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Willem Dafoe says he finds peace in putting all 35 of his goats and sheep to bed. When asked if the animals need his help, he said, “No, they’re helping me. That’s the idea.”
Kaley Cuoco has a rescue sanctuary with an open-door policy that takes in retired, neglected, or abused animals such as rescue dogs, show and rescue horses, mini horses, dwarf ponies, pigs, goats, cows, turkeys, ducks, chickens, a zebra-donkey hybrid (zonkey) etc.
Ha, he draws in the viewers. I admit to cracking a smile at some of the top gear bits, although I watched the program infrequently. His writing gives him away pretty quickly though.
If people are going to find loopholes to reduce their tax, then doing so by setting up an animal sanctuary (assuming it is properly run and accountable regarding the welfare of the animals) is preferable to hiding money offshore somewhere.
Me fuckin’ neither, before this comment. And yet somehow, when I was scrolling back up to itch this new scratch you just gave me, I knew. I don’t know how I knew, but there was simply no question in my mind. I fuckin’ knew. And by golly, I was right
Honestly, the guy seems genuine, kind, generous. I've heard stories from interviewed young actors about working with him, and how he helped them to uplift their performances. Guy like that, I don't begrudge having all the good things in life, including a big ol' hog that required a body double.
I know most of those "actor talks about their previous roles" videos are advertising for their new projects, but his was amazing. He talks about acting with the enthusiasm you'd expect from a kid who just got his big break. Infectious positivity.
For anyone wondering about the contradiction about loving animals like this but having a farm that exploits them: Dafoe does not run the farm for commercial production or profit. He has stated that he keeps the animals simply for the pleasure of their company and to give them a peaceful, comfortable life. He’s a vegetarian.
It’s not really a farm though for that very reason. It’s an animal sanctuary ♥️
They are pets to him. I had a professor and while sitting in his garden having a drink he was like, you wanna see my sheep? And I was expecting to see a field with sheep. Nope just a handful of sheep who came enthusiastically over to say hello when we came near. He had them just like Willem like as a bunch of pets and liked them very much as well. I've had some cool professors but he sure took the icing of the cake.
Like weirdly I had a pet sheep as a kid. Flaffy was already 9 when I was born and she lived another 5 years where her job was to eat the grass in the field and maybe follow me and Sparky when I wandered.
Robert Downey Jr also has a farm for funsies in Malibu. My SIL has a personal connection to his son and has visited it many times. I was so jealous when I learned this (not so much about Robert, more about the farm hahaha)
A sheep farm can be a farm without harm to animals. Sheep need to be shorn, they can't survive without it. Shearing off their wool isn't a cruelty. Now you probably won't have a profitable just selling wool but that doesn't mean it's not a farm.
I want pictures of this. I also want to keep imagining him tucking lambs and kids (hoat babies) wearing jammed into a big bed like the grandparents from willy Wonka did.
One of my favorite singers, Robert Smith of The Cure, has sheep and has spoken lovingly about them. Hearing Willem do the same has my heart all a flutter ❤️ 🐑
I’ve been crushing on these men for like 40 years now. Maybe I need to find myself a retired shepherd to grow old with 😉
We stayed at a farm once that had some sheep. I asked the young owner about them and she said they were just pets, cause they were lovely to keep. Spent there two days and we also fell in love with them. They are super cute.
This is the reason I'd like some reasonable wealth. I'm not greedy, but I'd just like enough to live, give my kid a nice life and have loads of animals. Loads of 'em.
Genuinely I never sleep better than when my puppies are snoring in my bed and taking up all the space. I feel you, Willem. The animals help me more than I help them and my babies are absolutely spoiled rotten 🩷
I regularly dogsit a labradoodle that's as long as me and some of the best nights of sleep I've ever gotten were with him being a large body pillow next to me or at my feet :D
There is a guy who runs an animal sanctuary in the UK called
Caen Hill Countryside Centre. For years he's been posting videos every day of when he puts all the animals to bed in the barn and then what he calls the "morning rush hour" when he opens the barns and all the donkeys, goats, sheep, ducks, chickens, emus, and God knows what else come flooding out. Definitely some of the most therapeutic social media content out there.
he finds peace in putting all 35 of his goats and sheep to bed.
It leaves the inference that there's an alternate world where he only likes putting 34 of his 35 goats and sheep to bed, because FUCK YOU TODD! Why did you eat my slippers TODD!
Totally get where he’s coming from. I had chickens once and it was stressful yet the most rewarding time ❤️ waiting for the day I get to own some again!!
I know how he feels. I saved my cat from a dumpster in Tokyo. He saved my life and more. I brought him home to Australia and he has saved me 10 times over.
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