World Farm Animals Day: A Call to Action for 10 Billion Lives

A pig peers over a wall on a factory farm, with piglets in background

World Farm Animals Day: A Call to Action for 10 Billion Lives

Help Us Reach Our Goal

October 2 marks World Farm Animals Day and Farm Sanctuary’s 10th annual Giving Day! Help us raise $50,000 to support our mission to transform the lives of animals—and our food system. Please make a special gift now.

On October 2, World Farm Animals Day is a shared moment to shed light on the billions of farm animals killed for food each year, nearly 10 billion in the U.S. alone.

Don’t wait to take action: Join Farm Sanctuary today as we protect farm animals from cruelty and build a food system that nourishes without harm.

Nearly all animals raised for human consumption in the U.S. spend their entire short lives inside factory farms—severely crowded facilities operated like animal factories, where living beings are treated like products. Their final moments are spent in terror at slaughterhouses, with few legal protections to protect them from abuse.

These beings are farmed in the billions, and yet, their suffering too often goes unseen behind the closed doors of industrial farms. 

But at Farm Sanctuary, we believe that a kinder world is possible—and we are actively making it a reality. You are part of that lifesaving mission. 

Your support saves animals like Evie, who was pregnant when saved from a heartbreaking cruelty case. In the safety of Farm Sanctuary, she gave birth to twin lambs, Jeanne and Margaretta, who will know a lifetime of love.

Rescued sheep Evie lies in pasture as she snuggles her twin lambs, Margaretta and Jeanne, at Farm Sanctuary

We know that rescue alone is not enough. Grassroots and nationwide advocacy are essential to creating systemic change. The action you take today will power these efforts, too, from classrooms to Capitol Hill. 

Your support allows us to expand our award-winning humane education programs, reaching more students and engaging more educators than ever before. Since 2017, we have served over 300,000 students with free resources and curricula.

Your support strengthens our advocacy work to pass farm animal protection laws, shift funding away from factory farming and make healthy plant-based foods more accessible, and empower activists nationwide to join our mission in their communities.

Please act now and help us reach our Giving Day goal. Make a special contribution in honor of World Farm Animal Day and help us raise $50,000 to protect animals, people, and our planet.

Thank you in advance for your act of compassion.