I honestly don’t even know what to say anymore.
I’m feeling really defeated today.
I’m sorry that we have to keep asking for help. We sent an email yesterday, and we posted asking for donations yesterday too. I wish we didn’t have to keep doing it.
The reality is that we are almost out of dog food, wet food, treats, and alfalfa. We need to purchase more immediately to keep our shelves stocked and continue caring for the animals who depend on us every single day.
This summer has been incredibly difficult. Every rescue seems to be struggling, and so many families are struggling too. I understand that, which is why asking for help never gets easier.
If I’m being completely honest, I’m scared. I’m scared about what the future holds for our rescue. We have poured everything we have into saving these animals, and right now it feels like we’re fighting every single day just to keep going.
We are praying we make it through the summer.
If you are able to help in any way—whether it’s sending something from our wish list, making a donation, or simply sharing this post—we would be more grateful than words can ever express.
Thank you for believing in us, for believing in these animals, and for standing beside us during one of the hardest seasons we’ve ever faced.
Donate: https://t.co/UahIUXeu6H
GoFundMe: https://t.co/Fc4gKk8rdI
Amazon Wishlist: https://t.co/g68n9XuOrk
#laylasheartranchandrescue #dogrescue #animalwelfare #animalsanctuary #charity
🎉 Our 5-Year Anniversary is Almost Here. 🎉
On July 5th, Layla’s Heart Ranch and Rescue will celebrate five years of saving the animals no one else would.
Five years of second chances.
Five years of hope.
Five years of never giving up.
In those five years, we’ve rescued more than 300 animals—dogs, cats, horses, pigs, chickens, ducks, and guinea fowl. We’ve built an entire sanctuary from the ground up, rescued animals from multiple states, stood beside other rescues when they needed help, and dedicated our lives to giving forgotten animals a future.
Today, though, we’re struggling.
We are completely out of dog food.
When we launched our $100,000 Five-Year Anniversary Fundraiser, we dreamed it would help carry us into the next chapter of this rescue. Instead, with our anniversary just days away, we’ve raised less than $700.
To be completely honest… we’re feeling defeated.
Not because we’re giving up—we never will—but because the needs of the animals never stop. Every day there are mouths to feed, medications to buy, veterinary bills to pay, and lives depending on us.
Right now, we simply need our community.
If Layla’s Heart Ranch and Rescue has ever touched your heart, if you’ve celebrated a rescue with us, shared one of our posts, or simply believe that every life matters, would you consider making a donation today?
No gift is too small. Truly. When enough people give what they can, it changes everything.
If you’re unable to donate, one share could help this reach someone who can.
Five years ago, this rescue started with one dog and one promise.
Because of you, that promise has become hundreds of lives saved. We just need your help to keep that promise going.
Thank you for standing with us—for five years, and hopefully for many more.
Donate: https://t.co/UahIUXeu6H
GoFundMe: https://t.co/Fc4gKk8rdI
#laylasheartranchandrescue #dogrescue #animalsanctuary #beingkindiscool #donate
One year ago, we launched our first Interceptor in Panama together with @MareaVerde_PA, Interceptor 022 in the Río Abajo.
This year, we also scaled up in two other locations: the Río Matías Hernández and the Juan Díaz - preventing over 100,000 kg of trash from reaching Panama Bay.
Wild salmon are disappearing from Canada’s rivers due to habitat loss, climate change, overfishing and disease.
But this does not have to be the case.
A #GenerationRestoration effort has restored more than 65,000 hectares of land and waterways to protect salmon and their habitats. At six of the seven sites, salmon numbers are already rising.
Learn how it works: https://t.co/4yzGX8eC0T
Here it is, my occasional reminder that balloons don't get up to grandma in heaven. They come back to Earth as trash.
Sometimes stuck in a tree. Sometimes floating in a river. Sometimes wrapped around the neck of an animal.
Keep the celebration of life, but lose the balloon release.
A pregnant endangered fin whale was found dead on the bow of a cruise ship in Seward, Alaska.
She was a 61-foot fin whale, the second-largest animal on Earth after the blue whale, and about six months pregnant.
A necropsy found blunt-force injuries consistent with a ship strike. She was carried into Seward on the bow of a cruise ship with nearly 5,000 people.
This wasn’t a freak accident.
Ship strikes are now the leading cause of death for fin whales.
The solution is simple: slow ships down. A 10-knot speed limit dramatically reduces the risk of fatal collisions, yet many cruise ships travel faster.
We built ships so large they can kill one of the biggest animals on Earth without anyone on board even noticing.
So why is slowing down still the exception instead of the rule?
[Source: Alaska Public Media, citing NOAA Fisheries (June 2026).]
According to our projections, we expect to be able to clean the entire Great Pacific Garbage Patch (containing 100,000,000kg of plastic) using ten systems based on System 03.
North Atlantic right whales could live 130 years, if we let them.
These critically endangered whales are being robbed of the chance to live this long. Due to human-caused threats, these whales have only an average lifespan of just 22 years.
Read more 👉 https://t.co/5BVnoWGMUq
What’s new in #OceanScience?
🌱 Mangroves are recovering
💙 New ocean protections in French Polynesia
🦈 The first sightings of the elusive, deep-sea Goblik Shark, dubbed the "ugliest shark in the world"
Read on: https://t.co/F48dwQ5RK4
Chased for hours
Plucked from the ocean
Separated from their families
Sold to the highest bidder
#DoNotBuyTickets to Aqua Theme Parcs
Only then will this end
🌊 Our campaigner, Izzy, has been in Edinburgh with @ourseas_scot helping to deliver a petition to parliament calling for stronger protections for Scotland’s seas 🙌
One petition. 17,000 voices.
Change is coming. Add your voice here! 👉 https://t.co/gAytgC0JUG
STOP OCTOPUS FARMING
@PescanovaCorp want to build the world’s first octopus farm in the Canary Islands.
But we have a chance to stop it - by asking the port authority to close the application.
Take action: https://t.co/KrAfWJGpiv
Two days into the controversial resume of Iceland’s commercial hunting season, two fin whales have been killed. An endangered species that is vulnerable to extinction, up to 150 fin whales are allowed to be killed through the cruel practice of whaling this season.
“A bill to end whaling is welcome and we urge the Minister to introduce it as soon as possible, but it is too late to stop this heart breaking killing this summer,” says @humaneworldorg.
Read More: https://t.co/HhYoPRKX04