Milly and Margo were not slated to join the more than 46 million turkeys slaughtered for Thanksgiving each year in the United States, but the autumn chill still brought with it a grim fate for their small flock.

Early in the morning of September 5th, 17 Farm Sanctuary staff members and volunteers waited anxiously at Elmira Corning Regional Airport for a cargo plane to land.

On October 16, Gothamist, a popular New York City news blog, published a headline declaring, “Activist Rescues Sheep From Brooklyn Butcher, But It’s The Wrong Sheep.”

When Abigail arrived at the Baldwin Park Animal Control shelter, she was in terrible health.

The animated stars of the new movie team up with Farm Sanctuary to serve as “spokesturkeys” for the Adopt a Turkey Project.

Autumn couldn’t move his legs. He couldn’t even open his mouth. But he could still scream.

Every year, young 4-H participants across the country travel to state and county fairs to show the farm animals they have raised and cared for over the preceding months.

With the skyrocketing popularity of the backyard chicken coops, more people are raising chickens for meat at home — some as a hobby and others, with good intentions, hoping to circumvent the ills of the factory farm system.

When park rangers found Winston, he was wandering alone down College Point Boulevard in Queens, New York. Farm animal sightings are more common in Queens than you might expect. Every year hundreds of animals are shipped to the area’s live markets.

New York City is known for culture more than agriculture, but countless farm animals come into the city every day.