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Pandemic Puts Strain on Farm Sanctuary (Dakota Grossman, The Maui News, September 20, 2021). In the heart of Haiku sits a safe haven where hundreds of animals have received refuge and where visitors have been able to engage and learn. But uncertainty grows as the COVID-19 pandemic challenges the Leilani Farm Sanctuary to keep the gates open as visitor numbers drop due to travel warnings and other restrictions. (read more …)

Finding Paradise (Maui Vegan Life, October 2, 2018). An enchanting, storybook tableau, Maui’s only vegan animal refuge is home to about 300 goats, turkeys, rabbits, donkeys, cats, geese, pigs, tortoises, guinea pigs, ducks, deer, chickens and a cow.  Located in Haiku, the nearly eight-acre tropical haven is a place of healing and connection, a demonstration of how endearing “food” animals thrive in a cruelty-free environment while enriching the lives of the humans who love them….. (read more …)

This Inspiring Woman Left Her Corporate Career to Start Her Own Farm Animal Sanctuary (by Lauren Kearney, One Green Planet, March 2016). When Laurelee Blanchard became aware of the suffering of animals in the agriculture industry, her entire life changed. While most people have an “a-ha!” moment when they learn how animals are treated in industrial agriculture and stop consuming animal products, Blanchard resolved to go one step further….. (read more …)

Greener Pastures (by Tiffany Hill, Hawaii Magazine, February 18, 2015). Dozens of abandoned or abused animals—from goats, pigs and tortoises to ducks, chickens and donkeys—have found new grazing grounds and a happy home thanks to Leilani Farm Sanctuary, an Upcountry Maui farm that’s more than just a petting zoo……(read more)

Safe Haven – Haiku Resident Devotes Her Life To Caring For Animals (by Ilima Loomis, The Maui News, February 6, 2015). Laurelee Blanchard had long been an animal lover, but it was meeting a turkey that changed the course of her life…….(read more)

Top Ten Reasons to Visit Leilani Farm Sanctuary (by Barry Sultanoff, AMauiBlog, January 4, 2014). Leilani Farm Sanctuary of Maui provides care for rescued animals, humane education to the community, and a model of compassionate living. Today we have a guest blogger, Barry Sultanoff, who will share with us ten (10) great reasons to visit LEILANI FARM SANCTUARY:….(read more)

Saved by the Dell (By Cheryl Chee Tsutsumi, Honolulu Star Advertiser, September 2, 2012). Leilani Farm Sanctuary takes in animals that had been abused or were doomed…(read more)