This Mother’s Day, join us in honoring Liberty, Mia, and Katie: incredible leaders, guardians, confidantes, and moms who now thrive at Farm Sanctuary with their children by their side.

We recently said goodbye to Rhino: a remarkable and spirited piglet whose love for life, despite severe health challenges, inspired and brought us so much joy. Rhino came to Farm Sanctuary with neurological issues — he had a head tilt and trouble balancing. We knew his condition might shorten his life. However, we vowed to make every moment count.

Sadie had no business being in the business world. The young goat was born on a property owned by a sand and gravel company.

A day after winning the Academy Award for Best Actor—and subsequently making a headlining acceptance speech in which he spoke to the plight of mother cows and their babies used in animal agriculture—Joaquin Phoenix helped to liberate a cow and her newborn calf from a Los Angeles slaughterhouse and bring them to Farm Sanctuary.

It’s been close to a decade since they first roamed our pastures, but Cowboy and Cassidy are back and calling Farm Sanctuary home again.

Before coming to Farm Sanctuary, Patch was stuck in the past.

What should have been a happy occasion quickly grew traumatic: Holly, a sheep pregnant with twins, lost her first lamb shortly after giving birth.

Freddy and Cali goats are two of a kind, with a special bond that unites them as one.

The odds were against little Rufio from the start: Born disabled on a family-operated goat farm, he had two strikes against him as soon as he was born.

Vector was born with a severe cross beak (her beak overlaps like scissors, instead of aligning at the tips). This makes it hard for her to eat solid foods; she just can’t get a grip due to the unnatural angle. Through experience treating similar cases, we felt that Vector could thrive.