Who We Are
For over two decades, Live and Let Live Farm’s Rescue and Sanctuary has provided a safe and nourishing environment for both animals and humans.
Live and Let Live’s founder and Executive Director, Teresa Paradis, poses for a photo with two inspiring youngsters after they donated proceeds from selling home-made dog biscuits.
A message from our founder
As a young girl growing up I had two dreams. The first was to have a permanent place to call a home of my own. The second was to work for an animal rescue - one that would take care of, help and save horses.
So, many years later, with endless hard work and struggles, I have gone beyond my wildest dreams and founded Live and Let Live Farm's Rescue and Sanctuary. The Farm is a nonprofit, 501(c)3 charitable foundation that rescues, rehabilitates, and offers sanctuary to animals – mainly horses. The Farm is a place of peacefulness where people can come to interact with the animals. They learn while helping the needy but loving animal friends of Live and Let Live Farm.
“Live and Let Live Farm has become a place of hope and healing for countless people and animals that have come through its gates.”
— LLLF Volunteer
Our approach
Lisa works on compassionate horsemanship with April, a recent rescue, during a clinic held at the farm.
Live and Let Live Farm's Rescue and Sanctuary was formed in 1996 and incorporated as a 501(c)3 charitable nonprofit foundation in 2002. Starting with just four horses, the farm has expanded to over 60 horses along with many other species of animals. The facilities has grown to three barns, an indoor rehabilitation center (The Complete Body Rehabilitation Center), four round pens, a series of corrals with run-in shelters and an outdoor riding ring.
Live and Let Live Farm's Rescue and Sanctuary provides a safe environment for animals and people to interact. Through a network of volunteers (which forms a huge family of our own ''with a remarkable sense of kinship"), along with co-owner and sponsorship programs, people learn humane education and horsemanship while caring for and rehabilitating horses.
We work with school districts (such as Chichester and Epsom), nonviolent prison rehabilitation programs, youth groups and other programs (such as the "Eagala" program) to implement partnerships that will give people an opportunity to work with horses that they wouldn't normally have. The benefits of building relationships with horses and people include physical, emotional and mental aspects that have been well documented and can lead both animals and people to having more productive lives.