A year and a half after my first visit, I returned to Home For Life: The Animal Sanctuary of St. Croix Valley. Home For Life is a great organization that provides a home for animals who have been deemed unadoptable. They live in buildings full of couches and baskets and blankets and toys and are given access to big fields to exercise. They’re cared for by an amazingly hard-working staff who know the animals by name, know their stories and their temperaments.
This trip to HFL was no less inspiring and it was so nice to see familiar animal faces – ones I’d photographed during my last trip – still living happy lives 18 months later. This isn’t just a temporary spot for these animals to stay for a few days or weeks. This is their home.
I don’t know how HFL manages to coordinate everything – the regular care, the special needs & medical care, keeping track of who isn’t friends with whom – but I do know that they need support to do it. On their website, under the How To Help tab, are a variety of ways you can be involved. Please do. Really, this is an amazing place.
Want to see more? Here’s a slideshow.
Home For Life Animal Sanctuary.
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Buglady - You made me cry.. again.
Tracy Maxwell-Ashley - Great job! I wish I could take them all in!
Brent Pennington - MK, your photos really capture the best of these animals – they are beautiful. And your support of Home for Life is to be commended! I checked out their website and was amazed at what a wonderful sanctuary they are – it’s heartwarming to know that there are people who care this much for animals that are otherwise unwanted. Keep up the great work!
Lisa LaVerdiere - Mandy thank you again for these beautiful photos which capture
” a glimpse of soul” of the beloved Home for Life animals.I treasure the photos you take of our animals. thank you for all you do for our sanctuary and for providing these beautiful photos for our sponsors who make the work of Home for Life possible
Julie - Such beautiful little faces. You did a wonderful job, and thanks to Home for Life for taking such wonderful care of these sweet babies!
Dan Riazzi - I wish that I could do more–thanks for looking after and caring for all of our fellow creatures.