Farm Sanctuary’s Published Research Study Offers New Understanding of Chicken Emotion

When Viva Rescue leaped into action to save 51 chickens, Farm Sanctuary was there to help.

Animals sold and raised for food are treated like products, often causing immense suffering. Magik hen survived transport in a plastic bag inside the trunk of a car.

Meleys hen is as fierce as her namesake dragon. Her abandoned flock was nearly wiped out by coyotes—but Meleys survived. Then, a group of neighbors united to save her!

Some of our residents grow up at sanctuary. A lucky few are even born in our care, knowing a lifetime of love.

On National Animal Rights Day (June 4, 2023) – and every day – we celebrate our dear friends living at Farm Sanctuary.

In farm animal rescue, it's important that we give individuals the life they deserve, not just a better life than they had before.

Looking at Joe Boo rooster today, happily strutting around our Los Angeles sanctuary, one might never know how sick and in desperate need of care he once was.

Hens exploited for egg production have been selectively bred to lay an unnaturally high number of eggs, which maximizes profit but at the expense of animal welfare.

Farm Sanctuary's Joys of Learning study is an ethical, voluntary, and 100% chicken-focused project giving chickens the opportunity to learn — and have fun.