Every year, we welcome new rescues through our doors and celebrate each milestone they reach in our care—events they were never expected to clear in animal agriculture. The animals who survive and make it to Sanctuary get a second chance at life. Here, they touch our hearts and inspire compassionate change in others. We’re grateful for every day, week, month, and year that these survivors have at Sanctuary. But it’s also hard to say goodbye to those we love—especially when they should have had more time. Please join us in honoring the animals who passed away this year.

Shani and his guardian both needed a safe place to land. However, when the pair reached a houseless shelter, staff had to turn the tiny chick away. They couldn’t accommodate his needs — but when we learned about Shani, we knew we could help!

Roosters are great providers and devoted protectors.

Henrietta never knew her mother. However, she's a doting mother- and grandmother-figure to the smallest birds in her flock!

A campus prank: Four chickens discovered in the bathroom stall of a frat house.

On July 20, 2020, a massive fire razed a New Jersey egg farm—killing almost 300,000 trapped hens.

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, and tasked with the “depopulation” of his hens, one California egg farmer decided to free them instead.

It’s been said that art imitates life—but in the case of Tutu turkey, art saved a couple lives as well.

Sign our petition urging U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to establish humane handling regulations to protect the over 9 billion turkeys, ducks, chickens, and other birds who are killed in the U.S. every year.