News & Stories

Squid & Otto came to Farm Sanctuary three weeks apart. Through their “bromance,” these spunky sheep are pushing through their health challenges together.

At Farm Sanctuary, our rescued residents spend their days doing what they love most, with the ones they love most.

Cows are a common, peaceful sight along country roads but few people consider the path after pasture.

Undoubtedly, the hardest part about Sanctuary work is saying goodbye when our residents pass.

How do you make the holidays even more meaningful? With a gift that inspires compassion!

If 2020 has taught us anything, it’s the importance of empathy and that our choices impact the lives of others.

We debate about pumpkin vs. sweet potato pie, about whether cranberry sauce should be fresh or shaped like a can, about whether pro football and Black Friday are sacrosanct or sacrilege—but our main-course consistency has us giving thanks by killing over 40 million sentient birds every year. Why? Why not gratitude and mercy instead?

Tilly and Nilly—two young Cornish Cross chicks who likely survived the same chicken farm—are just about as similar as their rhyming names.

This presidential turkey pardon—which paints turkeys as unwitting convicts seeking clemency—deserves a little examination. How did this tradition arise? And what in the world do turkeys need pardoning for, anyhow?

These are some of our most notable rescues in 2020.