A Farm Animal's Safe Haven quote When most people think of cows, pigs, and chickens, one word comes to mind…food. However, when I think of these animals, the complete opposite comes to mind…friends.
The Gentle Barn’s purpose is to rescue farm animals who
According to the Gentle Barn website, “Ellie Laks founded The Gentle Barn in 1999; it was a dream of hers since she was seven years old. She majored in special education and psychology, and with her special love of animals and children, The Gentle Barn was a perfect way of putting all her talents and passions into one. The Gentle Barn started on a half-acre property in the middle of the San Fernando Valley, CA. In 2003 Ellie and Jay moved The Gentle Barn to a six-acre property in Santa…show more content… To the left of us was the horse and donkey quarters and to the right of us was the cow pasture. Rebecca gave us instructions and told us we could look around. We were then told that a formal tour was being given at 11 a.m. so we headed to these benches under another black tent and waited about ten minutes. Soon a large crowd began to form and the tour was about to begin. We were led up a series of stairs up to an small amphitheater shaded by more canopies. Michelle, another employee at the Gentle Barn, then gave us a little more detail on the sanctuary and her…show more content… This is what I was looking forward to all day. We got to the pasture where the cows happily live and were greeted by another volunteer who opened a large, off white gate and motioned us to come in. The dry dirt crunched underneath my shoes as I walked in. There were four cows in the pasture. One cow had a bright red mask on over her eyes to protect her face from flies. My sister and I immediately gravitated over to one cow named Aretha because there was less people around her and the volunteer Rebecca who we met earlier told us that Aretha was rescued from severe abuse and is very shy. I slowly walked up and Rebecca told me, “just so you know she doesn’t like to be pet on her face.” Aretha was lying down on the ground like a cat with her legs tucked in beneath her. I walked around the back side of her and got on her left side. I bent down, got on her level and wrapped my arms around her and closed my eyes. In that
