TEA, S.D. (KELO) — Goats, ducks, cats and more can be found at the Finny Mini Farm and Sanctuary.
“We started out as a hobby farm and slowly turned into an animal sanctuary. Just because we have hearts for animals with special needs or that need time to heal or senior animals,” Executive Director, Finny Mini Farm and Sanctuary, Lizzie Ju said.
Around 200 animals can be found at the farm. Some of them are farm animals, some sanctuary animals, and some are both.
“I guess it started with a donkey. His name was Gideon, and he was a senior, and he needed a home, and he’d been through some neglect. He had overgrown hooves. And so we took him in, and then we would, you know, see animals that needed homes that had special needs and start taking them in,” Ju said.
With winter starting up soon, Finny Mini Farm and Sanctuary has a great way to get rid of your pumpkins.
“They’re done with their holiday decorations and we’re like, hey, my pigs will eat that. And really, any of the animals on the farm will eat pumpkins,” Ju said.
The pumpkin drop off started with just family and friends giving them their pumpkins, it grew so much that they put a trailer at the end of their driveway for people to leave the gourds. While pumpkins can be carved, the farm cannot accept any painted or bleached pumpkins.
“That would just wouldn’t be great for the animals. And then we also our last year we composted painted pumpkins. But I just worry that the animals are going to get into the paint and I don’t want them to get sick from that,” Ju said.
Extending a loving gesture, to some animals who may have had a hard go around.
Along with pumpkins, other edible decor like gourds, squash, apples, corn, and straw can be left.
Click here for information about the drop-off and its location.
