What do you get if you cross a blind pig with Godiva Belgian chocolate? Given the story you’re about to read, chocolate-covered bacon is definitely not the punchline. In fact, chocolate covered bacon–though oddly popular–goes against the core beliefs of Laurelee Blanchard, founder of Leilani Farm Sanctuary, an Upcountry paradise for rescued animals. What the pig, George and … [Read more...] about Laurelee Blanchard of Leilani Farm Sanctuary in Haiku is all about Godiva Chocolate, a blind pig and Aloha Vet
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Leilani Farm Sanctuary to appear in premiere episode of new Nat Geo Wild series ‘Aloha Vet’
The new Nat Geo WILD six-episode series Aloha Vet will feature Maui's own Leilani Farm Sanctuary in its premiere episode. Laurelee Blanchard, who runs the eight-acre sanctuary in Haiku, said film crews were there on Oct. 13 and Nov. 16. "The show is a takeoff on the British series All Creatures Great and Small," Blanchard said. "It follows a veterinarian based on Kauai who … [Read more...] about Leilani Farm Sanctuary to appear in premiere episode of new Nat Geo Wild series ‘Aloha Vet’
Somehow, We Forgot Leilani Farm Sanctuary In Our Annual Charity Gift Guide
Any accounting of nonprofits around the county and their needs this holiday season is going to be incomplete, but in this case we actually intended to get Leilani Farm Sanctuary into the issue (click here to read it). But for one reason or another, they never got our initial inquiry. Anyway, here's their write-up. There's still plenty of time to help them out: WHAT THEY … [Read more...] about Somehow, We Forgot Leilani Farm Sanctuary In Our Annual Charity Gift Guide
Leilani Farm Sanctuary Needs Help To Deal With Tropical Storm Wali Damage
Looks like Tropical Storm Wali did some damage to the eight-acre Leilani Farm Sanctuary, the volunteer-run refuge for rescued goats, cats, chickens, rabbits, deer, peahens, pigs, ducks and even donkeys in Haiku. "Huge trees crushed three animal houses and collapsed a section of fencing," wrote sanctuary founder Laurelee Blanchard in a July 25 email. "Miraculously, animals … [Read more...] about Leilani Farm Sanctuary Needs Help To Deal With Tropical Storm Wali Damage
Lauralee Blanchard Wins Vegan Of The Year Award
Lauralee Blanchard of the Maui’s own Leilani Farm Sanctuary will be joining Sea Shepherd’s Captain Paul Watson as part of VegansAreCool.com’s Vegan of the Year Awards. While Watson puts his hide on the line to save the whales, Blanchard helped save a different kind of creature coming across the Pacific: the pig. A former consultant to the World Society for the Protection of … [Read more...] about Lauralee Blanchard Wins Vegan Of The Year Award