Animal Sanctuary Network™

Animal Sanctuary Network™
Stronger Together for the Animals
Connecting, supporting, and amplifying animal sanctuaries across the United States.

Animal sanctuaries do life-saving work every day. The Animal Sanctuary Network helps sanctuaries connect with one another, collaborate on shared opportunities, and build a stronger collective voice for animals.
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Our Purpose
When Sanctuaries Thrive, Animals Thrive
The Challenge
Animal sanctuaries often operate with limited resources, small teams, and little time to build partnerships, coordinate campaigns, or share successful ideas.
Many sanctuaries are doing powerful work without enough connection, visibility, or shared support.
Our Approach
The Animal Sanctuary Network brings sanctuaries together so they can amplify their work, learn from one another, build partnerships, and participate in collective efforts when shared opportunities arise.
What We Do
Connecting Sanctuaries. Amplifying Impact. Inspiring Compassion.
ASN serves as a trusted connector, amplifier, and bridge so every sanctuary can focus on what matters most: caring for animals.
Connect
Build relationships among sanctuaries through online tools, shared opportunities, and a sanctuary-only community.
Amplify
Promote sanctuary events, milestones, campaigns, and stories through ASN's social media and public channels.
Partner
Create opportunities with nonprofits, funders, companies, media, institutions, and mission-aligned allies.
Represent
Show up at conferences, fairs, festivals, and public events where individual sanctuaries may not have capacity to attend.
Increase Visibility
Help more people discover sanctuaries through a national directory, map, and public storytelling.
Support Collective Advocacy
Help sanctuaries speak together when shared issues, legislation, or public education opportunities affect animals.
Founding Partners
Our Pilot Sanctuary Network
Beginning with six founding sanctuaries and growing into a national network.
ASN is launching with a pilot of six founding sanctuaries:
Fauna Haven Animal Sanctuary
faunahaven.org
Hope and Serenity Farm Sanctuary
hopeserenity.org
Peaceful Fields Sanctuary
peacefulfieldssanctuary.org
Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary
animalsanctuary.org
Rosie's Farm Sanctuary
rosiesfarmsanctuary.org
Sentient Sanctuary
sentientsanctuary.org
These founding partners are helping shape a model that can grow across the United States.
ASN Initiatives
Helping Sanctuaries Collaborate & Grow
The Animal Sanctuary Network offers practical initiatives that help animal sanctuaries build partnerships, engage their communities, and expand their collective impact. While each sanctuary is unique, these shared models are designed to be adapted and replicated across the network.
Pilot Initiative
Compassionate Cookout
Building community through partnerships and good food
Helping sanctuaries host community cookouts featuring delicious plant-based food, rescued animals, and meaningful partnerships.
Pilot Initiative
Collaborating for Compassion
Connecting people with the sanctuary movement
A traveling spotlight series that introduces community members to animal sanctuaries through collaborative educational events, conversations, and immersive experiences.
Coming Soon
County Fair & Festival Outreach
Representing the interests of the animals
Helping sanctuaries bring a compassionate voice to county fairs, festivals, and community celebrations through welcoming educational outreach, volunteer engagement, and shared resources.
Events Across the Network
Discover What's Happening Throughout the Sanctuary Community
Animal sanctuaries across the country host open houses, fundraisers, volunteer days, educational programs, and special community events throughout the year. The Animal Sanctuary Network helps amplify these opportunities by connecting people with sanctuaries and encouraging participation across the network.
Looking for upcoming sanctuary events?
Follow the Animal Sanctuary Network™ Facebook Group to discover events shared by sanctuaries, volunteers, and supporters from across the country.
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Coming Soon
Building a National Resource for Sanctuaries
A larger ASN website is in development. Future features may include:
Interactive Map
Custom maps to help visitors discover sanctuaries near them.
National Directory
A searchable directory of participating sanctuaries across the country.
Shared Calendar
A place to find sanctuary events, open farm days, fundraisers, and collaborative campaigns.
Partnership Hub
A way for nonprofits, funders, companies, and allies to connect with the sanctuary movement.
Collective Advocacy
Opportunities for sanctuaries to respond together to policies, legislation, and public issues affecting animals.
Program Toolkits
Replicable models for sanctuary events, outreach, education, and community engagement.
Future maps will feature custom individual sanctuary cards making it easy to access important information about animal sanctuaries.
Animal Sanctuary Network™
Help Build the Future
The sanctuary movement is stronger when we act together.
"Whether you are a sanctuary, nonprofit partner, funder, volunteer, advocate, or compassionate supporter, there is a place for you in the Animal Sanctuary Network."
Joseph Perez, Executive Director
Join us as we build a future where every sanctuary is supported, every animal has a voice, and successful ideas can grow into a national movement.
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Animal Sanctuary Network™ is supported by Ark of Compassion™, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
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