Kitchen and Concrete a 2024 Update

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Progress at the Little Life Sanctuary - A long overdue update

Full-time work commitments & daily care requirements for the animals at the Little Life Sanctuary involves additional time for medication administration & vet visits. Any spare hours over the summer months have been devoted to building & landscape works around the Sanctuary.

As winter approaches there is finally time to take a step back & reflect what has been achieved over the Spring & Summer months.

A dedicated “Animal Kitchen” was very generously donated by Ken & Amanda. This has made the overall feeding & cleaning routines for the animals much less time consuming. Everything now efficiently stored close at hand in organised storage bins that so far are proving to be animal proof!

The comfort levels in the main Barn this winter should be greatly improved with the addition of high grade insulation to the internal walls. This was a fantastic effort made possible with the invaluable help of a band of very dedicated volunteers who support the Sanctuary. (The photo of the kitchen area was taken when the kitchen was temporarily installed to test the layout prior to insulation going in.)

A concrete slab for the storage barn is being laid within the next month. The materials for the barn have also been purchased. Unfortunately labour shortages meant it was not possible to get the slab laid & the barn erected before winter arrived. Hopefully the building can be completed by spring.

The wonderful weather over the summer meant the Sanctuary’s landscape greened up beautifully. The trees all benefitted from the perfect growing conditions and are now starting to putting on a glorious autumn display of colour. The Sunflower “forest” that grew uplifted the spirits of everyone at the Sanctuary & the animals thoroughly enjoyed finding many places to hide & explore.

Thank you for your support, donations, and kind words as we continue to support the animals at Little Life Sanctuary. We look forward to updating you on our journey throughout 2024.

More about Little Life Sanctuary

OUR VISION

- To provide safe shelter, food, water, and a healing environment for abused, mistreated or special needs animals.

- Rehabilitate injured animals, be it injuries of the body, soul or both.

- Assist other animal rescue organisations.

- Educate and promote animal welfare.

- Promote understanding and recognition of animals as sentient beings in their own right.

OUR AIM

To create a safe and natural healing environment

This is a Sanctuary where animals can be themselves, heal in their own time and have a chance to enjoy life.

To achieve this healing and recovery the Sanctuary is kept as calm and quiet as possible, so visitors and volunteers strictly only by appointment.

THE BUILDING AND SITE

In the future we hope to improve the Sanctuary by the following building improvements listed in bold.

The shelter and site is solar powered with a backup generator for emergencies.

The current water supply is via large water tanks with a total volume of 140,000 L with a gravity feed system to the Sanctuary. Planned landscaping features will add additional 160,000L capacity mainly for fire protection.

The Black Barn contains a small living quarters for a 24/7 care taker and all services required for the Sanctuary. Including, an intensive care unit for the cats.

Main water sources within the Sanctuary grounds will be artificial water features with solar powered circulating and oxygenated water. Until these are built the water sources are small troughs connected to the water pipes.

Main food supplies will be in at the Black Barn complex with smaller stations located in the outer sanctuary enclosures.

Fire protection for the Sanctuary is provided by a high pressure and high volume irrigation system. This is located around the outer enclosure fencing. The natural water features planned within the Sanctuary fence will also act as secondary water sources.

The Sanctuary enclosure fence is an industrial chain link fence approximately 2 metres high. Access is via a service vehicle gate with double gates to act as an “air lock” system to ensure animal safety without escape.