Something happens when you look into the eyes of an animal and witness their sense of wonder, mischief, and emotions.

Coalition of animal, environmental, and consumer protection organizations submit a joint comment to the USDA on its proposed rule to amend animal welfare requirements under the Certified Organic label

Just days before they would have been transported to slaughter, a flock of more than 300 hens from a Pennsylvania egg farm got a ride in Farm Sanctuary’s state-of-the-art rescue van instead.

Early in the morning of September 5th, 17 Farm Sanctuary staff members and volunteers waited anxiously at Elmira Corning Regional Airport for a cargo plane to land.

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

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.

Lucky Lady didn’t earn her name from good fortune at a craps table. Instead, she came by the moniker the hard way. She cheated death in early June 2007, escaping from an auction house and roaming the streets of the South Bronx for hours.

After a nine-hour journey from Ohio to New York, "Freedom" the cow, who captured national media attention when she escaped from a Cincinnati slaughterhouse, finally arrived at her new home.

Nobody knows how long they stood inside the transport trailer, or what condition they were in when they entered. What we do know is how they looked when they emerged.

2009 Featured Animal Rescues