This 2-minute video features our latest rescue, Esperanza. Esperanza is a Cornish Rock hen raised for her flesh. We believe she escaped or fell of a transport truck on her READ ON
Animal Rescue Stories
Esperanza: Story of a Rescued Broiler Chicken
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
Meet Louise: Free from Harm’s Latest Rescued Chicken
Louise is Free from Harm‚’s latest hen rescue. We responded to a call from Chicago Animal Control and Care who found her on the streets of Chicago. She has a READ ON
Virtual Chicken Sanctuary: Next Best Thing to Being There
We believe it is vitally important for people to connect with living, happy animals who have been rescued from commercial farming. Seeing these animals in a sanctuary environment allows people READ ON
A Female Chicken Befriends a Male Pitbull
Lucinda, our latest rescue found last month on the brink of starvation, has been rehabilitating at the home of one of our rescue heroines, Melissa Summer Pena. Lucinda’s getting stronger 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
A Tribute to Edith the Chicken Who Survived the Trash
In her short life, Edith experienced the kindest and cruelest of humanity. She clearly judged people she encountered as individuals, trusting and bonding with us as her new caregivers immediately, READ ON
Lucinda, Latest Chicken Rescue Needs Urgent Medical Attention
Our heroine, Melissa Summer Pena, rescued Lucinda today from Chicago Animal Control and Care (a kill shelter), describing her as the sickest looking bird she’s seen. In addition to being 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 Playdate: Edith Plays with Doris’s Tail Feathers
As Edith explores her new world, her behavior resembles that of a toddler playing with everything in sight. Today she’s taken a particular interest in playing with Doris’ tail feathers, 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
Edith: Latest Rescued Chicken, Found in a Plastic Bag on a Busy Street
I got a call from a Facebook friend that a chicken had been found in a plastic bag on the street near another Chicago poultry market — still alive, as 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
Consider Helping Angelica the Hen
Angelica was found wandering the city streets of Chicago and was picked up by Chicago Animal Control and Care late last Wednesday night. A dedicated Chicago animal rescuer, Melissa Pena, READ ON
