In the late fall of 2009, we started getting calls from Ann Arbor residents about a sheep who was running loose in the city. After weeks of trying to rescue Mata Hari, we were finally able to bring her safely back to the SASHA Farm. About a month later, she surprised us with two lambs, dubbed Art and Van after the furniture store where she was finally rescued. Read the whole crazy story on our blog.

Poor Maynard grew up inside a dark garage, tied to a pole inside, with no sunlight and no grass to graze, this little sheep was simply biding his time until slaughter. He didn’t give up, though. He called for help. He called so loudly and so often that a neighbor finally called the police. It is illegal to keep livestock in the city where Maynard was living, so when no one answered the door at the residence and the sheep turned out to be in a terrible state of neglect, the police seized him. When the owner of the house showed up to claim him, he said that the sheep would have been killed the next day, and he didn’t understand why he had to treat the animal well if he was just going to be killed. Luckily for the sheep, he wasn’t returned and instead came to live at SASHA Farm. There is much more to Maynard's story, though. You can read all about his arrival and surgery on our blog.

Thor came with his mother and father in the spring of 2009. Unlike so many of the animals here at the sanctuary, these three didn’t come with a very sad story. No one hurt or abused them; in fact, just the opposite! Little Thor has a well deserved reputation for being the rammiest boy at the sanctuary!

 Sweet little Isaac arrived at SASHA Farm in 2010 with his mother Rita. Rita was found tied to a lamp post at a gas station in Detroit, emaciated and marked with bright orange livestock paint that usually indicates an animal has been chosen to be "culled," or sent to slaughter. Little Isaac stood loyally next to his mom until a kind stranger alerted the local animal control of their situation. 

We'll probably never know why Rita and Isaac were left at that gas station, but we're very grateful that they found their way here.