Rescued Animals
Gunther
Gunther was raised in FFA but is just one of many animals that have students unable to send them to slaughter. I hear the same story over and over. We don’t want to see anything bad happen to him...we’ve grown attached and can’t stand the thought of someone eating...
Trixie and Dixie
"Trixie and Dixie were two donkeys living on the new property in Waelder when we moved. These two girls knew that the land here was going to one day soon be a great big animal sanctuary. I guess they wanted to live their best lives possible and they thought this was...
Sunrise
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...
Leo
Leo story begins when we was chosen to be the "project" of one special FFA senior. The student's mom ended up falling head over heels in love with Leo. The mom was absolutely devastated when she found out that her son's animal, Leo, might have to go to...
Michael Jackson
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
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
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...
Sealy
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...
Lulu
This is Lulu. Lulu was another animal who was so loved by her owner - Valerie - that she ended up with us! Lulu was having to stay in a kennel all day long after her parents separated. Lulu was not having the amazing sort of life that Valerie desperately wanted for...
Wilma
Wilma was saved from a parking lot the size of two football fields in Bastrop, Texas - Her story involves a fireman, me, Tommy, and several other local citizens. Tommy and I were in Bastrop to go to the grocery store at the beginning of the pandemic lockdown. We were...
Demarcus
A couple weeks before Covid-19 became a "thang" I got a call from a young FFA student named Emily that was looking for a home for her "FFA project", Demarcus. She was near the end of her project term, and soon Demarcus, her friend, would be going to slaughter unless...
Gizmo
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...
Roux
Roux was a 253-pound, 6-month old baby Hampshire Swine when she didn't make the cut in the Fort Bend County Fair - I am so grateful that the family has decided to let her live out her life at Rowdy Girl Sanctuary instead of shipping her off on the...
Penny
Today Penny is safe. She was born into a system that sell pigs to kids, and lets them raise them for 6 months, show them, then slaughter them. But Penny will live a live on Rowdy Girl Sanctuary with people that love her and other animal friends. Penny is smart and...
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...
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.
Dee Dee and Dexter
Dexter and Dee Dee were found in an oil field with their umbilical cords still attached. Dexter was hiding under some piping while Dee Dee was found in the field with cactus thorns all through her. What happened next, was a miracle. The Story of Dexter and Dee...
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...
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...
Chickens & Roosters
The chickens and roosters 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....
