In a world first, food labels in Switzerland now must notify consumers if animals were subjected to painful practices without anesthesia or pain relief for the product being sold. This important step toward transparency is urgently needed in the United States, where nearly all animals raised for food are kept on cruel factory farms.

New legislation in the Senate threatens existing farm animal protection laws and undermines states’ abilities to ensure food safety, public health, and environmental protection. Tell your elected officials to reject the Food Security and Farm Protection Act (S.1326) today!

In October of 2023, nine cows were seized from a former dairy farm in Pennsylvania, in what the local SPCA called one of the worst cruelty and neglect cases they had ever seen.

SCOTUS will not hear the latest industry effort to overturn California’s landmark farm animal protection law.

Frank ran for his life, and then he inspired compassion for farm animals everywhere. At Farm Sanctuary, his memory lives on.

The people of Rhode Island are opposed to one of the most extreme forms of animal cruelty: force-feeding ducks and geese for foie gras. In fact, 7-in-10 Rhode Islanders support a foie gras ban.

Born in a slaughterhouse, Indigo calf defied the odds. Now, be part of her story.

Farm Sanctuary is proud to be among more than 790 partners across 49 U.S. states and 22 countries joining forces for Food Waste Prevention Week (April 7-13), working together to educate the public and create a more sustainable food system.

Benefitting multibillion-dollar corporations, our food system based on the mass farming of animals not only puts us at risk of our next pandemic but jeopardizes our health in many ways daily.

If you follow us on social media, you’ve probably seen us playing music for some of the rescued animals who live at Farm Sanctuary. Have you ever wondered why?