CockadoodleMoo.org

A farm animal sanctuary located just north of Reno, Nevada near Pyramid Lake

Help us help the animals

1. Volunteering at CockadoodleMoo: See details midway down in the middle of this page or click here.
2. Cash donations: Donations through PayPal go toward animal food and medical care.
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4. Non-cash donations: For our wishlist of non-cash donations that would really help us help the animals, see the wishlist box lower in this column.
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A few times a year, we will send out email updates — generally only for really big news. We will never share or sell your email address.

Wishlist — most-needed items

The following non-cash items would be extremely helpful. Used but good condition is fine. (For less pressing but still needed wishlist items, click here.)

* Plastic water pitchers — We use these to scoop animal food, and we go through many each year.

* Bandages, gauze — Elastikon-style bandages and vet wrap are used each week to secure the bootie on Dolly the goat's leg where her missing hoof would be. Vet wrap is also used on chickens' feet when they get bumblefoot. Wrapping gauze and gauze pads are frequently used in treating animals.

* 3-gallon water jugs with handles — We lug water to animals, especially in winter when hoses don't work.

* Pyrex mixing bowls and casserole dishes — They don't break when frozen like ceramic and plastic dishes. We use them as feed and water bowls for chickens and rabbits.

* Chain-link panels and horse panels — Additional fencing allows us to expand areas for the animals and to take in more.

* Feed, straw, hay — Any feed, straw or hay will be put to good use. These may be broken bags from stores, straw bales left over from decorations or hay no longer needed if animals die.

* Old towels — These are used for cleaning up and for bedding material, especially for sick animals.

* Bird seed — We feed hundreds of wild birds year-round at CockadoodleMoo and seed is always appreciated.

* Cat litter — The six rescued cats go through lots of litter.

Copyright notice

All images and text, including recipes, that are not cited as belonging to others can be used for not-for-profit, vegan-friendly purposes. Give credit to CockadoodleMoo.org if you can but it's not necessary.

Quotes — hunting

* Animals give me more pleasure through the viewfinder of a camera than they ever did in the crosshairs of a gunsight. And after I've finished "shooting," my unharmed victims are still around for others to enjoy. I have developed a deep respect for animals. I consider them fellow living creatures with certain rights that should not be violated any more than those of humans. — Jimmy Stewart, actor

* I ask people why they have deer heads on their walls. They always say because it's such a beautiful animal. There you go. I think my mother is attractive, but I have photographs of her. — Ellen DeGeneres, comedian and talk show host

* When a man wantonly destroys one of the works of man we call him a vandal. When he destroys one of the works of god we call him a sportsman. — Joseph Wood Krutch, writer and naturalist (1893-1970)

* When I was twelve, I went hunting with my father and we shot a bird. He was laying there and something struck me. Why do we call this fun to kill this creature [who] was as happy as I was when I woke up this morning. ~ Marv Levy

* Of all the creatures ever made [man] is the most detestable. Of the entire brood, he is the only one... that possesses malice. He is the only creature that inflicts pain for sport, knowing it to be pain. — Mark Twain