
Josie the Buffalo Goat
By Earthfire
Recently at Earthfire’s Digital Storytelling Workshop, we were asked to create videos of animal interactions that touched us. Josie, the Buffalo Goat, immediately came to mind. To me, she epitomizes the whole feeling of Earthfire. Brought to the Sanctuary to> Read more

Great Chicken Trauma
By Earthfire THE GREAT CHICKEN TRAUMA: A story of betrayal, recovery, a will to live and a rooster. Read more

Buttercup the deer and the chicken’s food
By liz Ultimately, Buttercup won. Not through mental agility, of which she cannot be accused, but through sheer persistence, stubbornness and singleness of purpose. She wanted the chicken food. She had wanted the chicken food since the chickens moved in next door.> Read more
The Gosling, Recap
By liz “He was found fluttering in a panic among the sagebrush, a soft yellow and grey ball of fluff. Where were his parents? His brothers and sisters? How did he get there, in the middle of a vast sagebrush field? A> Read more

The Release – Vittoria’s Story
By liz I was passed a torch, so to speak. A torch in the form of a tiny tuft of lemon yellow fuzz and feathers. The mission was simple; take the gosling to the Green Belt in Idaho Falls; find him new> Read more

He looks innocent, but wait two weeks
By liz I have held many wild animals in my hands and am always astounded at the strength of the life force and the exquisitely efficient ways in which they are put together. This little creature, a baby tree squirrel, demonstrates where> Read more

Old Friends
By Earthfire Daisy and Jenny were rounded up and taken off the range many years ago as wild burros and went from pillar to post, finally landing on a ranch that had no time for them. We would see them sometimes as> Read more