On February 24, Farm Sanctuary, Animal Place, and Harvest Home joined together to rescue hens at a factory farm in Modesto, CA, where 50,000 hens used for egg production had been abandoned and left to starve for two weeks.

The tag in his ear read, “MEAT.” Inserted before he was shipped from Pennsylvania into New York, it allowed the little goat to cross state lines without undergoing the usual tests.

Somewhere in California, a mother cow is mourning the loss of her newborn baby as a machine attached to her udders drains the milk that was to nourish him. And somewhere that baby is being auctioned for veal or some other sad end.

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.

Tinsel and Holly never had a chance. They were born to cows used in the dairy industry, which meant that within a few days, perhaps even just hours, the newborns were ripped from the loving care of their mothers.

Just in Time for Thanksgiving, Nation’s Leading Farm Animal Protection Organization Shares Little-Known Facts About America’s Favorite Holiday Bird

Every November, millions of Americans take stock of the things for which they are thankful.

Distinctive event reflects growing trend toward placing turkeys at the center of our attention, rather than at the center of our plates