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Animals Sanctuary Community Latest Shop Animals Home Meet the Animals Animal Care Help the Animals Adopt an Animal Sponsor an Animal About Us Visit The Sanctuary What’s On Volunteer Sanctuary Needs Accommodation Our Mission Meet the Humans Join the Team Our Goals Annual Reports Donations Gifts in Wills Help Center Contact Us Community Home Campaigns Fundraising Kindness University Collection Tin Education Help Center Latest Home Sanctuary Blog Edgar’s Mission TV Photo Galleries Shop Home Sale Stationery & Books Clothing Gift Cards Kids Accessories Homewares Edgar’s Picks New On Sale Shop FAQ Sign in Help Support Us Our Mission is Kindness Our Mission is Kindness Edgar’s Mission is a not for profit farmed animal sanctuary that seeks to create a humane and just world for all. Campaign The Heart of Rescue Help Edgar's Mission answer another urgent call. Rescue is so much more than a moment. At the heart of rescue is a promise – of expert care, safe transport, warm shelter. It's the promise of a second chance. Your support today empowers the highly trained team at Edgar’s Mission—funding emergency response, transport, veterinary care, and the specialised equipment that turns heartache into hope. Donate Now Campaign Experience an unforgettable rescue! The Heart of Rescue Join the Edgar's Mission team on an urgent rescue – can we save a life when all hope seemed lost? Let's go! Sanctuary Updates Trottings Story The Things We Do For Love: 22 years of Edgar’s Mission Posted May 16 2025 Today marks 22 years since a pig trotted into life, tugged at my heart strings and took me in a direction I could never have imagined. Read More Rescue Story Becoming Luke A true story of resilience, love, and second chances. Read more Sanctuary News We’ll Bring You a Banana Read more Trottings Story Strategy A strategy, simply put, is a plan: a thoughtful approach to achieving a specific goal. It calls for forward thinking, clever choices and a dash of resourcefulness. Read more Rescue Story Where are the good guys? Read more Trottings Story The Stories We Tell Ourselves When the stories we tell ourselves become our beliefs, they shape our reality. Read more Trottings Story The fire is hot "…an unsettling realisation can emerge: the suffering we allow to befall animals—be it for our convenience, indulgence, or ignorance—is not so different from the suffering we fear for ourselves." Read more See More Posts Stay At Edgar’s Mission Accommodation Tiny Houses Wake up to this! Enjoy the ultimate sanctuary retreat with a stay at one of our tiny houses. Overlooking the rolling hills and rescued animals of Edgar’s Mission, you’ll enjoy an immersive and environmentally-friendly experience you will never forget. Learn More Meet the Animals! Animals Our Rescued Residents Lives transformed by kindness Edgar’s Mission has rescued thousands of animals since it began in 2003. Today the sanctuary is home to more than 500 formerly farmed animals at any given time, each with their own unique story. Read how they came to be in our care, and how their lives have been transformed by kindness! Edgar Alan Pig Alex Leon Trotsky Ruby Clarabelle & Valentine Red Baron (RIP) em_homepage_animals_animal Meet the Animals The Sanctuary Sanctuary A Place of Kindness Providing a safe haven for animals Learn the inspiring story of how Edgar's Mission started with one tiny piglet, where to find us, how to visit for a sanctuary tour, and how to get involved and help. Learn More Edgar's Mission TV Classics Pam’s TEDx Talk Posted October 03 2023 This 11 minute talk by Edgar’s Mission Founder Pam Ahern’s incredible TEDx Talk is packed with thought-provoking insights that will touch your heart and open your mind. Watch 20 Years of Kindness Classics Round And Round Classics 1 min One Hundred And One Uses For A Rake By Maxwell T Pig Classics 2 min Christmas 2015 Around The Sanctuary 4 min Tinsel Rescue Stories 7 min Max and his ball Classics 2 min See More Videos Animal Facts Who’s the dinosaur? Chickens are the oldest living relative of the T-Rex! Remnants of which still lurk in today’s feathered wonders such as feathers, (yes some dinosaurs had feathers), similar shaped eggs along with hand-like scaly feet with sharp claws. Chicken embryos still have a dinosaur-like tail, the gene for which turns off before the egg hatches. Clever pigs Pigs have been shown to have cognitive capabilities equal to or exceeding those of dogs, chimpanzees and even small children. Studies have proven they can work out how to manipulate the joystick of a computer game! Pigs are also incredibly clean. Given the chance, they will never toilet where they eat and sleep. I miss ewe! Sheep are highly social with sophisticated emotional skills that can recognise human and animal faces. Research increasingly suggests that sheep can form images in their brain of absent individuals when they are not visible, just as humans would think about a friend or family member that they miss. The scoop on turkey poop A turkey’s gender can be determined by the shape of their droppings. For male turkeys, known as Toms, they have a distinct spiral shaped poop, whilst females or hen’s poop can be distinguished by a “J” shape. This is due to the different shape of their cloaca, their elimination organ. Here’s looking at you, kid! Goats now have been added to the growing list of animals who can follow the gaze of humans. They too can look into the eyes of a human and seek help. Just ask our friend Steady Eddie, as he looks deep into your eyes then back to the leaf on the tree he wishes you to pick for him. Al-paca your lunch Alpacas, who belong to the same family as camels, have a split upper lip which they can manoeuvre to help pick grass and help draw it into their mouths. Not only are they beautiful, they are incredibly clean animals who use a communal “latrine” where they deposit all of their excrement. What They’re Saying “ I have been to Edgar’s Mission on tours over the years and now volunteer there. Not only are the tours educational, the sanctuary is a ‘feel good’ place with beautiful animals and people. Ellaine Di Battista “ A beautiful sanctuary for rescued animals. The staff and volunteers are fantastic. Definitely recommend a visit! Alina Pung “ A beautiful place to visit. We were inspired by the kindness we witnessed here. Thank you for the work that you do, and for making us feel so welcome. Natalie Whittle “ I have always dreamed a place like this where farm animals can live a wonderful life forgetting any cruelty! I visited Edgar’s Mission last week and this experience has changed my life forever. Awareness is the key to change the world! Carla Trigilia Support Us SUPPORT US Make a Donation or Bequest Help Animals Today Our life-saving work would not be possible without the help of kind hearts like you. Your donation helps us to provide emergency rescue, veterinary care and permanent loving homes for animals in need. Choose an animal to sponsor, make a one-time or monthly donation, join our $5 Friday Club or include a gift to Edgar's Mission in your will here. 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