Carlee is someone, not something. She is not a lamb chop. She is not merchandise. And she is certainly not a gift to be thoughtlessly bestowed on an unprepared child.

When animal advocate and Legacy Society member Barbara passed away, she left her estate as a legacy of love to help Farm Sanctuary's work to protect farm animals.

When Los Angeles-area animal control agents found Bear in an abandoned barn, the tiny newborn lamb’s umbilical cord was still attached and had not been cleaned.

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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.

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

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

The man who raised Marge abandoned her. He drove away with two of her piglets and left her in a small, squalid pen to die.

The sheep are old and frail. Some have one or two teeth left; others have none.