Patsy and Dolly arrived at our shelter in Acton, CA, this May. These wild donkeys were captured last spring from a Native American reservation south of Needles, CA, and spent a year in a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) facility.

In the very early morning hours of Sunday, Jan. 25, National Shelter Director Susie Coston received a text message about a turkey in central New York who needed a home.

When the Fox reality show “Utopia” was canceled this year, its producers were left with an unusual conundrum.

Says de Rossi: “Turkeys are just as smart, loving, and full of feeling my dogs”

Recently, staff members at our New York Shelter were greeted by the sight of 24 baby turkeys when they arrived at work early one morning.

During our Celebration for the Turkeys events and the Adopt a Turkey Project in November, everyone at Farm Sanctuary is talking turkey.

Recently, Farm Sanctuary National Shelter Director Susie Coston attended the New York City premiere of The Ghosts in Our Machine, a documentary that illuminates the lives of animals suffering within the global industries of food, fashion, entertainment, and research.

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.

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

In early 2013, our New York Shelter took in 23 baby turkeys who had fallen out of a transport truck in North Carolina.