other animals Stories

Of Carrots and Life
By Earthfire
Once a week we do a meditation on Earthfire’s vision which includes Hannah, a volunteer who lives in England. We start at 7:30 am our time and she at 2:30 her time. At the end of an hour she gives us a call and we> Read more

Chicken Joy
By Earthfire
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Of Fish Roosters and Life
By Earthfire In Banty the Rooster’s story of healing I shared my perspective that all life is precious and to be respected, including chickens. Livingness itself is a total wonder, something beyond our powers to understand, much less create. Many people think> Read more

Winter Brings Man and Rooster Together
By Earthfire Jean came to the door with a soft concern in his brown eyes, tenderly holding what looked like an unmoving mound of cream colored feathers. It was Banty, a tough little rooster brought to his knees by the – 20 degree cold. A> Read more

Tuttle Squirrel Conquers the Walnut
By Earthfire Tuttle’s very first success with walnuts. We were so proud!
Perhaps we should bronze them . . .
It was a long frustrating trial for him and quite an accomplishment. First the nuts were too big and he couldn’t hold them; then he> Read more

Squirrel Ate the Bronx
By Earthfire Tuttle working on his very first walnut. No success to date.
Tuttle was tiny and barely alive when we got him. No longer. He is now a lively squirrel of ample proportions. Maybe it’s because he gets all he wants to> Read more

Interspecies Harmony
By Earthfire Boychuck and Cucumber enjoy morning meditation
Boychuck, our German Shepherd, enjoys time with Cucumber, the timber wolf, who comes into the cabin and settles down for our daily morning meditation.
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Video: Presenting Tuttle the Squirrel
By Earthfire Tuttle was found on the ground stretched long and thin and cold. He was brought to us by a loving person and after fighting the odds is recovering beautifully. Now he will grow up at Earthfire Institute, too young to be released. The first of many videos to come! Watch and grow with him. Read more

Tutankhamun the Squirrel
By Earthfire Approaching the office to give Tutankhamun his breakfast, Barette, our gorgeous iridescent black rooster is basking on the doorstep in the early morning sun. His favorite place. I say excuse me as he moves aside to let me in the> Read more

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