At Farm Sanctuary, we aim to provide environments and care for the hundreds of farm animals residents who call our sanctuaries home, so that they can truly thrive. While providing this care is not easy, it is well worth it. We want to share our experience during Responsible Animal Guardianship month so that you, too, can be informed and ready if and when you choose to become a responsible animal guardian.

A sweet sheep named Dottie gave birth to twin boys on January 21, 2021, in Dutchess County, NY. What should have been a joyous event for Dottie was likely one of great stress. Dottie’s baby boys – Freckles and Patches – entered the world to severe neglect. Yet the persistence and determination of compassionate neighbors and our Farm Animal Adoption Network have given them a second chance.

Sanctuary heals and transforms lives — from the rescued animals in our care to the people who love them. Treat them all to a gift that gives back by symbolically adopting a farm animal today.

Earlier this year, Dan, a former beef farmer, asked Farm Sanctuary to help rehome his herd. Impressed by the cows' intelligence, Dan began to reconsider his relationship with them. Ultimately, he decided he could not, in good faith, send thinking, feeling beings to their deaths.

Humans are highly emotional creatures, often searching and yearning for deeper connections, and other species offer examples of how to exist in a more compassionate way.

This month, in honor of Hilda’s 36th rescue anniversary, we are proud to highlight some of our Hilda Club members. Thank you for joining us in building a more just and compassionate world for all.

Learn more about ethical, non-invasive research at Farm Sanctuary, which explores the complex lives of farm animals and aims to change how people understand and relate to them, as species and individuals.

Human behavior is being blamed for the extreme heat, and the vicious cycle shows no signs of slowing. The need to end factory farms is apparent when considering the current state of the world.

Farm Sanctuary’s sanctuary-based research program is a multidisciplinary program that, within a sanctuary framework and through a social justice lens, draws upon animal ethology, philosophy, animal welfare science, veterinary medicine, multi-species ethnography, and other disciplines.

Farm Sanctuary is proud to announce its partnership with Treeline Cheese for our annual Adopt a Farm Animal campaign.