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Ricky Gervais, Billie Eilish, and Joaquin Phoenix join a growing list of compassionate celebrities and Americans urging President Biden to truly honor the turkeys he is expected to “pardon” this year by releasing them to Farm Sanctuary, the nation’s founding farm animal sanctuary, where they will enjoy the best life possible for pardoned turkeys.

In a potential victory for billions of birds, a federal judge ruled yesterday that a lawsuit filed against the US Department of Agriculture for failing to require humane handling of poultry at slaughter will move forward.

With the help of Grammy Award-winning Songwriter Diane Warren, cow who spent more than 24 hours on the run gains refuge at Farm Sanctuary.

Rhode Island would join California and New York City in banning the cruel “delicacy,” foie gras.

A 2015 outbreak of bird flu cost taxpayers roughly $850 million, and potentially, their lives.

Goats can interpret human cues, such as the pointing gesture, to gather information about their environment, according to a new study

Under the dark cloud of COVID-19, sanctuaries in “The Sunshine State” team up to provide a ray of light for some severely neglected animals.

This spring, middle and high school students in Central-Western New York will find themselves interacting with rescued cows, pigs, chickens, and other farm animals without ever leaving the classroom.

A sheep who has generated headlines and social media chatter for managing to evade police officers while on the lam for more than a week in Rockland County is finally safe at the Watkins Glen, N.Y. shelter of Farm Sanctuary

Mirroring his Oscars acceptance speech in which he spoke to the plight of mother cows and their babies, Phoenix helps to liberate a cow and her newborn calf from a Los Angeles slaughterhouse and bring them to Farm Sanctuary