Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch is America's largest and most diverse animal sanctuary. It is a permanent haven to more than 1,200 domestic and exotic animals rescued from research laboratories, "entertainment" operations such as circuses and zoos, captive hunting operations, factory farming, and government round-ups. It is also home to the innovative Doris Day Horse Rescue and Adoption Center.
Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch
12526 County Road 3806
Murchison Texas 75778
Phone: (903) 469-3811
Designed Just for Chimpanzees
The chimpanzees in retirement at Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch spent years captive in research laboratories. Now, they get to play, paint, or kick back—all day, every day. Read the storyHelp Chimpanzees Still in Labs
Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch News
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May 21, 2012
Join us at Black Beauty Ranch for the 5K Freedom Run
Join us June 9 for the first ever 5K Freedom Run at the Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch in Murchison, Texas. Registration starts at 7:00 am.
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May 1, 2012
USDA Files Charges Against Mississippi Roadside Zoo
The Humane Society of the United States applauds a decision by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to file charges against the owner of Collins Zoo in Collins, Miss., for repeated and willful violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act.
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April 25, 2012
Designing Fun for Retired Chimpanzees
The chimpanzees in retirement at Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch spent years captive in research laboratories. That’s why we make sure that our resident chimpanzees get the chance to do what they like—play, paint, or kick back—all day, every day.
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March 21, 2012
Black Beauty Ranch: Join Us for Our Spring Open House
Join us April 14 and 21 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for our biannual open house at the Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch
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March 16, 2012
One-Armed Kangaroo Beats Odds, Buddies Up with Old Goat
Roo-Roo lost an arm (and almost his life) when he was forced to box other kangaroos in a circus. Now, he spends days in the sun at Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch keeping company with an old goat.



