Juliana’s Animal Sanctuary is literally the only hope for farmed animals in
Colombia and the only project to provide help by rescuing them from
suffering or providing emergency medical care.
We are the first sanctuary established in South America
and is currently the only one in Colombia. We have also established strong
educational programs, including vegan cooking workshops, vegan comics, vegan
food relief and strong social media activism.

Juliana’s Animal Sanctuary was founded in 2008 in Colombia. However, the
project has its roots in Juliana’s initial desire to save all the world’s animals when
she learned about the suffering of animals as a 5-year old girl. At age 11 she
began saving money to build her project and by age 26 she purchased her first
property. However, in pursuing her dream, Juliana faced numerous challenges,
including a public that did not even understand the meaning of a sanctuary, legal
battles for her land, lack of funds and an overwhelming demand of animals in
need. In 2015, the project was registered as a 501c3 charity in Maryland, USA
and with this brought a new source of funds and support from overseas.

Today, the project cares for 93 animals on a new 10,000 sqm property in Colombia.
49 dogs, 18 chickens, 6 rabbits, 4 cows, 3 pigs, 2 turkeys, 1 turtle, 1 horse, and 2 rats.

We have an annual budget of $150,000 to cover the expenses for providing first-
class food, shelter and medical care for the animals under our care, as well as
animals in need outside of the sanctuary, and our amazing strong educational programs.
Donations made to Juliana’s Animal Sanctuary enable us to provide the absolute
the best life for the animals under our care, as well as empower our vegan advocacy
projects for the Colombia population and most importantly, to address the root
cause of animal abuse – inequality.

Our Mission and Objectives

To teach through example and precept that all animals deserve respect and protection and to teach Equality for all Beings. Our primary goals include:

To rescue and protect all animals in need to the best of our ability and capacity
To show that all species of animals deserve love and respect
To teach equality of all beings by example and precept through education programs and workshops on plant-based nutrition
We offer weekly animal protection and equality talks to children in public schools, do university lectures, and distribute free literature. Likewise, we are developing the first vegan comic and virtual reality video in South America that will also be available for free
To help children and adults reconnect with animals as a form of healing
To advocate for street animal sterilization and to work with and pay local veterinarians to expand the sterilization of street animals to reduce the population

Our Project

Our animal sanctuary located in the Andes Mountains of Colombia was voted VEGAN OF THE YEAR 2014 by Vegans Are Cool. We are a few volunteers who have dedicated ourselves to caring and advocating for rescued animals.

We also have a variety of other advocacy related projects that include vegan cooking workshops to the first comic in Colombia that promotes veganism.

Juliana is also the winner for the unsung vegan hero by the Pollination Project for 2016
and was selected by Jo-Ann McArthur for the 2017 Unbound Project.

Juliana’s Animal Sanctuary is a registered non-profit in the state of Maryland. EIN: 47-3548963.
We are also an officially registered non-profit charity in Colombia. #: S0047842