The truth is, calves born on dairy farms suffer from day one, denied the milk and nurturing they need from their mothers. Female calves are forced into dairy production, while males are sold to be raised and killed for beef or veal. A particularly cruel dish, veal is produced by confining calves to tiny crates and keeping them malnourished, just so the veal will have a certain color and texture.
Adopt a Cow, Change the System
Adopt a Cow, Change the System
Dairy runs on a cycle of cruelty—on the exploitation of mother cows who repeatedly face the loss of their calves, taken away so their milk can be sold for profit. Yet, this National Dairy Month, the dairy industry has been promoting misleading “adopt a cow” campaigns aimed at the public’s, often children’s, love of animals by making it seem as though your support will benefit the life of a calf.
But you don’t need to support this heartlessness.
There’s a way to adopt a cow that will genuinely support their lifelong care and protection—and defend cows and calves everywhere from harm.
With Farm Sanctuary’s Adopt a Farm Animal program, you can truly impact the life of a rescued cow and support our advocacy efforts for countless others like her, as we build a food system rooted in compassion rather than cruelty.
By adopting Olive or Indigo, you will sponsor daily care for them and hundreds of other rescued farm animals at our sanctuaries, and help us protect those still suffering on factory farms.
Will you truly adopt a cow into your heart today? Meet Olive and Indigo below, then sponsor one of these gentle cows.
Adopt Olive
After escaping the cruelty of a dairy farm, a pregnant Olive fled into the woods. Sadly, she lost her calf—a fate she’d likely experienced time and again at the hands of the dairy industry. She was understandably frightened of humans, and our dedicated rescue team worked for weeks to earn her trust and bring her to safety. At Farm Sanctuary, she’s realized she’s now free from harm, growing close to her caregivers and finding comfort in her cow companions.
Adopt Indigo
Indigo faced unimaginable terror in her first moments, as her mother, Liberty, gave birth in a slaughterhouse. Thankfully, mom and calf were spared, and Joaquin Phoenix helped bring them home to Farm Sanctuary one day after raising awareness for cows in his Academy Award acceptance speech. His brother, River Phoenix, once wrote, “Run to the rescue with love, and peace will follow”—a truth evident in Liberty and Indigo’s joyful life of family and freedom.
Rescue has changed everything for Olive and Indigo, and your adoption gift today will help us build a kinder world for cows like them.
Thank you in advance for choosing to adopt a cow in a way that supports compassion, not cruelty.
