November 2025

Dear readers,

It's that time again — the newsletter from Finca Noah, from Animal Police, will bring you thoughts of Mallorca and our animals.

After telling you last month how things went for the animals and us with the big move, dismantling and setup, we'd like to briefly tell you how we've been getting on these past weeks at Finca Noah 2.0. There's really so much that can be thought through, planned and implemented in theory. In practice, however, things don't always go according to plan. There are many tasks that we can only accomplish with the help of strong manpower or machinery. The new property, the areas for the animals, first had to be cleared of rubbish, and to get to them we literally had to fight our way through the wild jungle.

We're currently looking for structure, an efficient workflow in our daily work with and for the animals. Here at Finca Noah 2.0, we started from scratch. You really only appreciate the luxury of having running water in every single animal enclosure when you have to lug water buckets around all day. I can tell you, with so many thirsty animals and daily enclosure cleaning, you end up hauling quite a few buckets across the yard.

We're constantly battling with water, naturally speaking. It rains, and rains, and rains again. Of course, we care for our animals even in bad weather, not just in sunshine. Rain, moisture, cold, dirt and mud really aren't much fun, but they're part of our daily routine almost every day. If you know Finca Noah, then you know that dirt, mud, disorder and lack of structure in the daily routine shouldn't really have a place there. Finca Noah should be a place where injured, neglected and unloved animals can recover. We work on that every single day with many hurdles and stones placed in our path in animal welfare. Animal Police will work to make Finca Noah 2.0 one of the cleanest animal sanctuaries on Mallorca.

A Sheep with a Congenital Disability

And barely arrived at the new Finca, the animal family is already growing.

Baby sheep Bounty was reported to us as an emergency. Farah was working professionally in Switzerland, but the love of animals and the drive to help every animal in need works even from a distance. Barely landed back on the island, Farah was on her way to rescue the sheep and bring it to us at the Finca. Bounty has a congenital malformation of the front legs. Both legs are so bent that Bounty essentially walks on his knees. Since Bounty has had this malformation since birth, he seems to have come to terms with it somehow and manages to move about laboriously. It really doesn't look nice, not healthy, and especially not pain-free. We searched long for a veterinarian who would examine Bounty and give us medical advice on whether an operation is possible and really makes sense at his young age of 3 months. We didn't just get one opinion and came to the conclusion not to operate on Bounty yet. The costs are around €8,000.00 and no one can guarantee us one hundred percent that Bounty will walk normally. How it will be, since he's still growing, is also uncertain. The decision wasn't easy for us, as we see every day how laboriously he moves about, but we've decided against surgery for now.

We've softly padded his knee joints, bandaged them. This makes it easier and more comfortable for him as he walks around the Finca, explores his new surroundings and sniffs out his many buddies. In the evenings, he's in the stable with our sheep Lala, about 7 months old. She only reluctantly keeps him company, but then somehow likes being with him in the dry, cozy and warm stable.

We don't know what Bounty's future will look like. But we will do everything we can to make his life as pleasant as possible.

The owner, a Mallorcas farmer, simply let him run with his flock of sheep and, shortly before the emergency call that reached Farah, apparently left him behind in the field as his companions and surely his family relocated to graze. Cast aside like garbage, abandoned and simply neglected. We hope that karma really exists….

Christmas is just around the corner, and many people spend this time with family and hopefully have a stress-free time together. Please also think of your loyal friends, your four-legged companions, your furry friends. They too are part of the family and don't want to be left alone.

And there's one more thing close to my heart. I really don't think I need to mention it, but I have to get it off my chest anyway. Animals don't belong on wish lists and not under the Christmas tree.

Thank you!!!

I have a gift idea if you're still looking for a present. Have a look at our homepage — under the Sponsorships section you'll find many of our protégés who are still looking for a sponsorship. There's a wonderful sponsorship certificate that can then be nicely given as a symbolic gift.

The entire Animal Police team would like to thank you loyal readers for not abandoning our animals and for supporting us again and again with your donations. We wish you a wonderful Christmas season and hope you arrive healthy in the new year.

Nadine De Tomi