Farmers continually claim that the rest of us should visit a farm to educate ourselves about animals. But my response to farmers is that they could stand to learn a READ ON
Animal Rescue Stories
Sanctuaries Teach Us What Farms Can’t
Rescue Exposes Free Range, Organic Hens Worse Off than Caged
Tucked down a country road is a farm raising “pasture-based” hens for egg production. Peering into the field, it’s hard to see the pasture. I see acres of dirt and READ ON
The Blind Chick and Her Guardian Angel
A few weeks ago I learned about a blind chick in need of a new home. After a few email exchanges, I discovered that the chick’s caretaker lived only about READ ON
A Mother At Last
In a natural environment, chicks would spend much of their first weeks of life peeping out from under their mother’s wings, or exploring by her side, feeling nurtured and protected. READ ON
The Chicken Chronicles Part II: From Battery Cage to Sanctuary
The poultry industry represents chickens bred for food as mentally vacuous, eviscerated organisms. Hens bred for commercial egg production are said to be suited to a caged environment, with no READ ON
Amy: The Face of So-Called Humane Meat
The story of Amy the turkey depicts a miraculous rescue and recovery in the face of great odds and exposes the truth behind so-called humane meat. Sandra Higgins, the director READ ON
Forget Everything You Think You Know About Turkeys Raised For Food
Prevalent in our society are some deep misconceptions about turkeys: that they lack intelligence, that they don’t have personalities, that there can be no kinship between humans and these animals READ ON
Sweet Pea: The Life of an Egg Laying Chicken
Some of you may recall that our wonderful hen Sweet Pea needed to have exploratory surgery in March to determine the cause of a large and growing mass in her READ ON
The Voice of Sanctuary
“I do what I do simply because I cannot go back outside to the sanctuary and look them in the eye without conveying the information that I feel they would READ ON
Chicken Rescuer Says Hens from New Colony Cages as Damaged as Those from Battery Cages
My personal opinion and that of people I know who have rescued enriched colony caged hens is that there is no difference in health between the battery and colony caged READ ON
Sanctuary Life Reveals Who Chickens Really Are
I had an unexpected visit from a new neighbor and her two children who were really interested in meeting the Free from Harm chickens. The mother, Joanna, had taken her READ ON
Beyond Eggs: Why I Keep Backyard Chickens
People often ask me why I have chickens. “Is it for the eggs?,” they ask. Now of course, what this question implies is that there is no other value to READ ON
Busting Up the Illegal Slaughter Farm Mafia
No one knows the horrors of illicit backyard slaughter farming in Southern Florida like Richard “Kudo” Couto, founder of the Animal Recovery Mission (ARM) in South Florida. In the last READ ON
