Sanctuary
A sanctuary , sometimes called Lebenshof or animal shelter is designated, in which various means pets , livestock or wildlife are powered by people for a first indefinite period. In contrast to an animal shelter , a sanctuary does not pass on animals that have been taken in, but rather sees itself as a final sanctuary. Animals that show a recognizable impairment or a moving life story, such as blindness or abuse, are happily accepted there. Since the animals do not have to have performed any particular life, they do not receive a bread of grace in the narrower sense .
A variant of the sanctuary is the animal protection yard. Animals that have been confiscated, neglected or mistreated, whose owners can no longer or do not want to take care of them or which have been rescued from slaughter are taken in here. The animals are looked after at the animal protection farm and, if possible, placed in good hands. Animals that are too sick or old for this stay and spend their old age on the farm.
Sanctuaries are usually funded by fundraising and visitors. Such yards do not serve any commercial purpose. Their self- image is based on animal protection or animal rights positions .
The first facilities in which animals were cared for until the end of their lives are known to have been at the beginning of the 20th century. The writer and small farmer Christian Wagner granted all his animals on his farm the bread of grace and also bought other animals free to save them from slaughter.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sanctuary for bears
- ↑ Luna sanctuary for blind animals
- ↑ Hof Huppenhardt - Hof Huppenhardt. Accessed November 8, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Gut Aiderbichl
- ↑ Guidelines of the American Sanctuary Association (ASA)