Bayville New Jersey Animal Sanctuary Needs Your Help
A local Bayville, New Jersey Farm Animal Sanctuary needs the public’s help.
Harry A Pomeroy IV of South Toms River, a WRAT listener reached out to us today to ask that we share this story with our listeners in hopes of helping Charlotte Farms, a non-profit animal sanctuary and farm located at 182 Mill Creek Rd in Bayville. It’s a haven for abused, neglected, and abandoned farm animals, a place where they can find refuge, heal from their past traumas, and receive the love and care they deserve.
It turns out that the owner, David Battat is in a very costly fight with the Berkeley Township Zoning Board, who told him he needs a use variance to operate the site as well as an engineer for the site which sits on a little over seven acres.
Another meeting with the zoning board is scheduled for September. Hopefully, they will raise enough money for both a lawyer and an engineer before that meeting happens.
According to The Patch, Charlotte Farms got its start about a year ago. David Battat was renting some land in Toms River where he was helping animals, but that property was sold for development. Then, he came across 182 Mill Creek Road in Bayville – a former farm that was “in such bad shape,” he said.
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Mr. Battat estimates he has about 200 animals at the sanctuary, having taken in about 50 this past July alone. “When farms shut down or people can’t take care of their animals anymore, they bring them to Charlotte Farms. Chickens, ducks, donkeys, even reindeer have found new homes at the sanctuary.”
Can People Visit The Farm?
The farm welcomes visitors Sunday through Friday from 11 am to 3 pm. They are closed on Saturday so their farm hands can spend time with their families. If you choose to visit, please give a small donation to keep them from closing down.
There’s also a Go Fund Me account that you can donate money to. At press time, the donation total was at $3,835 of the $25,000 they hoped to raise.
Charlotte Farms Animal Sanctuary gave these unwanted abused babies a home, now it’s up to us to do what we can to help keep the farm open.
Veronica Flesher, the writer of the Patch article took a tour of the sanctuary and gives a more in depth look at this critical situation. Click Here to read her article in its entirety.
