a love story...
Welcome to FRIEND. A beautiful 10 acre site nestled in bet ween the orchards and hop farms of rural Kent. Established in 1994, with the purchase of a small lamb at a livestock market. Marion Eaton set forth on a path that would see hundreds of animals find refuge from abuse, neglect and suffering under her care, at FRIEND. Today, FRIEND is a working sanctuary with around 100 farm animals and companion animals. Animals find their way here in all sorts of ways. Some are rescued from places of abuse, some arrive following the death of their guardian. Some despicable people abandon their animals by throwing them over the fence. No matter how they get here they are all welcome to live the rest of their lives as naturally as possible with little human interaction.
We offer a no kill, free roaming (as far as possible and safe) home to cows, sheep, goats, chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys. Our 30+ pigs live in their own paddock with wallows. Some of our cats are feral and some are house dwellers. Our dogs all love their walks in our meadow.
Promoting veganism is important to us. We are pleased to meet supporters at our summer open days and introduce them to the animals, who are of course the best ambassadors for a cruelty free life.
Local vegan and animal groups are a fantastic help, their members come to volunteer and support us. Situated so close to London, we are wonderfully supported by London based vegan groups, who come on ‘work days’. If you would like to volunteer here please get in touch.
Donating is easy….. We can’t do this work without donations from members of the public. Donating is easy and can be done online at PAYPAL – sanctuarydog@gmail.com AMAZON WISHLIST - click the link on our website at www.friendanimalrescue.org.uk/about-us/donations1 or in any bank or online with these details F.R.I.E.N.D. Acc no – 01206605. Sort code 40-36-35. (HSBC) 89 Bush Road, East Peckham, Tonbridge, Kent, TN12 5LJ. LIKE us on facebook to keep up with the news, open days and events www.facebook.com/friend.rescue.fanpage www.friendanimalrescue.org.uk