Category Archives: Lefty’s Place

Sunny Sunshine

In May, 2013 a little hen lay on the cold concrete floor of a huge shed. All she could see were the cages towering above her. Every now and again she saw men come in and grab her friends out of the cages. Her friends screamed and flapped their wings and a few fell on…

Oda Mae Brown

Oda May Brown found herself at an animal shelter in May, 2015. She and her best friend (Miss Hannigan) were surrendered due to their owners not being able to care for them anymore. Sadly, chickens are viewed as incredibly dispensable in our society when every single chicken is so special and so desperate to be…

Scrunky

It was the last day of duck season, June 2015. Whilst the hunters bagged up their morning duck bodies, lambs were being born in the dead of winter all around the state. Driving past a paddock, two duck rescuers, on their way to another lake, saw a pile of white on the paddock horizon. They…

Crazy In The Coconut

I picked her up at an animal shelter in Keysborough in early June 2015. Miss Hannigan and her friend had been surrended to the Australian Animal Protection Society shelter. Their previous owner could no longer care for them, so they were surrended to the shelter. When I went to pick them up, I knew straight…

Alice

After about four years of being a constant breeding ewe, Alice finally got her ticket to a life without being having to show her worth through her reproductive system. Alice found sanctuary at Lefty’s Place in early June, 2014. She was no longer wanted by the people who made money breeding from her as they…