by Billie Dean | Dec 1, 2016 | Sanctuary Life
It must be an awful feeling to be in trouble medically, and have all doctors close the door on you because you are the wrong species. Or you might be the wrong colour, or race or religion. But this is our world today. This is the true story of Marybelle — who is not...
by Billie Dean | Oct 26, 2016 | Sanctuary Life
My phone rings: “Mum quick, a mother sheep needs help giving birth!” I grab towels, my birthing medicine kit and a bag with sterile gloves and everything else I need to be a sheep midwife. I pop dogs in the car and drive into the special maternity paddock...
by Billie Dean | Aug 20, 2016 | Sanctuary Life
I saw her posted on the Facebook wall of my school, Rainbow Fianna. Within seconds I was ringing the pound. No thought required. Found wandering the streets of a country town, she was in danger of being put to death for no other reason than she was homeless. She...
by Billie Dean | May 29, 2016 | Sanctuary Life
So last night just as I was going to bed at around 1 am (an early night), I heard an insistent baaaaaaaa. I wandered outside in my slippers to check who was calling and there was a lone sheep outside the house yard fence, where 16 sheep are currently living. All 16...
by Billie Dean | Jan 24, 2016 | Sanctuary Life
We just lost Freda. The sun sank a little in the sky when her breath left. Like a whisper, it walked in the trees. Tears fell. A little sheep born in peace, and taken far too young. Six long months of tending a lamb who grew to be a vital young sheep living in...
