By purchasing one of our sponsorship gift packs you will be directly contributing to the costs involved in caring for your chosen animal. You can choose from a wide range of animals here at the shelter.
Our sponsorship are just £30, and make great gifts! When you sponsor an animal, you or your chosen recipient will receive:
A branded Marias Animal Shelter notebook & pen
A personalised Certificate of Sponsorship
A shelter-branded car sticker
Information on your chosen animal
A recent printed newsletter from the shelter
Sponsoring an animal is really simple. Just click the link below, fill out the form, and send it back to us via e-mail or post. Once we have received your form and payment, we will send your pack out to you or your chosen recipient.
Check out our resident animals looking for sponsorships below!
Bella, Bernard & Hetty
Exclusively sponsored for life by Sue Campbell
This troublesome trio are our resident sheep. They have huge personalities and LOVE their food! Bella (left) and Bernard (middle) came in to us in September 2022 at 6months old, after being hand-reared. Hetty (right) arrived in May 2019 because she’d been abandoned. Together, they all make excellent lawn-mowers!
Rocky & Candy
Rocky was one of a number of poultry that was abandoned in a local woods. Luckily some kind members of the public came to feed the abandoned poultry daily until they were all caught and rehomed. Thanks to the amazing teamwork, Rocky now lives with his girlfriend Candy. Candy came to us in 2021, and is enjoying her retirement with Rocky.
Boof, Tammy and Pepper
Boof was found on the side on the road in Liskeard in November 2025 and handed over to us alongside 2 other cockerels. He has now got his own enclosure with 2 beautiful ladies. Who he adores.
Mrs bantam & Charlie
Mrs bantam is known as our ‘wild chicken’ she is often wandering around the animal shelter. She then came across Charlie who came in with 2 other cockerels. They immediately formed a bond, once Charlie realised he would fly out of his pen and follow her around. Now these 2 are inseparable.
Melvin & Lucy
Melvin came to us at in October 2025. Lucy has been at the shelter much longer, around 15 years, and came in as she was territorial with her flock so would attack anyone that came near them. Lucy loves all her flock at the shelter and is probably the noisiest resident here!
Misty
Misty came into the shelter in July 2019. Her previous owner had kept her tethered, so she could not run off but unfortunately the horse would tangle in the chain and end up kicking the goat. When Misty first came to us she would forever bleat at us for attention but she has since made friends with Toffee and Ericka.
Ericka
Ericka was brought into the shelter in June 2018, together with her 3 babies. Ericka was painfully thin, very anxious, had an over burden of worms and could not cope with feeding her babies. We hand reared the babies who then went off to their forever home. Ericka was treated by the vet and we managed to help her gain weight and she became friends with Toffee. Ericka has also improved with her nerves and is now a calm, placid goat who loves her food and cuddles.
Shadow
Shadow is such a sweet, friendly cat. We cannot understand why she decided to live with us but one winters day she showed up in the poultry enclosure and started to live with the ducks, sleeping in their house. At first, we thought she was just visiting us but then realised this was not the case. After unsuccessfully not finding her family, we decided that she needed to stay with us. Shadow has upgraded to living in the tool room with her own bed, where she can come and go as she pleases. Most people meet shadow when she runs out to greet a visitor at the gate.
Steph & Matt
Steph came into the shelter at the age of three years old (she is now 6yrs) in September 2023. She came in with her friend Sooty who sadly passed away in December 2025. Matt is a young, friendly rabbit who came in aged eight months in August 2025. Sadly he come in with dental disease so will need regular dentals and won’t be up for adoption. These 2 have been recently bonded, and are truly in love.
Hazel & Chip
Hazel & Chip came into together in June 2025, as their family moved house. Hazel (on the left) was aged six and Chip (on the right) is around three years old. Hazel has dental issues and arthritis. Chip is currently in good health so keeps Hazel company. Both are friendly, curious rabbits who will run up to be fed.
Rachel
Rachel is a very friendly piggy who originally came from a hoarding case in September 2024. Rachel was very poorly when she arrived and had an ovarian cyst removed. She still has a cyst on her kidney which can’t be removed. However, even with health issues Rachel loves her food and enjoys living side by side next to her friend Peanut.
Peanut
Peanut is a lovely boy who came in to the shelter in February at the age of six years old when his friend died. He is elderly and arthritic with a suspected heart condition so can’t be adopted although he likes living side by side next to his friend Rachel. Luckily he loves his medication.
Jezza & Gloria
Jezza (dark brown) & Gloria (white with grey) came into the shelter together in January 2024 at the age of 18 months old. Gloria has got interstitial cystitis which causes her a lot of pain when she has it. The pair are very are both large guinea pigs so their diet consists of hay and fresh food only, so no pellets for this pair.
Trixie & Lilly
Trixie & Lilly arrived at Maria’s in August 2025 at the age of three years old as their previous owner could no longer have pets. Trixie was in a lot of pain when she came in due to arthritis. Lilly had an ovarian cyst removed. The girls are a friendly pair who both have arthritis so take medication daily for pain relief.
Travis & Prince
Travis and Prince came to us in November 2025, as their owner became ill and was unable to look after them anymore. They were originally named Fat boy and Pyscho, but we quickly re-named them to give them a new start in life. They were very timid, especially Prince. But they slowly started to come around. One day we Travis started to make chesty sounds. Through a long journey of tests and monitoring we found out he has a heart condition. Which is now managed via medication. Travis is now real confident pig, and still helping Prince to come out of his shell.
Walter + Hugh
Walter (black and white) and Hugh are such a lovely pair. When Walter came in we health checked him as usual and noticed that he has a head tilt. We then proceeded to find out he had middle ear disease, which was most likely have been caused by an untreated ear infection. Unfortunately, this disease cannot be eradicated but his symptoms can be eased via medication, because of this he is now on palliative care. However, currently Walter and Hugh live a very happy life together and are often squeaking for food a the bars.
Daphne
Daphnie is looking for a loving foster home, where she can get a chance of a nice, forever home for whatever time she has left with us. As Daphnie was not neutered when younger she has a very high probability of having uterine cancer. She does have some symptoms already. As a guess, her life span would be a max of 2 years from now. Daphnie is 6 years old.
Barnaby
Barnaby is looking for a foster home. He is a 6 year old New Zealand White, which is a giant breed. Barnaby entered the shelter but was in pain, which turned out to be arthritis. He is currently on pain medication and doing very well. Barnaby is now a chilled, happy bunny who absolutely loves to be stroked. It would be lovely to find the perfect foster home for him.
