Rescue & Adoptions

2007 Featured Rescues

Lucky Lady's Gamble Pays Off in Freedom

Dice and hooves don't mix, but that's no big shakes for Lucky Lady.

Farm Sanctuary's newest resident didn't earn her name due to her good fortune at a craps table. Instead, Lucky Lady came by the moniker the hard way. She cheated death in early June, escaping from an auction house and roaming the streets of the South Bronx for hours.

The 65-pound lamb was eventually collared by New York City Police, but not before the story of her daring dash around the city was covered by what seemed like every news media outlet in the area. The officers put Lucky Lady in the back of their cruiser and took her for a ride downtown. But she wasn't headed to the slammer.

Like any other stray animal, police deposited Lucky Lady at Animal Care & Control of New York City. She cooled her heels at the shelter for a few days while staff worked to make arrangements for her permanent care. Farm Sanctuary was contacted and we agreed to take in the months-old lamb. She arrived at our New York Shelter a few days after being on the lam in the Bronx, the bucolic sanctuary a far cry from the bustling city-and its many slaughterhouses.

Lucky Lady's first stop was the Emergency Rescue and Rehabilitation Center. All incoming animals hang out in the center prior to being introduced to other shelter residents. During these first few days, they are taken to Cornell University Hospital for Animals for a full checkup, and if determined to be in good health, the process of integrating them into our main herds can begin.

In Lucky Lady's case, she came in with a low-grade fever and remains at Cornell where she's undergoing routine blood work and cultures to determine what's been ailing her, so we can provide her the best of care.

Once she recovers, Lucky Lady will return to our sanctuary where she will spend the rest of her days. The gamble she took by fleeing the slaughterhouse will pay off in a spacious pasture, warm barn and the company of friends. Here, she'll always be a high roller-and can look forward to a life filled with far more lucky sevens than snake eyes.

In The News

Where the City's Runaways Roam Free
NY Times - July 6, 2007