About Us
A Safe Home for Rescued Farm Animals
Founded in 2021 by Suzanne and Richard Prince, Greenwood Sanctuary is a family-run haven for animals rescued from the agricultural and farming industries. Here, animals who would have otherwise faced a life of exploitation for meat, fur, or by-products now live in safety, surrounded by love and care for the rest of their natural lives.
We’re proud to be a vegan and cruelty free sanctuary where animals are treated with love and respect.
Our Journey
Suzanne, a lifelong animal advocate and her husband Richard shared a powerful vision to create a safe home for farmed animals to live in peace, free from the cruelty and abuse of the agricultural system. In 2021, they founded Greenwood, a beautiful 30-acre sanctuary of fields and woodland.
The sanctuary’s story began with Maia, a pregnant sheep who became Greenwood’s very first resident. A few months later, she gave birth to three healthy lambs—Dottie, Domino, and Freeda.
Maia was not able to feed Freeda as well as the other two, but Suzanne was quick to step in. At the same time, two cade (orphaned) lambs from a nearby farm came to live at Greenwood. They needed hand-rearing and urgent care and without Suzanne’s help, they wouldn’t have survived.
Suddenly, the sanctuary had six residents, and Suzanne and Richard found themselves hand-rearing three lambs in their house!
Since then, the sanctuary has grown, welcoming more animals, each with theirown unique story of survival. Many of our residents have overcome incredible challenges to find safety here,where they can now live full, happy, and secure lives.