2014 Featured Animal Rescues

Thousands concerned about what would happen after a bold bid for freedom

Animal rights groups petition the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) to develop regulations governing the handling of chickens, turkeys, and other birds at slaughter

Harry P. “Hank” Lynch of Virginia begins his tenure as Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of Farm Sanctuary

Milly and Margo were not slated to join the more than 46 million turkeys slaughtered for Thanksgiving each year in the United States, but the autumn chill still brought with it a grim fate for their small flock.

Early in the morning of September 5th, 17 Farm Sanctuary staff members and volunteers waited anxiously at Elmira Corning Regional Airport for a cargo plane to land.

In the traditional practice of Kapparot, observed in conjunction with Yom Kippur, a participant holds a chicken by the wings or the legs and circles the bird nine times above his head as he recites a prayer.

New York City is known for culture more than agriculture, but countless farm animals come into the city every day.

For most jungle fowl, as for most other animals exploited for human entertainment or consumption, life is nasty, brutish, and short.

Demeter, named after the Greek goddess of agriculture, was found in a setting befitting a divine creature: near the Greek antiquities and Roman gardens of Malibu’s Getty Villa.