We don’t know about you, but we think Serena’s cute. Snuggly and outgoing, she’s a leader of her squad. She loves listening to music, especially her favorite superstar, Taylor Swift.

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.

Thanks to one compassionate family, Princess — a former dairy cow— now receives the royal treatment at Farm Sanctuary!

For Farm Sanctuary resident Stanton steer, every day is Valentine's Day.

With the enormous number of farm animals in need — and more than nine billion of these animals slaughtered each year in the United States alone — it is sadly impossible to save them all.

For such a tiny lamb, Sophie is already making a big difference.

You can be an active part of Earth Day, a global moment to raise environmental awareness and turn it into action.