Our Mission

Our mission is to provide life-long care for these animals, and to educate the public about humane animal care and practices. We rehabilitate, both physically and psychologically, mistreated animals and, if possible, we will find appropriate homes for them. In an effort to prevent further cruelty to these animals, we educate the public on caring for companion animals as well as on issues concerning farmed animals.

Harvest Home is also an official sanctuary for House Rabbit Society, based in Richmond, CA.

About Us

Nestled around fertile farmland in California’s San Joaquin Valley, our two-acre rescue and rehabilitation sanctuary is home to 175 animals representing eleven animal species. Our life-saving animal protection efforts are focused primarily on rabbits and poultry.

In 2004, Stockton's Harvest Home Animal Sanctuary was established by longtime animal protection advocates, Karen Courtemanche and Annemarie Engelhardt. Our sanctuary incorporated as a nonprofit corporation during May 2005. The Internal Revenue Service confirmed our organizations tax-exempt status in August 2006.