Why Does “Home for Animals” Exist?
Home
for Animals is a non-profit association registered in Germany. Since 1996,
animal-friends have made it their task to provide a good place for many
animals, large and small, where they can live until the natural end of their
life, without fear of being slaughtered. On the Johannishof at the southern
edge of the Spessart forest we have grown in the meantime to have 200 animals
in our care.
There
are horses, donkeys, cows, lamas, alpacas, sheep, goats, pot-bellied pigs
and wild pigs, foxes, rabbits and various types of water fowl, as well as
peacocks, chickens and doves. They are all well cared for by a veterinarian,
fed with good feed, housed in nice barns and have enough pastureland. We
want to make amends on a small scale for the infinitely great suffering
that was and is done to the animal world. Millions of animals are deliberately
killed, hunted, shot, tortured, cruelly mistreated and much more of the
same is done to them. But like us, animals are creatures of God. Like us,
they love freedom and security. This is why we consider it our task to treat
them accordingly.
Our Task:
We have begun in a small way to give animals a home where they may again find their spiritual standing and value. Animals are our second neighbours. They are our brothers and sisters in nature, for we are connected by one Spirit. It is the great Spirit of the cosmos, of infinity – who is love and unity.
Our Goals:
- To respect the animals and treat them as creatures of God
- To gain living space for more animals – by acquiring adjacent pastures and wooded areas
- To make amends on a small scale for the suffering caused to the animal world
- To keep animals in a way that is their due, according to their species
- All animals may die a natural death