Since 2016
Saving Animals
Our History
We are a non-profit animal sanctuary based in Muro de Alcoy, Spain.
We are a family of 4, and together we started our sanctuary in 2016.
Our charity number is:
Inscrita en la GVA CV-01-061134-A
What Drives Us
Our Mission
-RESCUING
As of April 2023 we have 132 animals, which is our current limit to ensure every animal gets the best care and attention here at home in our sanctuary.
We mostly have cats, but also 16 dogs, a sheep and chickens.
Almost all of our animals are feral, traumatized, handicapped and/or chronically ill. We started our sanctuary after seeing the sad amount of animals being euthanased because of being ill or feral. We give them a home and here they cn be themselves. We do not receive money from the government.
We rely solely on donations.
We don’t work with fosters since we don’t have animals up for adoption.
We only take in animals that are in a need of rescuing and that no one else wants to take in, if and when we are able to.
Others mostly don’t want the animals we end up rescuing because of the amount of work, high medical costs, no possibilities of adoption and high risk of not surviving despite all efforts.
On our Facebook page we will share animals from fellow rescuers that are up for adoption.
Our veterinarian and food costs are higher than other sanctuaries, because our animals usually need surgeries, daily medications, regular medical treatments and special food.
-HOSPICE WORK
A big part of our work is doing hospice care for very old and ill animals at the last stage of their life. The most important rule for us that we follow is that the animals aren’t in pain, are happy and overall have a good quality of life. Sometimes our vets and us have to make the decision to let an animal go when they would otherwise suffer, sometimes they don’t suffer and cross the rainbow bridge on their own. 🌈
-NEUTERING VACCINATIONS CHIPPED
All animals that are under our care get neutered, vaccinated, chipped.
When our help is needed for colonies and we are able to, we help with these costs and if needed, we arrange it as well.
-MEDICAL
We have an amazing team with vets that we work with to ensure the best possible care for our animals.
-EDUCATE
We try to educate people about what an animal needs, if needed we help with neutering, medical care, food, shelter.
We will never turn our back on an animal in need IF and WHEN we can help!
What Drives Us
Our Mission
-RESCUING
We usually have around 100 animals.
We have cats, dogs, a sheep and chickens.
Almost all of our animals are disabled, traumatized, handicapped and/or chronically ill.
We work with 2 amazing volunteers, we do not receive money from the government.
We rely solely on donations.
We don’t work with fosters since we usually don’t have animals up for adoption.
We only take in animals that are in a need of rescuing and that no one else wants to take in.
Mostly because of the amount of work, high medical costs, no possibilities of adoption and high risk of not surviving despite all efforts.
Most of our animals can’t be adopted/rehomed, every once in a while we have healthy animals and those will sometimes be up for adoption.
Our veterinarian and food costs are higher than other sanctuaries, because our animals usually need surgeries, daily medications, regular medical treatments and special food.
-NEUTERING VACCINATIONS CHIPPED
All animals that are under our care get neutered, vaccinated, chipped.
No animal ever leaves our sanctuary before it is neutered.
When our help is needed for colonies and we are able to, we help with these costs and if needed, we arrange it as well.
-MEDICAL
We have an amazing team with vets that we work with to ensure the best possible care for our animals.
-EDUCATE
We try to educate people about what an animal needs, if needed we help with neutering, medical care, food, shelter.
We will never turn our back on an animal in need IF and WHEN we can help!
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Our animal sanctuary
We have 132 animals, we have only lived in Muro de Alcoy since november 2019 after rebuilding our previous sanctuary. We mainly have traumatized and sick animals, we work throughout the entirety of Spain. Most of our animals are walking free around the house but they usually stay inside. We do have a hospice with big crates for ill or new ( quarantine) cats. And we have built a few cat houses / catteries for semi feral or feral cats that can’t be free for a certain reason ( for example white cats, risk of skin cancer if in the sun ).
Almost all dogs are free during the day except when people are visiting because most of our animals are afraid of other people. We lost everything we had during the 2019 floods so we are still building and improving our sanctuary every day.
Since we live on a mountain where you can’t just drive to our house, and a lot of our animals are traumatized we aren’t ” open ” for the public, but we of course allow visitors when it’s someone we know or someone bringing a donation.
It is also our home, we live here, it is also our privacy. Therefore, we will never change to have “opening hours” or constant visitors.
We hope everyone understands this, and we hope everyone enjoys viewing posts about our animal sanctuary!
Our Team
Alexandra Veldhuizen
President-Owner, daughter of the family
Mostly takes care of our social media, financial side, creates items to sell for the animals and cares for the very ill and old cats.
Dieko Veldhuizen
Co-Owner, son of the family
Mostly cares for the dogs, cleans the cat kennels, and builds everything needed on our terrain.
Roosmarijn Jantine Haller
Board member, mother of the family
Cleans cat kennels, gives medication, feeds all the outside cats, takes care of the vet visits, financial side and messages.
Helco Veldhuizen
Board member, father of the family.
Mostly cares for the dogs and builds everything needed on our terrain.