Critterville Farm Sanctuary

Our mission is simple - to give farmed animals the lifelong care they deserve and to help the people who meet them see just how much there is to love.

Critterville Farm Sanctuary is a 501(c)3 non-profit dedicated to saving and healing animals in need, and inspiring compassion toward them.

When an animal arrives at Critterville, they're here to stay. Our approach is animal-led: every resident is given the time and space to settle in and feel safe at their own pace, with individualized care and attention along the way. We've found that this patience is often what makes the biggest difference.

Our Story

How It Started

Critterville Founder, Claire, was born loving animals. When she was four years old, she went to a friend's birthday party where a mobile petting zoo had been set up. Never one for socializing with people, she made her way straight to the animals and spent the entire party in a pen with a baby goat. She fell in love. Nothing, she decided, could ever be cuter or better than that goat.

For years afterward, she begged her mom for goats of her own. Then, in 2017, her mom finally said yes.

Claire pulled up Craigslist on her iPad and knew immediately when she saw them: Nigerian Dwarf goats, with photos of the cutest babies she'd ever seen. She responded to the ad, and a few weeks later, her family drove to New Jersey to bring them home. She had researched everything she could and was ready. Three perfect babies came home with her that day: Callie, Clover, and Finn. Her life changed, and began to revolve around them.