The Black Sheep Animal Sanctuary
The Black Sheep Animal Sanctuary is a safe and sustainable space 
​to rehabilitate and re-home abused, injured and neglected animals.

The Black Sheep Animal Sanctuary

We are a farm animal sanctuary, working predominantly with rescued ex-farm animals, including sheep, goats, pigs, cows, ducks and more. We have 26 acres of land in Ōtaki, an hour's drive north of Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand. Our sanctuary is founded on animal rights principles. Our primary aim is to provide a refuge for abused, neglected, and mistreated animals, and especially former farm animals.

In New Zealand, a country where the economy depends on the dairy and meat industry, there are many animals in dire need of care and protection. We rescue and rehabilitate abused animals, including ex-dairy cows, ex-factory farm pigs, and ex-battery chickens. Where possible, we rehome to loving forever homes. For the many animals which cannot be rehomed, we offer a safe space where they can live out the rest of their lives in peace and security, in the company of others of their kind. ​
The Sanctuary is owned by the Animal Protection Society, Inc., a registered charity. We seek to support both human and animal rights, and are against all forms of oppression. We are pro-feminist, and anti-racist; we oppose sexism, inequality and environmental destruction. We acknowledge local iwi and local hapū as tāngata whenua. We are a space that is vegan for humans. 

We promote animal rights and animal liberation through our open days, newsletter, stalls, fundraising shops, and supporting animal rights conferences. ​

​Set up by the Animal Protection Society, the Black Sheep Animal Sanctuary operates according to animal rights principles and promotes animal liberation through their work. The Sanctuary's main sources of funding are the Opportunity for Animals Opshops.
To find out more about these groups and how the Black Sheep Animal Sanctuary began
Click the logo links below
– Every animal rescued is a symbol of hope and liberation –
PO Box 15005, Ōtaki 5542, Aotearoa New Zealand, 06 364 2241, [email protected]