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.

Plant Powered Run Launches Nationwide Movement

In new video, Hollywood father-daughter duo chat about eating compassionately, whether or not animals have souls, and the only time a dad wants to hear his daughter say “there’s no sense in not going all the way”

Mary Tyler Moore was a true—and beloved—friend of Farm Sanctuary who used her prominence as a platform from which to speak out for farm animals.

2017 Press Releases

Peer-Reviewed Scientific Article Concludes that Chickens Are Behaviorally, Cognitively and Emotionally Complex Individuals

Farm Sanctuary’s 30th Anniversary Gala brought out the compassion in Angelenos, celebrities, and animal advocates from across the region and country-wide to celebrate 30 years of rescue, education, and advocacy for farm animals, the largest population of abused animals on earth

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.

“Turkeys are just as friendly, smart, and full of feeling as my dogs, and they deserve to be treated better” – Alec Baldwin

New posters urge Cubs fans to take it straight from the goat’s mouth: #KindnessWins when you go meat-free