Rescue & Adoptions
Adoption Stories
Rescued Rooster Finds Friendship and a Happy New Home
 Tony
was rescued and brought to live at our New York Shelter in
November of 2005. As luck would have it, a Farm Sanctuary staff
member had spotted the young bantam rooster walking down the street
one day near her New York City home. She wasn't sure where he had
come from, but she guessed he might have escaped from a live poultry
market in the neighborhood. Knowing the tiny chicken wouldn't survive
long alone on the streets, she gently captured him and called Farm
Sanctuary for help
A short time later, Tony arrived at our New York Shelter. As you
might imagine, it didn't take long for this friendly, self-assured
little rooster to make himself at home. He had to be isolated from
the rest of the chickens at the sanctuary because of a bad case
of leg mites, but that didn't stop him from making friends. Instead,
he grew to love spending time with his caregivers, and especially
with a volunteer intern, named Alan.
 Responsible
for feeding, watering and cleaning up after the lively new rooster,
Alan quickly became Tony's best friend. Tony loved being close to
Alan, and Alan went out of his way to spoil his new friend. Soon,
the two were inseparable. Tony could almost always be found perched
on Alan's shoulder, and it was not uncommon for the pair to be spotted
together in the shelter kitchen, with Alan doing the dishes and
Tony enthusiastically clucking his support.
Alan and Tony made quite a team. So no one was surprised when Alan and
his wife Jo, a Farm Sanctuary staff member, applied to adopt him.
In February of 2006, they took Tony home to join their family. Once
forced to struggle just to survive on the streets of New York City,
Tony is now living in the lap of luxury in his adoptive parents'
spacious home, where he will be loved and cared for forever. No
rooster could ask for a better life.
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