Meet All Of Our Ranchers
Click on an animal's name or photo to learn more about them! You can also view animals by species by clicking below!
Meet Snail! This little girl is a 4 year old ferret who was originally picked up off the streets of New York City. She had been found wandering the streets of Brooklyn and was brought into the local ACC about 3 years ago. She wasn't with us very long during her first stay and quickly found herself with a new family and new ferret friends!
Unfortunately, Snail's ferret friends passed and she wasn't doing well as a solo ferret, so we are on the search for a family with new friends for her!
Requested Adoption Donation: $50
Meet Jasmine, also known as Jazz! After a career on the track as a harness-racing standardbred, she found herself as a personal horse for a little girl. When her family could no longer care for her she came to us!
Jazz is a senior lady at 25 years young and best as a retired companion horse at this time. She is spunky for her age and would love a family to dote on her through her golden years!
Requested Adoption Donation: $500
Molly is a 9 year old off the track Standardbred ready to start her new life as a riding horse!
Molly hasn't been under saddle long, but she has a great brain and is picking everything up like she's been doing it her whole life! She's solid walk/trot and is in the process of learning about cantering.
She may act like a big grump, but don't let that fool you, this sweetheart is just waiting for her new family.
Requested Adoption Donation: $2,000
Jupiter came to us with her three kittens, Mars, Neptune, and Pluto, and she did an amazing job raising them, but they are soon to be off to their new homes and now it is Jupiter's turn to find her forever family!
Jupiter is an absolute sweetheart, who loves attention but isn't demanding about it and when she's had enough, she'll wander off to find the perfect sun spot to nap in!
Requested Adoption Donation: $100
Looking to add some excitement and chaos into your life? If so, Crow may be the perfect fit for you!
This mischievous little cat loves to play and get involved in everything his people are doing. He's a very confident cat who does well with other cat's who aren't intimated by his energy. He also loves to explore and to see what trouble he can get himself into!
Requested Adoption Donation: $100
Apollo is a recent arrival from the NYC Animal Care Centers. He was abandoned as a stray and we know nothing about his past other than he does not seem to have ever lived indoors before. He is currently in a foster home working on his housebreaking and crate training and doing well!
Apollo is finally ready for adoption!
Requested Adoption Donation: $250
This adorable pup is Clementine and she has a long journey ahead of her. She came to us off of the euthanasia list at the Brooklyn ACC when she began acting out due to kennel anxiety. When she arrived she was very shut down but day by day she came out a little more to show us her true personality.
She is now ready to finally start looking for an adoptive home! She still has rehabilitation ahead of her, but with an experienced and dedicated family we know she will thrive!
Adoption Donation Sponsored
Charlotte came to us from The Blind Spot Animal Sanctuary, who rescued her and over 100 other pigs from a hoarding situation.
She and her friend Fern are a bonded pair and are now looking for a forever home together. They are a bit timid to start, but warm up with just a few food bribes!
Requested Adoption Donation: $200
Fern was saved from a terrible hoarding situation by The Blind Spot Animal Sanctuary with her friend Charlotte.
The girls are so sweet and we are hopeful we will be able to help them find a wonderful adoptive home together. They are microchipped, vaccinated and spayed so they are definitely ready for adoption!
Requested Adoption Donation: $200
Mrs. Potts has spent her whole life being used for breeding. After providing many litters to her owner, he decided she was no longer useful when he retired from selling piglets. He planned to send her to auction where she was sure to be slaughtered, but one of the people who purchased one of her piglets refused to let that happen. She instead got Mrs. Potts to us with her daughter Chip!
We are looking for a loving forever home where Mrs. Potts and Chip can stay together forever!
Requested Adoption Donation: $200
Chip has spent her whole life being used for breeding. After providing many litters to her owner, he decided she was no longer useful when he retired from selling piglets. He planned to send her to auction where she was sure to be slaughtered, but one of the people who purchased a piglet from her mother's litter refused to let that happen. She instead got Chip to us with her mother Mrs. Potts!
We are looking for a loving forever home where Mrs. Potts and Chip can stay together forever!
Requested Adoption Donation: $200
Pinocchio is a new arrival to Wayward Ranch! When he was first purchased by his previous owner, he was kept in the home, but soon he grew to be too large and was moved out to a barn on the property. He was very loved, but sadly his owner became ill and could no longer care for him.
Pinocchio is a big boy, weighing about 200 lbs, and is a sweetheart! He is looking for a loving forever home where he could either be an indoor or outdoor pig with at least one other pig friend.
Requested Adoption Donation: $200
Simba's story is all too common for potbelly pigs. Purchased from a breeder he began as an indoor pig, but when he grew too big, he was bounced around from home to home. Luckily he came to us where we could make sure he would be safe as he waits to be adopted! Simba is a dominant pig who need an experienced home to give him love and structure!
We've promised to find him a forever home, could that be with you?
Requested Adoption Donation: $200
Sarge is an adorable piglet that was born in October 2022. He is now neutered, vaccinated, and ready to find a home, preferably with one of his brothers!
Sarge has been living in a foster home indoors and is litter box trained and social and outgoing! He loves tunnels and enrichment toys as well as belly rubs!
Requested Adoption Donation: $200
Rambo is an adorable piglet that was born in October 2022. He is now neutered, vaccinated, and ready to find a home, preferably with one of his brothers!
Rambo has been living in a foster home indoors and is litter box trained and social and outgoing! He loves tunnels and enrichment toys as well as butt scratches!
Requested Adoption Donation: $200
Romeo is an adorable piglet that was born in October 2022. He is now neutered, vaccinated, and ready to find a home, preferably with one of his brothers!
Romeo has been living in a foster home indoors and is litter box trained! He is a bit timid but coming around more and more every day!
Requested Adoption Donation: $200
Tango is an adorable piglet that was born in October 2022. He is now neutered, vaccinated, and ready to find a home, preferably with one of his brothers!
Romeo has been living in a foster home indoors and is litter box trained! He is a bit timid but coming around more and more every day!
Requested Adoption Donation: $200
Juliet is a recent arrival to Wayward Ranch and came to us from a local family as an owner surrender with her six piglets. She is now spayed, vaccinated, and ready to find a loving forever home! She is used to living outdoors but is very clean and likely would housebreak easy as an indoor pig!
Requested Adoption Donation: $200
Kuzco recently came to us as an owner surrender with his friends Yzma and Kronk! He was very loved in his previous home after they rescued him from living on a chain. They gave him a beautiful life until they could no longer care for their goats and made the painful decision to let them find a forever home together.
That is the mission we are on now: to find Yzma, Kronk, and Kuzco a loving home as a bonded trio!
Requested Adoption Donation: $150
Little Yzma may be a mini goat but she has a huge personality! This sweet girl came to us recently as an owner surrender when her family could no longer care for her. She arrived with her son Kronk and best friend Kuzco and she takes her role as protector to her boys very seriously! She will stand guard while they sleep, she will test out new situations to show them it is safe, whatever they need!
What SHE needs is a forever home where her boys can come along too!
Requested Adoption Donation: $150
Kronk may be a fully grown adult goat, but he will always be a momma's boy and he isn't ashamed! Kronk, his mom Yzma and their friend Kuzco recently came to us as owner surrenders. They are looking for a home together because they are very bonded! Kronk, for example, is never far from his mom Yzma. He loves her and dotes on her, even grooming her! He also hides behind her when he gets scared which is made even funnier because he is twice her size!
Requested Adoption Donation: $150
Batman came to us with his triplet brothers, Robin and Joker, in August of 2018. Like many farm animals they were posted on Craigslist for rehoming, but luckily their previous owner genuinely cared about where they would end up and he was more than willing to have us take them and give them a safe home for life!
Batman is quite a climber and we'll often find him on top of his picnic table or flipped water trough. If you come in his pen with cashews, watch out because he'll want to climb right in your lap like a puppy!
Permanent Sanctuary Resident
Robin came to us with his brothers, Batman and Joker, from a small backyard farm where they were born and loved until they were 4 months old. Their owner then posted them for sale on Craigslist, which can be dangerous for farm animals as they may end slaughters or in abusive homes. They came to the Ranch so we could give them safe and happy lives!
Robin loves to cuddle up to staff and volunteers. Sometimes he forgets what personal space is but we
love him anyway!
Permanent Sanctuary Resident
Shinzi is the third brother of our permanent residents, the Three Wayward Pigs. Like his brothers, Ed and Bonzai, he was abandoned on a farm when his owner moved away and then was placed on Facebook for sale for just $20 by the new farm owner. He had the worst case of mange of all three brothers, but his coat grew in beautifully with proper care and time.
Shinzi learned quick that people = food and that was our way into his heart! Now he teaches all incoming pigs how to trust us to help them too!
Permanent Sanctuary Resident
When we first met Ed he was almost completely hairless and covered nose to tail in terrible scabs. He was suffering from untreated mange and he was very skinny. He and his brothers, Shinzi and Bonzai, had been left behind when their owner moved and the new owner of the farm put them on Facebook for just $20 as if they were old furniture he no longer needed, rather than living beings.
Ed has thrived in our care since he arrived in 2017! He was once so fearful but now comes right up for treats, belly rubs, and loves visitors!
Permanent Sanctuary Resident
Bonzai was left behind when his owner sold the farm, and when the new owner came in he put him and his brothers, Ed and Shinzi, on Facebook for $20 as if their lives didn't matter. They all had a terrible case of manage from neglect and were emaciated, and we rushed to save them!
Bonzai since day one was terrified of us but who can blame him? Since his arrival in 2017 he has come a long way in warming up and now will take treats from our hands! Even if it has to be from afar, we will always love him so very much!
Permanent Sanctuary Resident
Montana, once known as Money Game, was a big winner as a racehorse, winning over $300,000 on the track. Then she went to a breeding farm to be used once again by people for money. This time, she stood up for herself and refused to be bred, making her useless to them. Right before she was to be sent to auction, she came to us instead and now calls the Ranch home!
Montana's past has made her slow to trust, but with our staff she has learned to love, and has a bright future ahead!
Permanent Sanctuary Resident
Tonto came to Wayward Ranch in the fall of 2018 when we saw him at a local livestock auction. He was with his sister, who immediately was bid on by a private buyer, but when it came time for people to bid on him, the room was silent. We were heartbroken to think he could end up in an abusive home, bounced around from auction to auction, or even sent to slaughter, so we bid on him and brought him home with us!
Tonto is a permanent resident here,
helping to keep coyotes away from the farm animals and we love him dearly!
Permanent Sanctuary Resident
Brooklyn's life began normally, purchased by a loving family as a puppy. Sadly when her owner died months later, she had nowhere to go and was brought to a vet hospital. Because of her breed and fearful behavior they decided not to rehome her. For the next nine years she lived in a kennel run in the back of the hospital as a blood donor, until she came to Wayward Ranch in 2018.
After living with us for over 2 years we have made the decision to have her remain with us as a permanent sanctuary resident.
Permanent Sanctuary Resident
Chewy was born at a respected breeding facility and purchased by a loving family with a big yard and plenty of kids to play with. He had the life most dogs in rescue could only dream of. Unfortunately for Chewy and his family, he has some genetic behavioral concerns that made him unsuitable for live in the average home.
When Chewy first came to us, our hope was that he would be adoptable to a family without young children, but from what we have seen, we feel the most responsible decision would be for him to remain a permanent
resident here.
Permanent Sanctuary Resident
Tigue was one of the many fearful cats who find themselves on a euthanasia list each year. He was trapped as a feral cat, but was unable to be released into his old territory again. We saw his face, and knew he would rather be offered a life as a barn cat than be euthanized, and boy were we right!
On the Ranch, Tigue is king! This guy spends the day sleeping in the hay loft (his very own bachelor pad) and at night comes out to survey his vast land. He keeps our barn sanitary and free of rodents and we are grateful!
Permanent Sanctuary Resident