Meet some of our other resident animals!
Little Dude
Little Dude is our 15 year old African crested porcupine! Little Dude was an educational animal at Jungle Island in Miami, and was sent to our sanctuary in 2024 to live out a peaceful retirement. His favorite things are corn, and splashing in his pool! Little Dude spends most of his time sleeping in his cave.
Kira
Kira is one of four red foxes that came from a horrific fur farm in Iowa. After Save-A-Fox rescue bought out and shut down this massive fur farm, it was a national effort to find homes for over 475 foxes. Our sanctuary took in four red foxes as permanent residents. Kira is one of these foxes. She lives with one of our other fur farm foxes, Yue.
Timothy and Topanga
Timothy and Topanga the Patagonian Maras came to us from a facility in South Florida that was downsizing and looking for permanent placement for them. They were surrendered to our sanctuary in 2024. They are sweet but very shy animals, and like to spend most of their time lounging in the shade.
Yue
Yue is one of four red foxes that came from a horrific fur farm in Iowa. Yue is a "snowglow" red fox, and she would have been turned into a pelt, which is sadly all too common in the US. Yue does not see very well, due to her light eyes and inbreeding, but every day she feels more confident and her personality comes through. Yue lives with our other fur farm fox, Kira.
Chloe
Chloe is our 27 year old resident Ducorps cockatoo. She was surrendered to us in early 2022. Chloe spent the last few years before coming to us living in a garage. She had a poor diet and started to pluck our her feathers. Chloe has some behavioral issues that we have been working on, and is thriving outdoors in her aviary.
Jet
Jet the fennec fox was surrendered in 2023. Jet does not like new people and can be aggressive, which was part of the reason why he came to us. Unfortunately he did not have an ideal diet before coming to us, and does have chronic issues because of it. Jet's favorite foods are figs, superworms and rabbit!
Jumanji
Jumanji the Sulcata tortoise came to us in 2023 from Daytona Beach, after his owner was evicted and needed a forever home for him. Jumanji is 19 years old and is estimated at over 200lbs! He lives in a 2,500 square foot habitat with big trees, and lots of yummy plants to graze on throughout the day. His favorite things to eat are cactus pads and hibiscus flowers. He is a big tortoise with an even bigger personality!
Asami
Asami the skunk was originally surrendered to Florida Skunk Rescue before coming to us at Bellowing Acres. She is a very friendly skunk who loves to spend her time digging for insects and taking naps in her favorite log. It's hard to believe that she was originally surrendered for biting! Her favorite snacks are sweet bell peppers and live superworms!
Lily
Lily the South American coatimundi joined our sanctuary in 2023 after she showed up in somebody's front yard. We do not know anything about her history, but we do know that she was either an escaped or released pet. When we arrived to bring her back to the sanctuary, multiple nails were grown all the way into her paws. Lily is a hands-off animal and prefers to spend time with her best friend Lola, instead of interacting with people. Her favorite food is bananas!
Petrie
Petrie is a red billed hornbill that joined us in 2022, after he was spotted flying around South Florida for 2 weeks! This species is unfortunately commonly imported from Africa, and because Petrie does not like people, we assume he escaped from a big shipment of wild hornbills after being imported. We were able to track him, lure him into somebody's house with food, and catch him to bring him to safety!
Kit-Kat
Kit-Kat came to us from Wildwood Animal Rescue after being attacked by a dog. Kit-Kat's front leg was so severely broken after the attack that the only options were to amputate her leg or to euthanize her. After Wildwood A.R. got her the surgery she needed, we took on full financial responsibility for her, covering the cost of the amputation and taking her on as a permanent resident.
Olaf
Olaf the umbrella cockatoo joined our sanctuary in late 2022 after his mom of 30 years could no longer care for him. Olaf now lives outside in a beautiful aviary, and loves to chew on wooden toys and crack open walnuts! Olaf was diagnosed with heart disease in January of 2024, and is currently on daily medications and doing great! He loves to give kisses and he will even ask you to give him crackers!
Poppy and Harvey
Poppy the prairie dog was surrendered to us in 2023 after his parents went through a divorce. Harvey was dumped outside in Hialeah before being rescued by co-founder Gabby and brought back to the sanctuary. Poppy is a fan favorite who loves attention and pets! Harvey is grumpy and more shy! Our 4 prairie dogs live outside in an enclosure where they are able to dig and make burrows.
Julie
Julie the pig came to us after her family sold their 2 acre farm and had to move into a smaller home where they could not bring her. Julie was our third resident pig and lives with Daisy and Petunia. Julie is a fan favorite with her loud happy squeals and her floppy ears!
Pebbles
Pebbles the emu was sent to our sanctuary after his dad was traveling long periods of time for work. He decided to send him to us so he could live with other emus and be spoiled. Pebbles loves roaming around the sanctuary with his two friends Echo and Summer.
Rocky
Rocky is a 12 year old leopard tortoise who spent the first few years in his life in a fish tank with improper lighting and husbandry. Because of the improper care he received, Rocky has an extremely deformed shell. We love him just he way he is and he fits right into our sanctuary.