Stella would have been dead by Christmas. In late December, a slaughterhouse owner bought her and several other “spent” dairy goats at a stockyard.

All of the baby turkeys were underweight and partially bald. Several were afflicted with enlarged joints and curled toes — signs of malnourishment.

One morning in November, staff at our New York Shelter arrived at the office to discover a number of large plastic containers near the door.

Tobias and Buster were born on a small goat dairy.

With the 2012 Farm Bill looming large on the horizon, first-ever National Conference to End Factory Farming brings together health, environmental, and animal welfare experts to address crises associated with our industrialized food system.

Scooter was born a runt, a class of creature to which the mores of farming are particularly unkind. Runts are commonly allowed to perish of neglect or disposed of in some brutal manner.

Eleven calves had been purchased by a man looking to raise them for cheap beef.

The sight of five male dairy calves in a small dirt pen greeted Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter Field Services Manager Todd Stosuy and an accompanying veterinarian when they arrived at the property neighbors had reported.

Watkins Glen’s two star attractions — auto racing and Farm Sanctuary — come together.

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