The Kindness Ranch Animal Sanctuary

If you love beagles AND need a break from the stress of daily life AND want to support a nonprofit organization making a MAJOR impact - LOOK NO FURTHER.

My beloved beagle and I had the opportunity to visit and volunteer in 2017 and it was AMAZING. I truly cant say enough about the experience! Really outstanding people, beautiful setting and important mission. Look forward to returning soon!

These are some of the best human beings on the planet. They rescue animals from experimentation, isolation, and emotional neglect, infuse them with love, attention, and affection and find them the best homes with adoring families.

We have adopted two beagles from The Kindness Ranch! Each time we have gone the staff has been amazing! I can't believe the things these animals have been through and it makes me so happy to see them being treated so well! Each animal so badly just wants a home and to be loved. Thank you Kindness Ranch! Without you, these sweet animals would never have a chance.

I have had the opportunity to adopt to of the beagles they homed from research labs. These dogs have given 4 years of their loved to help further medical research and whether you agree with that or not these animals should be given a life rather than be destroyed. These people dedicate their lives to transition animals for furever homes and if they find they can't be placed they let them love it the remainder of their lives there. They use socal media to help people see the work of the animals. They do deserve to be recognized. Couldn't get the picture to load.

The first time my bestie and I visited Kindness Ranch was April of 2019. Thirteen male beagles had arrived from a laboratory and we helped with their check-in, recording weights, assessing their physical state, and prioritizing any special care they might need....dental, coat care, ear care, etc. We watched as they went down the steps for the first time to play outside in the grass and the sunshine! They had never done this before but they caught on quickly, running at top speed with their ears flapping in the wind. After they had run, run, run, we gave them belly rubs while they lay in the warm grass with the sun on their faces....eyes squinting and totally trusting us. It was so rewarding to watch them start to become the doggos that they should be! All of the animals come first at Kindness Ranch and that's why we continue to go back as often as we can. We are so grateful that Kindness Ranch exists so that animals who have lived a life in a laboratory can become the animals they were meant to be.

My daughter adopted a beagle. They were very thorough in the adoption but so very caring. Not only before the adoption but afterwards. They do amazing work in rescuing animals that have never had the enjoyment of life. Kudos to Kindness Ranch Animal Sanctuary!!!!

This sanctuary serves a unique and vitally important need - rescuing and caring for animals who have been “used” in research labs!

We’ve fostered four dogs with Kindness Ranch and have loved working them. We’ve stayed at the ranch and seen first hand how hard each of the caretakers and volunteers work to care for their range of animals (alpacas, pigs, cats, dogs, horses, cows...they do it all!). These animals can have a hard time adjusting the world after being released for labs, and Kindness does a world class job of rehabilitating them or caring for them for their lifetime.

Love supporting this charity. So glad the are rescuing animals from labs so they can have a good life and be happy after all they've been put through.

We adopted our sweet beagle gal from the Kindness Ranch in 2018. Being onsite gave us an opportunity see how hard the staff work, how loving they are with the animals, and how vast their responsibilities are. Since that time we have followed their work closely and become bigger and bigger fans. This is our favorite nonprofit!!!

The work they do to rehome these lab animals is beyond words. Some of these animals have ever set foot on grass or seen the sun. The workers are very caring about these animals and making sure they get a second chance at a life in a real home.

I love Kindness Ranch! We have visited numerous times and have volunteered each time. The animals are the top priority and receive the best care and training. Staff is all loving and kind, and very helpful with volunteers. Any animals from pigs, cows, horses, donkey to dogs and cats are the number one priority at this outstanding rescue!

We bacame familiar with Kindness Ranch when we adopted our first retired research Beagle Moose. The staff really took the time to understand which dog would fit best with our family. After adopting Moose, we really did our research about animal testing that takes place in the US and have become a cruelty free household.

Since then, we have adopted another beagle from Kindness. She was not nearly as adjusted as Moose. She was three years old, afraid of all people and had never lived outside of her cage. She needed a lot of patience and love. She has come a long way since then.

If not for places like Kindness Ranch, animals like money would have been euthanized after their testing period was completed. These animals need a place like Kindness to find them homes so they can know love and trust in their lives. And that they are not just products to be used and tossed away.

Adopting Moose and Luna has changed my life in so many ways. But more importantly, it has changed theirs.

Thank you Kindness for the very important work you do!

Lovely surroundings and great yurt/cabins to rent so that you can stay at the Sanctuary and participate in interacting with the animals. Mary Miles is one of the best Animal Caregivers I've ever met. Her tireless efforts working with the animals, and ensuring they have a safe, clean environment in which to live and grow is remarkable. She's the type of caregiver you wish you could clone....high energy, high integrity and tremendous compassion. It's staff like Mary that makes Kindness Ranch a wonderful place for former lab animals to become rehabilitated. Kindness Ranch does great work!

This non profit performs a wonderful service for retired lab animals!

I love the mission of this charity-- to provide rehabilitation and a loving environment for former laboratory animals. Through their newsletter, they show us ways that they are diplomatically negotiating the release of animals from labs (animals, who, would normally been killed when the research concluded) and their recovery process, which often culminates in an adoption into a loving home. They support a range of farm animals and domestic pets. They are a smaller organization that seems to be run conscientiously. There is not a lot of wasted money on marketing materials. I also appreciate that the newsletter does not overwhelm the reader with horrific images of animals in distress. This is a wonderful group of people working to help animals who are not on most people's radars, but are going through great suffering to serve people's needs.

I had been watching their website for several months and was finally ready to adopt another Beagle so a friend and I drove up to the ranch and looked at all the beagles they had. I decided on a little boy and filled out the paper work and drove home. Best decision I have made in a long time. He was shy at first everything scared him but he has come along nicely and is doing well some noises still bother him but he is getting better. I would recommend anyone looking to adopt they make the trip up to Kindness Ranch the drive will be worth your while

This is the only place that rescues animals from labs when they are done testing with them. They get new homes, are re habilitated and given a new lease on the rest of their lives

I have been contributing to Kindness Ranch for a number of years and am constantly amazed by the wonderful rescue work that they do providing animals with a place to stay until they can find forever homes. If you are looking for a worthwhile organization to donate to, I highly recommend Kindness Ranch!

I transport rescue animals throughout the Midwest. I had the opportunity during a transport to visit Kindness Ranch last year. I was amazed at what I witnessed. Every volunteer showed so much kindness & compassion to the animals!
I loved Kindness Ranch so much, I'm making a detour after a transport next week to visit again!
I'm attaching a link to an album I created last year during my stay- please take a look!
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The compassion and dedication of these people humbles me. It is not overstatement to define their work as "life-changing".