Happy New Year! We look back over the last six months of 2023 with a sense of wonder, excited to share all the work we’ve accomplished with your support for the many animals who arrived at the sanctuary. Summer arrived crashing and booming as thunder storms struck on a daily …
Click below to read the transcript or listen to Ralph Gardner Jr.’s touching broadcast “A Different Kind of Sanctuary” about his dog Wallie and the family’s experience at Sienna Sky and The Lily Pond Sanctuary.
We are always grateful for our donors, sponsors and volunteers at the sanctuary. Their support is critical to our work in helping rescued animals in need. In 2023, we witnessed a new trend of support coming from… children! Following are some examples of the incredible compassion shown to our animals by people under the age of ten. When we worry about the state of the world during these troubled times, we find comfort knowing that the future of the planet is in good hands.
Meet Joey Neet (4 years old), Malea Alberts (10 years old), and Elianna Campese-Korman (9 years old).
If you’ve been following the work of The Lily Pond in recent years, you know that we’ve focused on providing a safe landing for ex-racehorses rescued from the kill pen. Once again, we were given the opportunity to help a horse who escaped the slaughter pipeline. But this horse had …
What happens when you’re a harness racing Standardbred trotter who is afraid of pulling a jockey in a sulky? Roll To Thunder had 25 starts but never won a race. He was quickly retired from the track, sold into farm labor and pulling a buggy. Fast forward many years, Thunder …
July 7, 2023 | WAMC Listen to Ralph Gardner’s touching commentary about his dog Wallie and the family’s experience at Sienna Sky and The Lily Pond Sanctuary. Listen to the story.
The snows of fierce March weather have finally melted and signs of spring are appearing in bright sunshine daffodils beginning to bloom at the sanctuary. This winter was relatively mild by Northeast standards, with the exception of a few knock-out-the-power, snow-up-to-your-eyebrows storms. We survived the Great Arctic Freeze in February …
Reporter Lisa Green attended the homecoming celebration for Super Tuesday and Hogues Best Sunday at The Lily Pond Sanctuary. She wrote a wonderful article about their rescue! Read it here: Rural Intelligence Article
Do you remember that 80’s hit single “Bring On The Dancing Horses” by Echo and the Bunnymen? The song is about people gazing at three stone statues of horses. Well, we are pleased to announce the arrival of three trotting horses to The Lily Pond! In the spring, The Standardbred …
The calendar may have marked the official start of Spring, but Winter has not yet turned over the reins here in the Hudson Valley. Sunny spots of yellow daffodils and forsythia appeared, only to find their blossoms covered in snow within the week. It’s been a busy Winter season and …
Barn Manager Brenda Izzo put up a Christmas tree in the tack room of our horse barn. We reached out on social media to ask for help in decorating it with donations toward the care and feeding of the animals. Look at the beautiful result of so much generosity! The …
It’s the holiday season and normally the ground would be covered in a blanket of white and we would surely be whining about the frozen pipes and all the snow to be shoveled in order to get to the barn. But this year it’s all about rain. Lots of rain! …
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The past four chilly months have brought lots of exciting developments at The Lily Pond… there are several new sets of hooves and paws around here that we are very pleased to introduce! A view from the window features snow falling steadily, blanketing the fields in white once again. The …
Life at the barn got really busy over the Winter with the arrival of two quarter horses, a mini pony and a mini donkey. This was cause for celebration by the humans and horses, and met with glee by our hay dealer who was instructed to double the monthly order. …
While sitting in the waiting room at the veterinarian’s office, we recently overhead a gentleman comment that he much prefers dogs because cats are “aloof and have no personality.” “Whoa!” we thought. Clearly this man has never visited The Lily Pond. We’ve got so much personality happening at the cat …
The colorful blooms of Summer transformed into the burnt orange leaves of Autumn, fluttering against a cobalt blue sky. The waterlily pond was an oasis of pink blossoms from June to October, where tiny frogs bounced among the pads and a miniature turtle scuttled along the bank. A large red …
An Interview with Barn Manager Brenda Izzo Brenda Izzo has been caring for the horses and cats at The Lily Pond since 2018. Sanctuary Founder Susan Bandy interviewed her about how she came to work with horses and what she’s learned from her connection with them. SB: Thank you for …
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