daily animal care and socialising, or be involved in our rescue missions. we're always on the lookout for a range of skills!
you can also volunteer from home! email for more information
SPONSOR an animal
set up a regular monthly donation and sponsor one of our tribe. you can choose one of the amazing sheep or beautiful pigs, and get personalised letters from your friend monthly or quarterly - complete with photos and all the news!
please email us if you are interested!
makes a perfect GIFT for a caring loved one
DONATE to our sanctuary
we are always fundraising to raise money to help what we do. every single penny helps us with building infrastructure to temporarily house animals in need, funding emergency rescues, and for the daily care, feed and ever-growing vet bills for our current rescues
if you’d like a personalised thank you card from our beautiful animals, please email us your address :)
please see below for how to donate
Donate
100% of donations go straight to the animals we help and those still in our care
HOW to donate
Bank transfer or standing order:
Pear Tree Farm Animal Sanctuary
Bank name: Natwest
Account number: 46286837
Sort code: 560064
To our
PayPal account:
please select "friends and family"
peartreefarmanimalsanctuary@hotmail.com
HOW MUCH to donate
ANY amount however big or small is greatly appreciated here at the sanctuary. It takes lots of love, hard work and funds to care for the ever-growing tribe of rescues here at Pear Tree Farm... and although we have plenty of the former, we are always struggling for funds
£5 means a big bag of carrots to share throughout the residents
£7.50 is a bag of animal feed
£20 is a big bale of hay to keep our goats and horses happy
£35 is a huge bale of straw to keep our animals warm, clean and dry
£50 keeps all of our piggies fed and happy for a week
Fundraising for us
Fancy a challenge?? Why not sign up to run to the top of a mountain, or walk the length of the country... all the while raising funds for the amazing animal rescues we help at the sanctuary.
You could also fundraise for an upcoming birthday!
Fundraise in whatever fashion you like, use a Facebook Fundraiser, or our JustGiving page.
Reach out to us if we can help in any way!! :)
Gift Aid
Let us know, and you could boost yourdonation by 25p per each £1 you donate, at no extra to you!!
Please ask us for a Gift Aid form! We massively appreciate this extra support.
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Our work here at the sanctuary involves rescuing animals from slaughter and neglectful situations. We then care for and rehabilitate these animals, and search for forever homes where they will be safe, respected and loved.
This helps us to continue our work, having the resources to take in and save more lives.
Looking for homes : cockerels, pigs, sheep, goats
If you are willing and able to adopt a rescue animal or two, please do get in touch. Use the form below to express interest, and we will contact you to discuss further.
"I used to close my eyes to any evidence about what horrors the dead animals on my dinner plate had to endure, in order to satisfy my appetite. I would just scroll on by, with a generalised "oh I know it’s horrible, but I don’t want to see it"... sort of way.
Then one day I stopped scrolling by and opened my eyes. I looked into every aspect of how animals are mistreated and brutally murdered, so that we can consume them. And I felt sick. And I cried. And I changed. And I became a vegan. What I’ve found since, is not only have I eaten a vast array of plant based
food, more delicious than anything I had before, but that the joy of seeing the diversity of animal beings, living their best lives - safe, happy, freely - in a sanctuary like Pear Tree Farm Animal Sanctuary is absolutely uplifting.
Pear Tree Farm is amazing. They have put in backbreaking hard work to achieve little miracles all the time. Many of the array of animals that they have rescued, come here in an awful state as a result of the despicable way in which they have been kept and treated, as well as having been but a short breath away from the slaughterhouse. They are then nursed back to health by the skill, care, love and dedication of the remarkable team at Pear Tree Farm Animal Sanctuary. It is very hard work. They work so hard, with ever present concerns about having enough money to attend to the sanctuary’s needs. They rely on voluntary donations and have done wonders with what little they have.
I heartily applaud them for what they have established and continually try to achieve at Pear Tree Farm Animal Sanctuary.
It’s a very special place and I feel honoured to be its Patron."
Josette Simon OBE
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