Rescue Stories

Neglect literally brought Patrick to his knees. Barely able to bear weight on his deformed hooves and contorted legs, he was forced to crawl. At only a year old, he moved like an elderly goat with arthritis.

Butterscotch arrived at our New York Shelter with a swollen mass on her face, which had destroyed her left eye.

At the small dairy farm where Michael was born, the arrival of male calves is quickly followed by the arrival of a man with a truck.

Spring break came early this year for a certain Cornell University resident.

The man who raised Marge abandoned her. He drove away with two of her piglets and left her in a small, squalid pen to die.

The sheep are old and frail. Some have one or two teeth left; others have none.

The turkey meat business keeps its operations hidden behind a series of unobtrusive facades.

It sat unclaimed in the post office until postal workers realized that something was amiss and contacted local animal control. Inside the box were more than 100 newborn chicks.

2013 Featured Animal Rescues

The details of Monet and Matisse’s journey to our New York Shelter are a mystery.