The Gentle Barn, located in Santa Clarita, is an sanctuary for animals who have suffered severe abuse and neglect and are too old, sick, weak, or scared to be adopted into homes.
The barn rescues horses, donkeys, cows, pigs, sheep, goats, turkeys, chickens, llamas, peacocks, emus, cats and dogs/ Through the interaction with their animals, children learn reverence for all life.
Each gaze carries a story.
A visit to Farm Sanctuary, a 26-acre shelter located on a beautiful hacienda ranch in Acton, California.
Farm Sanctuary was founded in 1986 to combat the abuses of factory farming and encourage a new awareness and understanding about farm animals. Farm Sanctuary is committed to ending cruelty to farm animals and promoting compassionate vegan living through rescue, education, and advocacy efforts.
The Farm Sanctuary residents are ambassadors for all farm animals on factory farms. These animals began their lives abused and neglected and now spend their days digging in the dirt, basking in the sun, and napping in the straw.
A visit to Wildlife Learning Center, a wildlife park in Sylmar, California.
The park is home to over 100 displaced, rescued, and zoo-born animals. The center’s biologists are dedicated to life-long care for the animals and gives talks regularly throughout the day to educate and inspire visitors to care for wildlife.
Pictured above is Zeus is a blind Western Screech Owl with eyes that look like a starry night sky. Newton, fierce and much larger than little Zeus, is a tawny owl.
Machu Picchu, one of the seven wonders of the world, is a 15th-century Inca citadel situated in the near the Cusco region of Peru. Machu Picchu is perched high in the Andes Mountains about the Urubamba River valley. The Urubamba River is also called Willkamayu, Quechua for "Sacred River".
Terraces — The Inca engineered stepped agricultural systems along the sides of mountains and hills. These terraces were built to enable irrigation of crops, protect against landslides, and reduce soil erosion from heavy rainfall.
Sacred Rock — Overlooking the central plaza of Machu Picchu is the Sacred Rock, a large stone that resembles Yanantin Mountain behind it. Sacred Rock is a powerful symbol of Machu Picchu and is recognized as a spiritual area for meditation and absorbing positive energies.
Made to Measure — Machu Picchu was built in the classical Inca style, with polished dry-stone walls. The Inca were masters of a construction echnique called ashlar, in which blocks of stone are cut to fit together without any mortar. This mortar-free construction helps to protect from earthquake damage.
