Our Farm: By the Animals of Farm Sanctuary

He escaped from the farm he lived on so many times that local police officers threatened to shoot him if they found him running loose one more time.

Fortunately, we learned about his situation, and we were able to bring Albert home to Farm Sanctuary to get the fresh start he needed. Meet Kevin, Harley, and Quinn! Read their story here. The sheep and donkey came to us from a cruelty case where they were found sick, emaciated, and terrified.

Now, these five are safe for life and have so much to look forward to! Happily, we found the perfect living situation for him in another part of the sanctuary, with new pasture-mates including goats, sheep, alpacas, and cattle. Among those Yeti has bonded with in his new home: This adorable new Farm Sanctuary resident had a tough start in life, but is now getting the help she needs at our New York Shelter.

Born with contracted tendons that left her unable to walk, Sophie nearly met an awful fate, but was instead taken in by a kind farm worker who saw her will to life and was determined to help.

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Read her story and see video of her here. This very special young goat has a fighting spirit and a sheer love of life that inspire all who meet him. The law would mostly impact the state's 18 million egg-laying hens. Farm Sanctuary achieved a legislative victory in California when in September , Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law Senate Bill , sponsored in part by Farm Sanctuary, which bans the force-feeding of ducks and geese in the production of foie gras and the sale of the product when made from force-fed birds. Both provisions took effect in Farm Sanctuary was a vocal supporter of a Chicago ordinance banning the sale of foie gras.

The ban was repealed in Farm Sanctuary has been active in the opposition against the United States Food and Drug Administration approval of cloned animals for food. Their opposition is based on health problems in the cloned animals and problems that the maternal carrier has while pregnant with the cloned animal. Farm Sanctuary claims increased rates of hydrops fetalis , Large Offspring Syndrome , and other systemic abnormalities.

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Farm Sanctuary member Michael Baur, a professor at the Fordham University School of Law , filed an unsuccessful petition in with the USDA claiming the consumption of downed animals created a serious risk of transmission of some progressive neurological diseases, including bovine spongiform encephalopathy BSE , or mad cow disease. The subsequent lawsuit, Baur v. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced a final rule to amend federal meat inspection regulations, requiring a complete ban on the slaughter of cattle that become "non-ambulatory disabled" at any point.

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Farm Sanctuary was part of a coalition of groups that challenged the New Jersey Department of Agriculture 's standards governing the raising, keeping, and marketing of domestic livestock. The case went to the New Jersey Supreme Court , which in its July 30, ruling unanimously said the Department of Agriculture failed, in part, to carry out its mandate in setting humane standards.

The Court further rejected agency regulations that certain mutilations of farmed animals such as castration , debeaking , and toe-trimming are "humane" as long as they are carried out by a "knowledgeable individual" "in a way to minimize pain. In March , Wolfgang Puck Companies announced that, with "advice from Farm Sanctuary" they were rolling out a nine-point program aimed at "stopping the worst practices associated with factory farming " at all their ventures, including 14 full-service restaurants and 80 fast casual units.

Our Farm: By the Animals of Farm Sanctuary

This included only using eggs from cage-free hens not confined to battery cages , and serving all-natural or organic crate-free pork and veal. Farm Sanctuary was one of four animal welfare groups that responded to the Iowa Department of Agriculture's call to help pigs after severe flooding hit the state in the summer of Iowa is the leading pork-producing state in the U. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina , Farm Sanctuary rescued more than chickens from a broiler factory in Mississippi that had been hit by a tornado.

Since , Farm Sanctuary has maintained a shelter in Orland, California, where it houses farm animals and provides tours.

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Animal Acres, which had been founded by Farm Sanctuary co-founder Lorri Houston, had come under financial pressures caused by the soft economy and consequent reduced donations. Farm Sanctuary had been providing volunteers to assist at Animal Acres since April On January 26, , Farm Sanctuary launched "Sanctuary Tails", a blog authored by national shelter director Susie Coston and California shelter director Leanne Cronquist, about the organization's efforts to rescue, rehabilitate, and provide daily care for farm animals. Bufflehead Farm, a acre 4. In , Farm Sanctuary was listed as an organization that has "claimed to have perpetrated acts of extremism in the United States" in the Report to Congress on the Extent and Effects of Domestic and International Terrorism on Animal Enterprises.

Future editions of the report were printed with a cover letter identifying this mistake, and a letter of apology was sent to Farm Sanctuary.

In March , a Farm Sanctuary employee was charged with animal theft for stealing an injured lamb from a farm and taking it to a veterinarian. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Farm Sanctuary founder in town to talk vegan , MinnPost. Living the Farm Sanctuary Life: