Adopt an Animal

BECOME PART OF THE ROWDY GIRL FAMILY – ADOPT!

The following animals at Rowdy Girl Sanctuary are in need of “parents” to help with the costs of food, shelter and medical care. Make a special connection with one of Rowdy Girl’s farm animals today. (Instructions on how to adopt are at the bottom of this page.) Click on each image to jump to their description.

Adopt an Animal for $50 Per Month – Cows

Rowdy Girl

Pearly

Brownie

Houdini

Grace & Randy

Betty & Veronica

Samson

Cinnamon

Frosty

Fireball

Harvey

JD

Jeddo

Buster

Selena


Adopt an Animal for $40 Per Month – Pigs & Sheep

Gizmo

Roux

Ivy

Leo


Adopt an Animal for $25-$30 Per Month –  Goats, Chickens, Ducks, Rabbits

Pepper

Tom Tom

Dee Dee & Dexter

Annalise

Rowdy Chickens

Rowdy Ducks

Antonio

BunBun


A symbolic animal adoption at Rowdy Girl Sanctuary helps provide the following for our animal family:

  • Support
  • Community Outreach
  • Shelter
  • Vet Care
  • Food

Adoption Benefits

  • You will be added to our Members-Only Facebook Group.
  • Free entry to Public Tours/RGS Events
  • Upon adopting an animal resident, Rowdy Girl Sanctuary will email you the PDF version of your Animal Adoption Certificate.
  • After 3 months you’ll receive a hard copy 11’x14’ Adoption Certificate with your animal’s story and an 8’x10’ glossy photo of your animal.
  • After 6 months of adoption, you will be invited to a private tour to visit your adopted animal.

Want to adopt an animal for a friend or family member? A Rowdy Girl adoption makes a beautiful, life-saving gift!

Rowdy Girl

$50 per month  – $600/year

Rowdy Girl

Rowdy Girl

Renée bought the cow she calls Rowdy Girl as a calf for $300 from her husband when the sanctuary was still a cattle ranch. She bottle-fed her and gave her all the love, nurturing and protection she wished she could give to all of the calves born on the ranch. A few years later, Rowdy Girl gave birth to Lucky, and then Houdini, so named for her early ability to escape from the property and go wandering. In fact, she escaped so many times that Renee’s husband told her they would have to sell Houdini. Renée refused. She had already gone vegan by that time, and she thought about finding a new home for Rowdy and Houdini at a farm sanctuary. But her heart kept telling her that what she really wanted was to convert the ranch into her own farm sanctuary, and save all of the cattle in her husband’s herd, as well as pigs, chickens and other farmed animals in need. She would call it Rowdy Girl Sanctuary.

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Please match your selections on the pop up donation form as follows: $3,000 lifetime adoption – $50 per month – $150 per quarter – $600 per year

Pearly

$50 per month  – $600/year

Pearly

Pearly was born to an older cow in a large herd on a ranch that buys and sells cattle. Pearly was found alone in the field approximately five days after her birth by the rancher who did not believe she had stood up or nursed since birth. He was going to shoot her in the head. The woman who surrendered her absolutely could not leave Pearly at risk of being killed if left with the rancher after having fought to survive for so long on her own. Pearly found a loving home with her and her husband where they would bottle feed her for months and nurture her while she grew up in safety. Eventually Pearly outgrew her small yard and came to Rowdy Girl Sanctuary to live the rest of her life.

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Please match your selections on the pop up donation form as follows: $3,000 lifetime adoption – $50 per month – $150 per quarter – $600 per year

Brownie

$50 per month  – $600/year

Brownie

Brownie came to us May of 2022 from Seguin, Texas. He’s a 2 year old Jersey steer that would have been slaughtered as a new born had the previous “owners” not stepped in and pulled him from a sale truck full of male babies destined for death. Brownie is like a big puppy dog and will follow you everywhere, including getting on the back porch whenever he has a mind to if not behind a fence. He loves to play and use his head to bounce trash cans around. He is more of a people person than a “cow” and he can take or leave his bovine friends as long as he is surrounded by scratches, brushes and lots of love.

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Please match your selections on the pop up donation form as follows: $3,000 lifetime adoption – $50 per month – $150 per quarter – $600 per year

Houdini

$50 per month  – $600/year

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Houdini

Houdini is Rowdy Girl’s calf and our natural escape artist. She kept escaping from the fenced in area around the ranch. The cops and all the folks along the highway kept coming to the door to tell us we had a cow out – it was always Houdini – she could slip through the fence like magic.  Finally my husband and I got Rowdy and Houdini in a separate fenced area and that is where they are now until we get a new fence along the mile and a half highway stretch on 35.

 

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Please match your selections on the pop up donation form as follows: $3,000 lifetime adoption – $50 per month – $150 per quarter – $600 per year

Grace & Randy

$50 per month  – $600/year

Grace & Randy

Born on a cattle ranch in Nacogdoches, TX, these two bovine are a couple of the very rare lucky ones. A cattle rancher’s wife reached out to Rowdy Girl Sanctuary, grieving and distraught over the fact that Grace was going to be sold to auction because she had a terrible case of mastitis and couldn’t be bred again. BUT, Instead, Mary was willing to do whatever it took to get Grace and her baby Randy to safety. She worked a deal with her husband to get Grace’s mastitis treated and got Randy sterilized. They rode five hours to Rowdy Girl and Mary was so relieved to find Grace and Randy a home on a sanctuary.

 

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Please match your selections on the pop up donation form as follows: $3,000 lifetime adoption – $50 per month – $150 per quarter – $600 per year

Betty & Veronica

$50 per month  – $600/year

Betty & Veronica

Veronica and Betty, mother and daughter, escaped from a trailer heading to the Sale Barn cattle auction in Paola, Kansas, where they would have eventually ended up slaughtered. They ran as far as they could but the cops were chasing them, helicopter and all. Eventually, they were caught and held for 21 days before being sent to auction, since the sheriff’s department could not locate anyone to claim them. Thankfully, activists from Kansas City Animal Save heard about this and went to their rescue. The activists saved them from a terrible fate and diverted their looming death. They were transported to Rowdy Girl Sanctuary where they will live their lives as a family should.

 

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Please match your selections on the pop up donation form as follows: $3,000 lifetime adoption – $50 per month – $150 per quarter – $600 per year.

Samson

$50 per month  – $600/year

Samson

Veronica was one of the cows rescued from Paola Kansas with Betty her counterpart. They were purchased by members of Kansas City Animal Save  and were transported to Rowdy Girl Sanctuary from Kansas. When Veronica arrived she was pregnant and she had her baby on Friday, April 13th! It’s sad that Veronica was confirmed pregnant  and was quite possibly about to go to slaughter. We are very happy that she delivered her baby safely, and that the baby is safe and free from harm.

 

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Please match your selections on the pop up donation form as follows: $3,000 lifetime adoption – $50 per month – $150 per quarter – $600 per year

Cinnamon

$50 per month  – $600/year

Cinnamon

Cinnamon

Cinnamon comes to us from Brookshire, Texas; she is a full blood Brahman show cow with registration papers. Cinnamon came from a ranch has some 50 cows on it that are bred to show as a hobby. Unfortunately, because of the sad system we have, if a cow can’t reproduce, she’s considered “useless” to the business. This beautiful being was going to be slaughtered the very weekend we rescued her.  Cinnamon’s owner wanted to send her to the sale barn and she would’ve been slaughtered because she has a cyst on an ovary that deems her undesirable and of no use to a breeding facility for show cows. Cinnamon’s caretakers contacted us desperate for sanctuary after they saw our news story on Channel 13 in Houston.  Cinnamon has adjusted nicely to her new life at Rowdy Girl Sanctuary. Cinnamon is a God-send – she is truly the epitome of an old soul and her emotions are seen and felt.

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Please match your selections on the pop up donation form as follows: $3,000 lifetime adoption – $50 per month – $150 per quarter – $600 per year.

Frosty

$50 per month  – $600/year

Frosty

Frosty is a pure bred Texas Longhorn! He came to us at 6 months old. When he came to Rowdy Girl he was very anxious and scared.  He paced the pen for almost two weeks because he missed his momma and family so much. You see, Frosty too was bred by a small breeder in Texas.  Keeping a bull calf is out of the question for these breeders and usually they are sold or given to FFA or 4H kids to raise and show in county fairs. Unfortunately, there is no guarantee that these gentle animals will survive the show.  Most are sold and slaughtered. Frosty was still nursing up to the day he came to Rowdy Girl. Albeit he was getting his hay and sweet feed, momma was still in the pasture. Frosty is much calmer now – his sweet disposition is shining through. Now he’s very independent and will sometimes wander off alone to go explore.

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Please match your selections on the pop up donation form as follows: $3,000 lifetime adoption – $50 per month – $150 per quarter – $600 per year.

Fireball

$50 per month  – $600/year

Fireball

Fireball is a year and a half old steer that came to us by way of someone I met in Brazoria a couple of years ago. She had been following my journey on FB and knew us when we used to have a concrete business a few years ago. In watching my posts she said she was inspired – she’s been vegetarian for a while and was now considering the vegan life. Then she told me about Fireball – her son raised Fireball as a baby in the FFA system – he loved Fireball and when it came time to show him, he didn’t win – he placed but was not the blue ribbon winner so he wasn’t going to pull in the real big money. My friend didn’t want Fireball to be slaughtered she told me so they bought him back and pastured him at a family members place. The family member that was pasturing Fireball is in declining health and they can’t care for him like he deserves and because they don’t want him to end up in the slaughter system, they called me and I was thrilled to give Fireball a forever home – My nickname for him is MR. HANDSOME.

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Please match your selections on the pop up donation form as follows: $3,000 lifetime adoption – $50 per month – $150 per quarter – $600 per year.

Harvey

$50 per month  – $600/year

Harvey

We got the call on September 15th. Norman Tucker, found a baby calf that had taken up residence near the doorsteps of a Bar X homestead in Angleton, TX. Norman said that it appeared she had been in flood waters since Hurricane Harvey. Norman asked area ranchers if the calf belonged to them and no one stepped up to claim her. When we went to rescue her, Harvey resisted a little bit but seems she was ready for her next adventure. She had a skin condition called River Rot on all of her legs. She was thin and malnourished, in need of lots of milk replacement formula and care. Staff worked together quickly as they prepared her for her medicated bath. Now she is flourishing and playing with the rest of the herd as they have accepted her in.

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Please match your selections on the pop up donation form as follows: $3,000 lifetime adoption – $50 per month – $150 per quarter – $600 per year.

JD

$50 per month  – $600/year

JD

JD was surrendered by a brahman breeder. He broke his leg a few years ago when he was being used as a sire. The previous owners didn’t want JD to end up in the wrong hands as they had a real love for him because of his sweet and gentle disposition. JD now resides at Rowdy Girl Sanctuary and get’s massages to help him out with his leg. He loves his Alfalfa hay and new friends! 

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Please match your selections on the pop up donation form as follows: $3,000 lifetime adoption – $50 per month – $150 per quarter – $600 per year

Jeddo

$50 per month  – $600/year

Jeddo

Jeddo’s story all began when we came to the new property in Waelder. Our fence builder found an orphaned calf over by the end of our land. We looked for Jeddo for THREE whole days. He was only a few days old, and Jeddo even had some umbilical cord on him still! When we finally managed to catch him he had been without any food or water for a week so we had to force a bottle down his neck. He was so malnourished! Now, Jeddo has gone from a weak and emaciated calf to a healthy young man!

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Please match your selections on the pop up donation form as follows: $3,000 lifetime adoption – $50 per month – $150 per quarter – $600 per year

Buster

$50 per month  – $600/year

Buster

Buster came to us by way of a compassionate Texas Cattle Rancher that fell in love with him when the calf was unable to bond with his Mother. Evidently little Buster was thought to be abandoned by a ranch hand and placed in a covered stall when the cattle rancher wasn’t in town. When the rancher got to Buster, he was near dead from lack of nutrition and hydration. The rancher jumped into gear and revived the little fella with colostrum, vet care and vital nutrients. While caring for Buster the rancher bonded with him. He couldn’t bear to see him go to auction because he said Buster was just like a pet to him now. 

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Please match your selections on the pop up donation form as follows: $3,000 lifetime adoption – $50 per month – $150 per quarter – $600 per year

Selena

$50 per month  – $600/year

Selena

Selena is another FFA story where families find it tougher and tougher to participate in a program that slaughters their children’s friends. Selena’s family loved the animals they raised in FFA but they couldn’t stand the part where they felt forced to let them go to be processed in the AG world as FFA calls it. Selena’s student formed an incredible bond with Selena and now she is free to visit her friend anytime.

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Please match your selections on the pop up donation form as follows: $3,000 lifetime adoption – $50 per month – $150 per quarter – $600 per year

Gizmo

$40 per month – $480/year

Gizmo

Gizmo came to Rowdy Girl Sanctuary because of a very distressed 15-year-old FFA student that had not only fallen in love with her “project” animal but had become a vegetarian because of having to send her former pig, Chubbles to slaughter. The family came to Rowdy Girl and together we created a way to bring Gizmo to the sanctuary. The student, her sister and her Mom are now all vegan because of their experience with Gizmo and his new life at the sanctuary. They come weekly to volunteer and have created a lasting relationship with Gizmo.

 

 

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Please match your selections on the pop up donation form as follows: $2,400 lifetime adoption – $40 per month – $120 per quarter – $480 per year.

Roux

$40 per month – $480/year

Roux

Roux was the first hog we ever adopted at Rowdy Girl. Roux is another victim of the FFA school “projects” that teaches kids to care for these animals in hopes that they will not develop an emotional bond. There are so many Roux’s in the world – If Roux could talk I know she would want you to know that pigs are “friends, not food”. It is because of Roux that we fell in love with the piggies and the students that opened their heart to hear their right to live and be free. Roux wants me to say thank you to Aunt Betsy! You know who you are!

 

 

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Please match your selections on the pop up donation form as follows: $2,400 lifetime adoption – $40 per month – $120 per quarter – $480 per year.

Ivy

$40 per month – $480/year

Ivy

Ivy came to Rowdy Girl because the family cared so much about this baby that they could not bear the only other option looming in their face—euthanization.   They had tried everything and were in a state of despair.  Several unforeseen family circumstances had caused this loving family to be unable to give Ivy the care she was accustomed to as a spoiled little princess.  A beloved family member fell ill and came to live with the family and little Ivy was unable to cope with the changes and it caused her to be aggressive towards family members and guests.  Loan called me in tears, desperate for sanctuary for their beloved family member – they brought her here on the same day that Roux came.  Ivy is settling in beautifully and her, Roux and Herman are the best of buds.

 

 

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Please match your selections on the pop up donation form as follows: $2,400 lifetime adoption – $40 per month – $120 per quarter – $480 per year.

Leo

$40 per month – $480/year

Leo

Leo was a rescue from a FFA project. Leo followed his caretaker around everywhere! Anywhere she went no matter who else was around her, Leo was there. Leo quickly gained the heart of everyone around him. Leo’s animal caretaker soon realized that Leo was not just an FFA project and had emotions, feelings, and wanted to live just like anybody else. She quickly realized that Leo couldn’t be sent to slaughter. She wouldn’t allow it. She reached out to Rowdy Girl Sanctuary for Leo’s rescue. That’s when Rowdy Girl Sanctuary  took in Leo, rescuing him from the unfortunate day of slaughter all these innocent FFA animals had to go through. Leo is grateful and is one of the most loving and curious beings ever! Leo’s caretaker also turned Vegan!❤️

 

 

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Please match your selections on the pop up donation form as follows: $2,400 lifetime adoption – $40 per month – $120 per quarter – $480 per year

Pepper

$30 per month  – $360/year

Pepper

Pepper came to Rowdy Girl because the family was desperate to find sanctuary for him after his best friend died suddenly of a heart attack. The wife didn’t know what to do with Pepper – he was always hanging out with her deceased husband and she knew that the right thing to do was to find a home for him because he was very lonely. Her biggest fear was that Pepper would end up on somebody’s plate or neglected. Pepper is loved by everyone at the sanctuary.

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Please match your selections on the pop up donation form as follows: $1,800 lifetime adoption – $30 per month – $90 per quarter – $360 per year.

Tom Tom

$30 per month  – $360/year

Tom Tom

Thomas aka Tom Tom was purchased as a gift for a family niece. When the niece didn’t pay any attention to Tom Tom, that family had planned to eat him for dinner, until Leah stepped in. Leah rescued him from their neighbor around Harvey time and has cared for him until their landlord found out and gave them the ultimatum- it is either Thomas or their family. Not wanting Thomas to become someone else’s dinner- she reached out to Rowdy Girl Sanctuary for his safety. Tom Tom the goat is now safe here at Rowdy Girl with other goats to play with! He may be the smallest out of them all but he has the biggest personality!

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Please match your selections on the pop up donation form as follows: $1,800 lifetime adoption – $30 per month – $90 per quarter – $360 per year.

Dee Dee & Dexter

$30 per month  – $360/year

Dee Dee & Dexter

Harlen works in the oil field and one day while driving around he came across little Dexter. He was under some piping, not moving, still had his umbilical cord and was under nourished, so weak he could not even hold his head up. They took Dexter in but then they came across the same exact scenario with Dee Dee. She had apparently fallen into some cactus and her legs and body were covered with thorns and she had ticks all over her ears, so they took her in as well. Roxann, Harlen, and their fur family were all happy until they realized these little boogers can jump. They made many calls to vets and ranchers, but they would eventually send to slaughter or use for breeding and that was unacceptable. Finally they did some research for animal sanctuaries and found Rowdy Girl as their forever home!

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Please match your selections on the pop up donation form as follows: $1,800 lifetime adoption – $30 per month – $90 per quarter – $360 per year.

Annalise

$30 per month  – $360/year

Annalise

Annalise was brought to us by Jay Palomo of the Houston Animal Save. The brave activists from Houston Animal Save frequently hold vigils at area slaughter houses, and this little baby was easily recognizable because of her lame back leg. Jay asked the slaughter house owner if he could save the baby’s life since she was injured. The owner of the slaughter house agreed to let Jay take the baby and when Jay contacted us at Rowdy Girl we jumped into action to accommodate this beautiful girl. Annalise was with her momma and siblings at the slaughter house, but their fate was not as lucky as Annalise’s. The activists are all so excited that this baby goat is going to get a second chance at life, as she deserves.

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Please match your selections on the pop up donation form as follows: $1,800 lifetime adoption – $30 per month – $90 per quarter – $360 per year.

Rowdy Chickens

$25 per month – $300/year

Rowdy Chickens

The chickens are a mixture of color, personality, and love. They all have different stories on where they came from and how they got here. Most were used as a commodity, with their eggs taken from them for human consumption or being raised for slaughter. Thankfully they all ended up here at Rowdy Girl Sanctuary where they can live out their life freely from harm.

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Please match your selections on the pop up donation form as follows: $1,500 lifetime adoption – $25 per month – $75 per quarter – $300 per year.

Rowdy Ducks

$25 per month – $300/year

Rowdy Ducks

We have all our ducks in a row here at Rowdy Girl Sanctuary! It has been an interesting experience seeing how they interact with each other. Just like any other bird, ducks have a pecking order. Quackers was the first duck to arrive to RGS (he is the one with the fluffy hat on his head). He came from a home where his family had been eaten by raccoons, and the owner didn’t want to see the same fate happen to him so they contacted us to rescue him. When we took him in he was very shy at first, he would hide in the corner and not walk around much. Soon after, we rescued two more ducks; Berry and Remmy. At first, Berry and Remmy would pick on Quackers since they were already a group. But one day, Quackers said he had enough of their bullying and he put his foot down. Now, after much of their quacking between each other, Quackers is the boss of the group and they all coexist together!

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Please match your selections on the pop up donation form as follows: $1,500 lifetime adoption – $25 per month – $75 per quarter – $300 per year.

Antonio

$25 per month – $300/year

Antonio

Antonio‘s human mom, Carey, was diagnosed with stage IV breast cancer in 2016.  She began to get chickens, turkeys, and goats after her diagnosis since they brought so much happiness to her and those around her. Antonio was hatched in July of 2017 and was raised as a part of their family. He looks after his chicken and goat sisters who are still with him here at Rowdy Girl. His very best friend is his goat sister, Carly. They were raised alongside each other and shared a paddock for his whole life. 

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Please match your selections on the pop up donation form as follows: $1,500 lifetime adoption – $25 per month – $75 per quarter – $300 per year

BunBun

$25 per month – $300/year

BunBun

BunBun spent two years as a class pet in a first-grade classroom, he came to us in May of 2023. He would spend weekdays at school where he was spoiled with a large hutch and was able to free range the classroom to visit students. On weekends and long breaks, he would go home to his family’s house where he had another hutch and different enrichment opportunities. Now he gets to roam around the Rowdy Girl Sanctuary office all day long.

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Please match your selections on the pop up donation form as follows: $1,500 lifetime adoption – $25 per month – $75 per quarter – $300 per year

Animal Adoption FAQ’s

May I visit my Farm Sanctuary friend?

We love visitors at Rowdy Girl Sanctuary. If you would like to visit your animal, please email us at gay@rowdygirlsanctuary.org to set up a time to visit.

Does my animal friend have more than one sponsor?

Because it takes a lot of money to support a farm animal, it is often too costly for one person to fund all the individual needs of one animal. We depend on our generous sponsors to help with food, shelter, support and veterinary expenses. As a sponsor, your contribution not only provides for your adopted friend but it also goes into a general fund that works to protect all farm animals through Rowdy Girl Sanctuary’s rescue, education, and advocacy efforts. The more sponsors we have, the more animals we can rescue and care for.

How do I make my adoption sponsorship donations?

After clicking the Adopt button for your chose animal you’ll see four amounts and a drop down for how often your amount will be processed. Make sure to match the correct amount with the correct reoccurrence, ie. $10 weekly – $50 monthly – $150 quarterly – $600 yearly.

Automatic contribution programs are a convenient way to ensure the ongoing daily care of our shelter animals. They also cut down on administrative costs, which means that your contribution goes that much further to help the animals!