Visitors are often surprised at the peaceful and pensive nature of cows when they meet some of the gentle giants who call Farm Sanctuary home.

On February 27, with fellow members of the Stand Up to Factory Farms Coalition (SUFF), Farm Sanctuary lobbied lawmakers at the Oregon State Capitol in support of SB 80.

Cashew is living proof that the bonds between farmed animals and humans can change hearts and minds—and save lives.

Your support today will help us keep healing hearts.

This highly pathogenic disease has presented a growing “state of emergency” since 2022, as factory farming has exacerbated bird flu’s spread.

Meet your turkey soulmate!

Have you ever sat down and just watched chickens? Many people are so used to the word “chicken” only being applied to a “processed food” that seeing them alive is surprising. But it doesn’t take long to make the connection: Each is an individual with their own personality. National Poultry Day, March 19th, was originally set aside as yet another opportunity to exploit these sentient, sensitive animals. But today—like every day at Farm Sanctuary—we celebrate chickens and their right to lives of their own.

The backyard chicken industry is not an alternative to factory farming: it’s part of it. When you buy chicks online, from catalogs, or at feed stores, you’re supporting the very same types of facilities that supply large egg producers.

A farmer’s surprising connection with one lamb ended up saving the young sheep—and four others—from slaughter.

Meet Pippi and Forrest: two orphaned calves who survived rough beginnings and difficult losses in life, and came out on the other side to find the love and friendship they needed in each other.