Cows & Equine | The Good Shepherd

Cows, Horses, Donkeys, and Mules!

Andre & Tate

3 Years Old | Male | Joined us in 2021

These boys were born two days apart at a dairy farm in Vermont. One of the farm workers fell in love with them. When they were pulled from their mothers and sent to the veal farm, they ended up in the same stall together where the rescuer was able to negotiate their surrender.

Since then, they have been inseparable.

Our friend Jason Bolalek at Destination Liberation transported them all the way across the country to their forever home here at the sanctuary.

We love this story because it has three happy endings in one...

Not only are these two boys safe, happy, and healthy, but our understanding is that the person who contacted us about these boys is now a vegetarian who continues to rescue animals in the farm industry!

Fun Fact:

Andre is named after Andre 3000

Andre is Sponsored Victoria I.

Tate is Sponsored by GracefulPause.org

Zuzu

8 Years Old | Female | Joined us in Oct 2022

This girl spent eight years in a backyard butchering operation. In her time there, she gave birth to eight calves. Each of her babies were butchered and their skulls were hung up in the barn where she lived. As horrible as that alone sounds, she ended up being part of a neglect and abuse case and we were granted custody of her through the Henry County Humane Society.

When we met her, she was a defeated, emaciated and lonely soul. Within weeks of being in Sanctuary, and meeting our boys Andre and Tate, we realized she couldn’t go anywhere else. She even jumped a fence line to attempt to be with them.

The boys lost their moms, Zuzu lost her babies…

But, this little trio has become the perfect family.

Cosmo

37 Years Old | Male

Our Cosmo is registered racehorse.

After years of working for his owner, he was finally deemed unworthy to race and was no longer wanted. His owner put him up for sale.

Roxy the mare is owned independently by our Founder, Elle Cox. Roxy and Cosmo were companions at the facility that Roxy was rescued from.

When we found out that the two could be together again, we reached out to the owner and were able to bring Cosmo back to his Roxy.

Once we were able to examine Cosmo, we learned that he was a very old man with severe arthritis, and bowed tendons which is common in ex racehorses.

We couldn’t be happier that these two are able to be together, again!

Smokie & Jojo

Age Uknown | Male | Joined us in Dec 2021

These two were rescued from a slaughter auction in NE, US. The animal advocate that bid on them was so desperate to save them then realized they didn’t have anywhere to put them once purchased. They ended up reaching out to us and were able to take them in.

We are grateful they were able to stay together!

Jalapeño

22 Years Old | Female | Joined us in Feb 2022

Jalapeño’s previous owner loved her… but, the owner ended up with dementia. Jalapeño was left in an 8’ x 8’ stall for many years. On most days, her owner didn’t remember that Jallie was there. On other days, she fed her anything from marshmallows to cookies to bread… and Jallie was hundreds of pounds overweight.

Once she was rescued, she immediately went to OSU where she spent two weeks because she had foundered so badly due to her extra weight.

Once she got back to The Shep, she immediately bonded with Smokie and Jojo.

We continually monitor Jallie’s hooves and feet, but now that she’s down to a healthy weight, she hasn’t had much trouble.

We are so happy that she is out of pain!