Senior Animals In Need Today Society

Senior Animals in Need Today Society (SAINTS)
Founded 2004
Type non-profit charity
Focus Animal welfare
Location
Area served
British Columbia
Key people
 Carol Hine
Revenue
$267,000 in 2013[1]
Employees
6 part-time in 2013[1]
Website http://www.saintsrescue.ca/

Senior Animals in Need Today (SAINTS) is a farm sanctuary for senior and special needs animals in Mission, British Columbia, Canada.

History

Carol Hine, a nurse,[2] began the sanctuary in 2004 to provide a more compassionate setting for senior animals who would otherwise spend their last days in animal shelters or pounds.[3] After a short time in a smaller location, the sanctuary moved to a 3-acre (1.2 hectare) farm in Mission, British Columbia.[3]

The sanctuary

The farm location contains a home, barn, several outbuildings, a pond and several fields.[4] A foster program also houses some animals in homes of volunteers.

There are typically over 100 animals in care, of a variety of species. The organization's website stated in October 2014 that the animals in care included 38 dogs (including 7 in permanent foster care), 39 cats, 13 rabbits, 3 sheep, 3 horses, 1 chicken, 1 rooster, 4 ducks, 2 potbellied pigs, a farm pig, 2 Jersey cows, 1 Holstein cow, 3 goats and a llama.[5] Animals are available for adoption.[6] By 2014, the sanctuary had been home to more than 600 animals since its opening.[7]

The sanctuary welcomes visitors on weekends,[2] and has an annual open house.[8]

Cats with feline leukemia

In the fall of 2007, SAINTS modified an outbuilding to house cats with the feline leukemia virus.[9] The first occupants, dubbed the "americats", were 12 cats from a large seizure from a former cat sanctuary in Pahrump, Nevada.[10] The cats arrived in November 2007.[4] In 2010, only one of the original cats remained.[11]

Another group of cats with the feline leukemia virus was taken in from a September 2008 seizure of cats from a former cat rescue organization in Delta, British Columbia.[12][13] In August 2014, the last cat from that group died.[14]

The organization lists cats with the feline leukemia virus for adoption on its website, stating that the cats may live for three years after the diagnosis.[15][16]

Notable rescues

  • Floyd the duck - In November 2008, a duck in poor condition was rescued from a factory farm and relocated to SAINTS.[17][18] In 2011, Floyd was reported to be thriving at the sanctuary.[17][18]
  • Gideon the horse - In 2012, Gideon the horse was noted to be nearly 37 years old.[19] He died over a year later.[20] Gideon was the first of a number of horses at the sanctuary.[21]
  • Rosebud the dog - In September 2009, SAINTS took in Rosebud, a dog from Mission, British Columbia with a number of challenges.[22] One eye with glaucoma was removed; her rib cage had received trauma; and she was crippled.[23] Volunteers enjoyed preparing special meals for her and sitting with her head in their lap.[24] Rosebud died at the sanctuary after about six months of care.[23]
  • Wilbur and Charlotte the pigs - In September, 2011, two young pigs were seized by cruelty investigation officers from a makeshift pen on Cypress Mountain in West Vancouver.[25][26] They were transferred to SAINTS, where they stayed for a few weeks before being moved to a new home.[25] However, the new home did not work out, and the pigs were returned to SAINTS.[27]

References

  1. 1 2 "2013 Registered Charity Information Return for Senior Animals In Need Today Society", Canada Revenue Agency.
  2. 1 2 "Where senior and special needs animals go - SAINTS in Mission", Kim Pemberton, Vancouver Sun,July 19, 2011.
  3. 1 2 "Pet Rescue: S.A.I.N.T.S. Senior Animals In Need Today Society", Carol Hine, Pitt Meadows Today, Nov. 27, 2011.
  4. 1 2 "SAINTS- Senior Animals In Need Today Society" Archived 2014-10-29 at the Wayback Machine., Nora Livingstone, Best Friends Animal Society, Oct. 14, 2007.
  5. ↑ "About us", SAINTS, Oct. 28, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Adopt", SAINTS, accessed Oct. 28, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Visiting and Touring SAINTS", SAINTS, accessed Oct. 28, 2014.
  8. ↑ "americats.wmv", Youtube user saintsrescue, Youtube.com, May 3, 2010.
  9. ↑ "Rescue Operation Gives Hundreds of Abused and Neglected Cats Another Chance", Modern Cat, Jan. 2, 2008.
  10. ↑ "citing a technicality, judge dismisses FLOCK case", SAINTS, Feb. 16, 2010.
  11. ↑ "ok..the felv’s, the birds and squirt", SAINTS, Nov. 6, 2009.
  12. ↑ "SPCA seizes 49 cats, 3 dead, from rescue agency", Darcy Wintonyk, CTV News, Sept. 25, 2008.
  13. ↑ "we sadly said goodbye to mother theresa today", SAINTS, August 9, 2014.
  14. ↑ "Carter" Archived 2014-10-29 at the Wayback Machine., SAINTS, accessed Oct. 29, 2014.
  15. ↑ "Grace" Archived 2014-10-29 at the Wayback Machine., SAINTS, accessed Oct. 29, 2014.
  16. 1 2 "Splish Splash Floyd Taking a Bath", SAINTS, Feb. 15, 2011.
  17. 1 2 "Where Are They Now? The Story of Floyd", Canadians for Ethical Treatment of Food Animals, July 11, 2014.
  18. ↑ "Animal rescue cries foul over security camera kerfuffle", CTV News, March 1, 2012.
  19. ↑ "Gideon passed away last night", SAINTS, Sept. 23, 2013.
  20. ↑ "new horse coming in", SAINTS, Sept. 25, 2013.
  21. ↑ "more updates", SAINTS, Sept. 10, 2009.
  22. 1 2 "The Saints come marching in", The Vancouver Foundation, Dec. 14, 2010.
  23. ↑ "Vancouver Foundation gives dogs a second chance", Youtube user Vancouver Foundation, Youtube.com, April 28, 2010.
  24. 1 2 "A Home for Wilbur and Charlotte", BC SPCA, accessed Oct. 28, 2014.
  25. ↑ "is it raining cats and dogs????", SAINTS, Sept. 26, 2011.
  26. ↑ "the best laid plans of (wo)man and pigs", SAINTS, Nov. 17, 2011.
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