Rescue Stories

The odds were against little Rufio from the start: Born disabled on a family-operated goat farm, he had two strikes against him as soon as he was born.

Most New York commuters expect to encounter interesting characters on their morning commutes, but it’s not every day that a pair of goats is spotted cruising along subway tracks.

Bonnie cow is finally “out of the woods” after being on the run for nearly a year.

Barns where terrified animals lived in complete darkness, where a lack of air flow caused the air to reek of ammonia and food and water were nowhere to be found.

2018 Featured Animal Rescues

Every year, residents of Yellville, AR, celebrate the approach of Thanksgiving with their annual Turkey Trot — a two-day festival culminating in the now-infamous “Turkey Drop.”

2017 Featured Animal Rescues

Jake and Peanut had a rough journey to Farm Sanctuary. Instead of traveling in a crate or trailer, the boys arrived in the open bed of a pickup truck, tied down flat with bungee cords. The family who brought them in said they'd found the two just wandering around. The family's small children were weeping, though, suggesting a very different story that we'd never learn. But seeing them handled like boxes rather than living beings, we knew we couldn't ignore their need.

In 1993, Farm Sanctuary began welcoming animals to our then-new Sanctuary location in Orland, California. Waylon was the 86th of 94 animals rescued that year.

2016 Featured Animal Rescues