Can you think of a better way to spend time than around animals? Animals, after all, are so pure and so much fun to be around. While we all know just how amazing domesticated animals are, many don’t realize that farm animals are the same – each with their own personality and love of life. When you visit West Place Animal Sanctuary in Rhode Island, you’ll get to meet the resident resilient, life-loving farm animals.

West Place Animal Sanctuary in Tiverton provides a safe, loving sanctuary for horses and for farm animals who have been rescued from lives of neglect and abuse.

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The animal sanctuary, which also offers sanctuary for exotic rescues, is home to an assortment of farm animals – goats, alpacas, pigs, and sheep.

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If you visit the sprawling sanctuary, you’ll have the opportunity to meet such residents as Sassy and Just Johnny (horses), Jack and Diane (pigs), and Maggie and Sadie (goats).

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West Place Animal Sanctuary welcomes visitors to tour its grounds and to meet the animals on select Saturdays throughout the year. It will also be hosting an open house on August 24, 2020.

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From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., you can join a tour, where you’ll get insight into the sanctuary and meet its many residents. (Tours depart at the top of each hour).

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Even if you can’t make it to one of the tours or to the open house, you can still help out. The sanctuary offers a long list of ways to contribute, including by sponsoring an animal.

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Animal sponsorship, for example, allows you to donate to the ongoing care of your chosen animal. In return, you’ll receive a photo. If you live in the area, you might even get to hang out with your new friend.

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Learn more from the official website of West Place Animal Sanctuary. Or, go here for Facebook.

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Have you been to West Place Animal Sanctuary in Rhode Island? Share your experience in the comments! For another unique experience, plan a visit to 1661 Inn Farm and Gardens, home to such exotic residents as kangaroos, camels, and lemurs.

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Address: West Place Animal Sanctuary, 3198 Main Rd, Tiverton, RI 02878, USA