Bucky is our original baby bull and the namesake of our organization We learned of his fate at a near by dairy farm. We were moved to rescue him from his terrible fate. Upon his arrival, he became very ill. At two days old he was diagnosed with sepsis and E.coli, which could have been fatal! With swift intervention by our local vet, bucky received life saving medical attention and soon became a healthy steer. Today Bucky weighs 2,000 lbs and is the Alpha of the heard and keeper of our hearts!

Frankie a.k.a “Ol’ Blue Eyes” was named after the great Frank Sinatra because Frankie had blue eyes as a calf. Frankie was rescued from his horrible fate a month after Bucky and is Bucky’s stall mate. Bucky and Frankie are bonded and are inseparable! Wherever Bucky goes, Frankie is sure to follow. Frankie is fully grown adult steer at approximately 2,000 lbs and will live in harmony with the rest of the herd at Bucky’s Bull Rescue!

Forrest Gump is our youngest steer at six months old at the writing of this post. We received a call from the Diary Farm where Frankie was born stating that she had a calf who had stunted growth due to a diseased umbilical cord. Forrest was too small for market and would likely had been killed or sold for veal. Now, Forrest will live a pampered life at our sanctuary, we can’t imagine a day without his sweet loving kisses!

Bo, a Jersey steer, is one of our most recent rescues. He is 4 years old and fully grown at 1,500 lbs and is a gentle, lovable soul. Bo is paired with Ruth, meaning that he and Ruth are socially together and will never be separated!

Ruth, a four yr old Holstein Steer was rescued with his mate, Bohemian. They had lived at another sanctuary, which unfortunately were not able to sustain them as fully grown Holstein Steers are very expensive to keep.

Jolene, a 3yr old Hereford heifer, was rescued from a dairy farm in Indiana as a calf. As she matured to a full grown cow, her owners could no longer care for her so she was fostered to Belladonna Rescue & Sanctuary in West Lafayette, IN. Belladonna reached out to us and though the efforts of our amazing volunteers, we arranged transportation for Jolene and welcomed her into our sanctuary with open arms!

Mitchell Champion Martinelli was born on June 3rd, 2024. The compassionate farm hand told us that he was concerned that Campion, being undersized at 40lbs, would have been trampled to death on the cattle car that would have taken him to slaughter. Jenni rallied with a volunteer and drove 10 hours round trip to bring him back to his forever home. The vet said that Champ had a fever and was given antibiotics and electrolytes which saved him a terrible fate of tube feeding or worse. Champ fought back the sickness like a little “Champ!”

Eulalia “Layla” was born on Saturday, June 8th 2024 as a “Free Matin” meaning that she was born a twin! Unfortunately, her twin brother did not survive. Since Layla was born with a twin brother, she took on the hormone profile of her male twin, meaning she will never give birth or produce milk. For a dairy farmer, she is worthless but to us she is PRICLESS!

Peggy is a three year old Herford/Yorkshire sow. She joined Bucky’s Bull Rescue in the fall of 2023. Her family owns a pig farm. They fell in love with Peggy and didn’t have the heart to send this little (600lbs!) piggy to market and so we provided her a forever home!

Blue, Cal and Trouble are twin Nigerian Dwarf Goats and are three years old. Blue, named for his blue eyes, is the alpha and is first in line for treats. Cal is named for his beautiful calico coat. Trouble was named because of his naughty nature as a kid, but is now the shyest and sweetest one in the goat family!

Graham Qwacker, Dilly, Attie and Wheasy are six-month-old Peking Ducks and were raised on Bucky’s Bull Rescue as ducklings. They are very vocal and inseparable! They always find their way to water whether it is their swimming pool or a muddy puddle in Peggy’s back yard.

Rescued from the local animal shelter, Hawthorne and Yeager are our working barn cats who live in the loft above the other animals. Yeager guards the loft and never leaves this space whereas Hawthorne prowls around the grounds keeping the rodents at bay.

Gnarley, Bianca, Finley, Mic and Prianca are our chicken family. They are a cage free flock and roam around all three acres of our sanctuary. They like to roost in the goat pen at night, except for Gnarly, the OG of the flock, who watches over he ducks at night from her 2nd tier roost in the hen house.