Help sweet Teddy to get surgery for eye cancer and Violet walk without pain.

Teddy was being loaded onto a slaughter truck when he ran for his life with two of his brothers (Rusty and Domino) and found our sanctuary. Now he has eye cancer 💔🐮

Teddy is a super sweet kid with the best heart. He is only 6 years old and has so much love to give. He is the child who comforts everyone else and seeks out anyone needing extra love to make sure they're ok. Our little Dinky who is still grieving for her mum follows Teddy around, asking for love and getting little nuzzles in return.

Now Teddy urgently needs treatment to remove the eye cancer and assess how to give him the best life possible with his brothers and the rest of his herd whānau.

This boy (and two of his last herdmates) survived against all odds. He was taken from his mama as a baby, broke free while being loaded for slaughter, avoided capture while being chased for 3 days through the forest then jumped 2 sets of fences to find our herd. He lost his mum and then so so many friends over the years. The farmer was retiring and culling the last of his herd. He was going to send someone here with a gun. How could we not fight for him?

We also Violet separated from the herd (with her mum and big brother of course) because she's been having issues with her walking. We aren't sure what's causing it exactly so she also needs to be assessed by the vets. We don't do any breeding here but Batty was already pregnant with Violet when we rescued them and Violet was our first freedom baby born into sanctuary ❤️