Eleven days. It had been eleven days since strangers mosied into the yard, netted Pete, and whisked her away.

With every animal we rescue and care for at Farm Sanctuary, there also comes the difficult time when we have to say goodbye.

This March, five baby birds got their lucky break. Arriving just a day apart, two poults (baby turkeys) and three peeps (baby chickens) escaped cruelty and joined new flocks at Farm Sanctuary.

Many of McDonald’s biggest competitors, including Burger King and Subway, have pledged to ban some of the cruelest practices inflicted on animals. But McDonald’s has refused to do the same.

The putter of a tiny outboard motor echoes out over an eerie stillness.

Many people will tell you that there’s nothing cuter than a baby animal.

Our thoughts are with North Carolina residents today as they brace for the storm, and especially with those who had to leave their homes in the coastal flood region to an uncertain fate.

Peer-Reviewed Scientific Article Concludes that Chickens Are Behaviorally, Cognitively and Emotionally Complex Individuals

In early March, we received a call about a couple of chickens roaming around a rest stop. Knowing how dangerous it is for chickens to be loose and unprotected, we immediately set out to see if we could locate them. After a long and thorough search of the area where they were spotted, we still hadn’t located the birds. We were close to giving up, fearing the worst, when we noticed a small, white ball of fluff in a dense patch of trees and brush.

Bessie, Satchmo, and Bird spent the first four months of their lives in an aquarium on a third-floor apartment balcony in Los Angeles County.