In Loving Memory

The Guinness World Record for the oldest cow is 48 years and 9 months. Sofie is believed to be 37 years old. Prepare yourselves for this story! Sofie was considered a living sacrifice by her caretakers, and as a symbol of faith by the church who healed Sofie when she...

Their owners raised these two beautiful creatures since they were only a few weeks old and grew to love them as part of their family. You can see and hear the love they have for these two beings. They decided to surrender them to Rowdy Girl Sanctuary to give them hope...

Roo was one of those horses that everyone loved. He was sweet, mild natured and reminiscent of a Unicorn. He had one blue eye and one brown eye and I always said that if you looked just right you could see an iridescent spiral coming forth from between his eyes. 🦄 Roo...

Muley was one of the original herd when Tommy bought the Angleton property in 2002. She had distinctive big ears like a mule and so she got the name Muley. She had many calves that ended up at the sale barn but once we became a sanctuary those days ended.  Neither...

 Sunrise was rescued from a cockfighting ring bust in Alvin, TX. He was just one of over 200 roosters confiscated. Sunrise was one of the many roosters that was bred to fight to the death. He was worth a small fortune on the streets because of his training. Well, now...

  Chirp Chirp came to me a little itty bitty baby. He was hand-raised by a woman who was sick, and cuddled him all day. After Chirp Chirp’s carer got really bad dementia, she couldn’t take care of Chirp Chirp anymore. That's when a family member reached out to us...

Omen was the one that got away.  Omen was a rescue from a BIG Arkansas plant. One day, a member of my team - Riyuji - and I were at one of the farms we work with when we passed a major chicken plant, a great big one. I was unable to resist the temptation to turn...

 This guy's name wasn’t always Michael Jackson. We had called him Mary Sarah at first because we thought he was a girl! When we found out that he was a boy we renamed him MJ. Michael was found with his friend Daisy. His rescuer claimed to have found him while he was...

 Dolly was found one day running for her life when a young girl saw her being chased down the street by some dogs. That day Dolly had slid into the heart of her young savior. And the adrenaline must have really kicked in because the girl managed to chase this poor...

Shade was an apartment duck. Yep, you read that right! She was an owner surrender to us after her mom got a job as a FEMA worker and would not be able to take Shade along on her long travels. It was hard for us to take Shade because of how much we could see that her...

This here is Sealy. She came to us by the way of a lady who had adopted this baby turkey from Sealy, TX thinking that she was a chicken! But lo and behold, Sealy  grew up to be a turkey. Talk about a surprise! Sealy was a great treat to have for her family. Everybody...

Alena Hidalgo of Pearland, Texas, was one of those teens. She spent months getting to know Gizmo, the pig she purchased through the FFA. It didn’t take long for the two to bond as she played with him every day and made sure his pen was squeaky clean. When she looked...