A recent report on sheep behavior dispels many of the common cultural myths that have clouded our understanding of this species for centuries.

By Robert Grillo | | Categories Farm Animal Intelligence
By Ashley Capps | | Categories Farm Animal Intelligence
It seems we can’t get enough of funny animal videos. Indeed, it would be difficult to calculate the collective hours of our lives lost to (enriched by?) footage of cats READ ON
By Dr. Marc Bekoff | | Categories Farm Animal Intelligence
Some people claim that supposedly smarter animals suffer more than supposedly dumber animals and that it’s okay to use the dumber individuals in all sorts of invasive and abusive ways. READ ON
By James McWilliams | | Categories Farm Animal Intelligence, Featured Articles
Pescetarians—those who eschew eating all animals with the notable exceptional of fish—are commonly viewed as having fashioned diets that are more ethically focused than opportunistic omnivores. But could it be READ ON
By Ashley Capps | | Categories Farm Animal Intelligence
Like the will to live, the ability to experience pleasure is also not unique to humans. Animals exploited for food also seek pleasure, from chickens who purr, to sheep who READ ON
By Robert Grillo | | Categories Farm Animal Intelligence
There’s a lot of buzz in the animal protection movement about a new chicken intelligence study that, once again, maintains that chickens are even more intelligent than we once thought. READ ON
By Dr. Marc Bekoff | | Categories Farm Animal Intelligence
This past weekend during a series of lectures I presented in Germany a number of people asked questions of the sort, “Isn’t it about time we accept that animals are READ ON
By Free From Harm Staff Writers | | Categories Farm Animal Intelligence
I continually marvel at how chickens observe and sometimes follow what we do. On her third day with me, Edith the Cornish Rock chicken hen who was recently salvaged from READ ON
By Free From Harm Staff Writers | | Categories Farm Animal Intelligence
Danita displays a strong interest in protecting her flock. Her actions would seem to reflect that she has a sense of moral duty to her flock. But the way she READ ON
By Robert Grillo | | Categories Farm Animal Intelligence
Among the many fascinating discoveries I’ve made in the process of raising a flock of adopted hens is the lovely and soothing sound of a chicken purr. Yes, you heard READ ON
By Free From Harm Staff Writers | | Categories Farm Animal Intelligence
Danita is a gorgeous Black Rock hen with thick and luxurious plumage full of iridescent blues and greens and large, dramatic Cleopatra eyes. She is a gentle and kind alpha READ ON
By Karen Davis PhD | | Categories Farm Animal Intelligence
To understand the complex suffering of turkeys raised for “food,” it helps to know that in nature, young turkey siblings stay close to their mother for four or five months READ ON
By Robert Grillo | | Categories Farm Animal Intelligence
Sandye was an exceptionally quiet, stoic and peaceful hen. Her only vocalization was her characteristic soft squeal — a truly unusual and curious sound indeed and actually very pleasing to READ ON
By Robert Grillo | | Categories Farm Animal Intelligence
Lovely and elegant Doris pictured here is one of four adopted hens. She had major surgery over a year ago to save her life. The surgery consisted of removing her READ ON
By Zoe Weil | | Categories Farm Animal Intelligence
It seems both silly and unscientific to believe that humans are unique in our capacity to feel and think, as if we didn’t evolve, along with other mammals, to have READ ON
By Free From Harm Staff Writers | | Categories Animal Products and Ethics, Farm Animal Intelligence
While human behavior studies are generally conducted with the intention of improving human health and well being, van Reenan’s study of dairy cow temperament sets out to understand the specific READ ON
By Free From Harm Staff Writers | | Categories Farm Animal Intelligence
“Happy, healthy animals are beautiful to behold. They make us smile, and there’s value in that. But pleasure has deeper meaning and significant implications for humankind’s relationship with other animals. READ ON
By Free From Harm Staff Writers | | Categories Farm Animal Intelligence
In the first study of its kind, researchers at the University of Chicago show that rats engage in empathy-driven behavior, helping to free a trapped cagemate for no reward other READ ON
By Free From Harm Staff Writers | | Categories Farm Animal Intelligence, Farm Animal Welfare
Most people only know turkey from the supermarket shelf tightly wrapped in flashy packaging or sliced into deli meats. Food advertising has completely and deliberately dissociated us from the source READ ON
By Zoe Weil | | Categories Animal Products and Culture, Farm Animal Intelligence, Food and Wildlife
Would it matter if we perceived other species as fundamentally like us instead of fundamentally different, recognizing clear distinctions between our capacities to modify our environment, communicate and learn through READ ON