About Indian Creek Sanctuary

My wife Pat and I retired about 10 years ago to a 40 acre farm located 25 miles west of Knoxville. In addition to the llamas, we share our space with five dogs, a cat, 19 burros rescued from the Southwest Plains and a pheasant. Grandchildren live close by and show up on a regular basis, usually at mealtime.

We bought our first llama in 1994 and soon added two more. In 1996, The University of Tennessee called and asked if we'd consider giving a home to an "aggressive" llama that had been "donated" to them for research. After keeping the llama for several weeks, they had decided that the llama was not aggressive and deserved a chance at a normal life. The students had named him "Last Chance", since we were his last chane for survival. We took Chance home with us and he's still with us, a perfectly calm and trustworthy, although spoiled, llama. Other llamas followed and now we have about 60 llamas on our farm. About 40 are rescues; the rest are boarders or our grandchildren's pets.

Our work with the llamas has been a rewarding , although sometimes painful experience. The trust that we see in our animals' eyes when they know that we're trying to help them is our greatest reward.

-George Brandon

Farm Pictures

Doesn't matter how small you are, you can make a difference	Getting things ready for dinner
Making sure we stay on the job	Sometimes it takes two- Haltering lessons
How is everyone doing today?	I thought you got LESS dirty when you retire!- George hard at work
Sometimes love is hard work!	Everyone gets a haircut in the springtime- heat stroke can be a serious problem for llamas
Life is a wonderful thing to share	Everyone needs help learning to get around - lead training