Sale Ranch
Animal Sanctuary
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ale Ranch Animal Sanctuary, located in Temecula Wine Country, is a non-profit sanctuary offering rescue and refuge to baby farm animals discarded by the food industry, specifically dairy, and hospice to senior horses and those with special medical needs. Founded by Dave and Jen Sale in 2013, SRAS has grown into a safe place that offers many animals, some who were on death’s door when they arrived at the ranch, a place to heal and receive the love and care they desperately need. SRAS believes animals are living, breathing, beautiful beings who are someone, not "something". Their mission is to rescue, rehabilitate, and educate on their behalf while promoting a cruelty-free lifestyle. Once the animals are healed and healthy, they connect the animals and their stories to help children in the community to heal.
By Jaime Purinton, Board Member, Volunteer Director of Development
animals discarded by the food industry, specifically dairy, and hospice to senior horses and those with special medical needs. Founded by Dave and Jen Sale in 2013, SRAS has grown into a safe place that offers many animals, some who were on death’s door when they arrived at the ranch, a place to heal and receive the love and care they desperately need. SRAS believes animals are living, breathing, beautiful beings who are someone, not "something". Their mission is to rescue, rehabilitate, and educate on their behalf while promoting a cruelty-free lifestyle. Once the animals are healed and healthy, they connect the animals and their stories to help children in the community to heal.
SRAS Beginnings
Jen’s love for horses started when she was a young girl and she fell in love with her first horse, Patches. Patches taught Jen commitment, loyalty, compassion, and the magic horses hold. Those values Jen learned from Patches, became the framework from which she would approach all animals in her life, then and now, and the foundation in which SRAS was built on. Jen’s experience with horses and a background in nursing gives her a unique perspective needed to properly care for the animals at SRAS.
After raising two children, Dave and Jen left the city and purchased property in Temecula’s wine country to fulfill a lifelong dream to offer refuge to animals in need. In searching for their first horse to bring to the ranch, they were shocked and saddened to learn of the overwhelming abundance of abandoned and neglected horses in their area. In addition, they also learned that many farm animals, due to the close proximity of dairy farms, were also in need of refuge. Jen and Dave’s deep love for all animals, made it impossible to ignore this need and Sale Ranch Animal Sanctuary was born.
Temecula, California