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Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch—operated by The Fund for Animals in partnership with The HSUS—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, circuses, zoos, captive hunting operations, factory farming, and government round-ups. It is also home to the innovative Doris Day Horse Rescue and Adoption Center.


  • Volunteers help care for over 50 species of animals at Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch. The HSUS

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Help us care for over 1,100 animals from 50 species, from tortoises to horses to chimpanzees. Our Doris Day Horse Rescue and Adoption Center even has a special horsemanship program. Learn how to become involved

Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch News

  • May 14, 2013

    USDA Revokes License of Mississippi Roadside Zoo

    A roadside zoo in Mississippi has lost its exhibitor license after 43 years. The U.S. Department of Agriculture revoked the license following an undercover investigation and legal complaints to state and federal officials by The Humane Society of the United States.

  • May 6, 2013

    Big Cats in Cages: Wild Animals Rescued in Atchison, Kansas

    Nearly one dozen dangerous wild animals were removed from an Atchison, Kan., property after authorities discovered that the animals had been abandoned in their enclosures without access to food or clean water.

  • October 29, 2012

    Fund for Animals News: Fall 2012

    The Fund for Animals’ animal care centers are spread from coast to coast, and the fall weather affects each in unique and beautiful ways.

  • September 28, 2012

    Black Beauty Ranch Welcomes a New Camel

    Towering at about 9 feet tall, a dromedary camel named Saudi is one of the newest – and largest – of the rescued animals now roaming the rolling Texas pastures of Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch.

  • August 16, 2012

    Minnie's Miracle

    Minnie and four other thoroughbred mares rescued from a cruelty case are gaining strength at the Duchess Sanctuary before moving to our Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch for training and eventual adoption.

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