This is the place where the animals we rescue live and are cared for for the rest of their lives.

Our mission is to rescue and adopt animals that are mistreated or neglected so they can live freely in nature.

The sanctuary is managed by Asociación El Cortijillo de la Lola and Fundación Animal Corazón Bello, which we founded in 2021.

A volunteer stroking a little piglet lying in the sun at the sanctuary

White ducks and geese swimming in the sanctuary's pond

Raising awareness positively about animal and nature respect

El Cortijillo de la Lola Sanctuary is a non-profit organisation whose main goal is to raise awareness positively to improve the way farm animals are treated today.

Rescue to restore freedom.

Rescuing since: 2015
Animals in the sanctuary: +125
Lives welcomed: +300
Of land in Seville: 10,000 m²

Raise awareness

Raising society's awareness about the mistreatment that farm animals suffer today.

Rescue

Rescuing mistreated farm animals so they can live peacefully for the rest of their lives.

Educate

Promoting education and raising awareness about caring for and protecting the environment and native flora and fauna.

Meet the animals at El Cortijillo

These are some of the animals that have gone from being rescued to living freely in a natural environment.

Little Donkeys
María and Elsa
María was born at the sanctuary and is always by her mother Elsa's side.
Pony
Melenas
Piggies
Rufino and Marilyn
Rufino arrived as a baby, rescued from the street; Marilyn was rescued in Murcia.
Piggies
Lola and Reyes
Lola was rescued over 10 years ago from a severe case of abandonment.
Sheep
Pepa
She was found tied to a post one night as a baby. Now she runs around like a little dog.
Goat
Amiga
The eldest of the Cabri family: nearly 19 years old.
Doggies
Carmen and Winie
They live freely around the sanctuary and get along brilliantly with all the other animals.
Kitty
Simón
Like the other little cats, neutered, cherished and cared for for the rest of his life.

Meet all the animals

Education is part of rescue

At the sanctuary, we try to give children the chance to interact with animals, care for them, and learn to be sensitive to them and the natural world. Because we believe it is possible to improve society's education and commitment to animals and nature.

Foster empathy: learning to recognise animals' needs and emotions.
Promote responsible ownership: the obligations that come with caring for an animal long-term.
Raise awareness against abandonment: making visible the reality and value of adoption over buying.
Share environmental knowledge: ecosystems, biodiversity, climate change, and sustainability.
Bring nature closer: workshops, gardens, group activities, and field experiences.

Children stroking a sheep during a visit

A child stroking the mare Lucera through the fence

Group of visitors at outdoor tables with a female dog lying at their feet

Guided visits

In small groups and for families, on weekends. Our goal is to awaken empathy and educate about responsible animal care.

Book your visit

A volunteer wearing the sanctuary's shirt stroking a white pony

Volunteering

Day visits, longer stays, or corporate volunteering, to foster companies' social responsibility and help us sustain the sanctuary.

Become a volunteer

A space open to anyone who wants to join

The sanctuary lends its space for social and awareness activities: workshops, talks, events… always in harmony with the animals.

Request the space for your activity View the full agenda

Collaborate, participate, donate

When you become a member, you'll be helping continuously so that all the animals living in the sanctuary receive food, veterinary care, and wellbeing. But most of all, you'll be giving us the chance to keep rescuing more.

A red poppy in the foreground in the sanctuary's meadow

Prefer a one-off donation? Make a donation or paint a tile for our projects.

So much to be grateful for

Thanks to the help of our members and sponsors, the Pfoten-Tafel association, which helps us cover some of the cats' expenses, the Interestelar Sevilla festival, from which for the past three years we have been collecting the tarpaulins, turf and shade netting so they don't end up in the bin, and the volunteers who help us look after the animals every day.

Because the sanctuary is all of us.

Two female volunteers hugging next to the Pfoten-Tafel association's sign

Shelves full of donated food boxes and sacks

Sanctuary cats rummaging through donated boxes

A volunteer next to bags of donated materials

Tarps donated by Interestelar spread out on the festival site

Bottles of water and soft drinks donated next to the sheep

A cat rolling in the sun under awnings made from donated tarps

What we receive, we share

When we receive large donations, the Foundation shares them with other shelters, organisations and cat colonies in Seville, the smaller and less visible ones, so that the help reaches more animals.