When you sponsor an animal for a month you will make a HUGE impact on the animal’s life by helping provide food, bedding and vet care. With your donation, you will receive a special downloadable certificate of sponsorship as well as a coupon for one free Sanctuary Stroll to be redeemed upon arrival. Come out and meet the animals you’ve sponsored—so they can thank you themselves!

Rudy was born into the beef industry, where he was regarded as nothing more than a potential profit. Because of this, he was left out in the freezing cold as a newborn to suffer devastating frostbite. Rudy was deprived of medical care and left in terrible pain for weeks on end, as parts of body began to fall off and expose raw flesh; he even lost an entire hind hoof.

We tried so hard to find this sweet boy a forever home at another sanctuary, as the limitations of our infrastructure had us at full capacity, but there just wasn’t space for him anywhere else either. And sadly, time had run out for Rudy. So, we brought him home to IFS. This precious baby didn’t deserve to die, and if we had walked away, that soon would have been his fate. 

Rudy was in so much pain when he came into our care, and we rushed him to ISU for evaluation and treatment. Today, he’s safe and sound, and loving his new life at the sanctuary, where he’s showered with love, warmth, and affection. Rudy has a long road to recovery ahead of him and he’s still battling pain from his wounds, but his spirits are so bright. All this precious boy wants is to be snuggled by his caregivers. He’s so incredibly innocent, and we truly cannot believe that anyone would let him suffer the way he did. We’re so deeply thankful that Rudy has a safe forever home here at IFS.

To gift this sponsorship to someone you love, see the instructions below.

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IMPORTANT NOTE: This sponsorship includes a certificate for download. No physical item will be shipped. You will automatically receive an order confirmation email, followed by an email containing a link to your certificate and information about your sponsored resident. You will then have 24 hours to open and download the sponsorship packet. You are welcome to print anything in the packet, or you may download it and send it to your gift recipient by email. The Sanctuary Stroll pass included with the download may only be used once.