Zoe (goat) Arrived 11th April 2018 A very tiny Zoe was discovered on the side of a road in the countryside by Happy Hooves employee Meg. After surveying the area, Zoe’s mother could not be found. In fact, there were no goats in sight. How this little kid ended up alone on the side of a road is a mystery. Zoe was only days old when she arrived at the sanctuary, and was possibly the smallest little goat we’d seen! Everyone fell in love with her quirky little personality. Initially…
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May
May (lamb) Arrived 14th May 2018 Little May was one of the very few births we’ve had here at Happy Hooves. Her late mother Claudia was part of the ‘Wild Seven‘ who arrived back in December 2017. We were unaware that Claudia was pregnant until one morning we spotted a little white and caramel lamb by her side. Little May was Claudia’s shadow, she rarely left her side. May is now almost four and half months old. Sadly her mother Claudia recently passed away…
Lulu
Lulu (pig) Arrived 24th March 2018 At 3 weeks old, Lula was found on the side of a road with a fractured tibia in her left rear leg. She needed urgent medical treatment and was taken to Murdoch’s Animal Hospital. While Lula’s leg healed she had to be confined to a small space to prevent her from using her leg too much while it healed. After three weeks we increased her space in increments as her leg improved. Lula made a full recovery, running around Pig Paradise…
Goldie
Goldie (horse) Arrived 23rd February 2018 Goldie is a beautiful 21 year old thoroughbred mare. She was initially on our rehome list as her previous owner was experiencing financial problems and falling behind in her agistment fees. As the situation became more desperate, and no one offered Goldie a home, we decided to bring her to Happy Hooves while we continued to look for the perfect home for her. Goldie’s teeth were in such bad condition the horse dentist said it may cost thousands to have them fixed. She had…
Bella & Dana
Bella & Dana (pigs) Arrived 3rd February 2018 Bella and Dana were much loved companion animals. Bella was purchased by her previous owners as a piglet, and later she was joined by Dana who was a rescue pig. The girls had lived with their previous owners for years, but unfortunately their owners were experiencing ongoing health problems within the family, and reluctantly they needed to rehome their dear girls. After months of advertising the pair, we were unsuccessful at securing a loving home for them, so we offered them a…
The Wild Seven
The Wild Seven (sheep) Arrived 21st of December 2017 In December 2017 Mr Snuggles and his female companions Selena, Katrina, Claudia, Ginny, Grace and young Dotti arrived at Happy Hooves. These seven damara crosses were impounded by Cockburn rangers. The owners did not come forward to claim the seven lost sheep, and so they made their way to the sanctuary. Soon after their arrival Mr Snuggles had a visit to our vet for castration as we didn’t want the family to grow any bigger. When the group arrived Dotti was…
Fred & Mali
Fred & Mali (pigs) Arrived 15th of December 2017 These handsome boys were on our rehome list for sometime. Their previous owners had become increasingly busy with other commitments and no longer had the time to spend with Fred and Mali. As we’d just finished our ‘Pig Paradise’ extension we decided to offer them a forever home here at Happy Hooves Farm Sanctuary. The boys have settled in well and have made lots of new friends. Would you like to help us to take care of Fred and Mali? One…
The Flock of Four
Audrey, Betty, Lucas and Jack (sheep) Arrived 29th of November 2017 These four friends were seized from a property in Bejoording, and impounded. Their time was up and the rangers contacted us to see if we could provide these woolly friends with a home – Which of course we have. Audrey, Betty, Lucas and Jack arrived at the sanctuary in November, 2017. Initially they spent some time in an isolation yard so we could make sure they were wormed, vaccinated and disease free before they joined the Happy Hooves flock.…
Camilla
Camilla (pig) Arrived 23rd of November 2017 Little Camilla was living in suburbia with a some Rottweiler friends. Her owner’s had purchased her from a farmer to raise themselves, and eventually consume. They had not intended to get attached to the little pig, but inevitably they did. They decided that they wanted to find her a nice home, where she could live out her days and so they contacted us. Camilla had a friend-to-be waiting for her at the sanctuary, little Eloise who had arrived a few…
Claudia
Claudia (sheep) Arrived 21st December 2017 *** Story to Come *** Would you like to help us to take care of the animals at Happy Hooves? One off donations and sponsorship gifts are available now to support our work. Thank you for caring about farm animals. ** Happy Hooves Farm Sanctuary – Where The Good Life Begins **
Yuki and Kengi
Yuki and Kengi Arrived 4/10/2014 In early October we took in two adorable little chicks – the end result of a preschool hatching program. If they hadn’t found their way to us they would’ve gone back to the supplier to an unknown and possibly lethal fate, and any brothers would’ve been killed as there is no use for roosters after the program ends. The welfare needs of hatched chicks can often be compromised as many schools do not have a budget for veterinary treatment and lack expert knowledge of their…
Eloise
Eloise (pig) Arrived 20th November 2017 Little Eloise was discovered in somebody’s rear garden. She was collected by rangers and taken to the City of Cockburn pound where she was impounded for 11 days. She was advertised, but no owner came forward so they staff contacted us about the homeless piglet. Eloise was not alone for long, as not long after her arrival we were contacted about another piglet, around the same age. Eloise was soon joined by Camilla, though the introduction did not go as smoothly as we had…
Roger
Roger (rooster) Arrived 1st September 2017 In late August little Roger the rooster turned up on someone’s porch, that someone happened to be afraid of roosters. He loitered on their front porch, peaking in the door. Happy Hooves were contacted about the rogue rooster, and his reign of terror came to an end. He was picked up and transported to the sanctuary where he joined his new best friend, Rusty. The pair are getting along wonderfully and are enjoying sanctuary life. Would you like to help us to take…
Arlo
Arlo (sheep) Arrived 5th November 2017 In early November we were contacted be someone in the local area who had a few sheep that they were breeding, apparently one of the lambs wasn’t doing so well. When we arrived to pick up the little Damara-cross, he was very flat and suffering with an eye infection. After picking him up, he was taken to the vet so his eye could be assessed – he was treated with antibiotics and eye drops twice daily. After his treatment, Arlo’s eye was as good…
Jackson
Jackson (goat) Arrived 27th June 2017 On the 26th of June we received a phone call from a young man claiming to have found an infant goat wandering the streets. Worried that the kid may be hungry and well overdue for a feed, we had one of our volunteers rush to pick him up and bring him to the sanctuary to be fed and assessed. As it turns out, the young man and his friends had purchased Jackson whilst intoxicated, a couple of weeks prior. They decided to surrender the goat to…