FARM SANCTUARY'S BLOG
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Spring Brings Second Chance for Piglet
- Posted on 04.08.09
Related causes: Animals
It’s a bird … it’s a plane … no … it’s Fiona: the newest piglet at our New York Shelter! Running, leaping and bounding through our pastures with wild abandon, this incredibly cute little bundle of energy moves faster than a speeding bullet, propelled forward by the joy of being young and free to experience her very first spring outdoors. Life for Fiona, however, hasn’t always been so sunny; in fact, her past couldn’t have been any bleaker.
Rescued from certain death on a factory hog farm along with another small piglet, Fiona had endured much abuse by the time she came to us at just under two weeks of age, as she had already been cruelly tail-docked without anesthesia and ripped from her mother’s side to be primed for the commercial food chain. Like countless other piglets who are to be raised for pork, she and her friend were destined for a crowded concrete pen where they would be fattened up for about six months and then slaughtered before they even had a chance to mature. Howe...Read More -
Adopt a Farm Sanctuary Animal for Valentine's Day!
- Posted on 02.06.09
Related causes: Animals
A day to celebrate love in the world is a day to sponsor a Farm Sanctuary shelter animal! Adopt in your name or give a gift sponsorship to someone special in your life. Right now, many rescued animals living at our sanctuaries need tender loving care.
A farm animal sponsorship is a thoughtful, cute, fun, compassionate, original, and all-around wonderful way to show some love this Valentine’s Day! It’s the perfect way to help animals and show you care, whether it’s for your honey, your mom, dad, sister, or brother, a special friend, or for yourself. Order by February 10 and indicate that this is a Valentine’s Day sponsorship, and we’ll make sure your gift — a beautiful photo, rescue story and adoption certificate — arrives by Valentine’s Day.
Share your Valentine’s Day love with one of these special animals in need OR send a one-time donation to the
sanctuary animals by clicking here: https://secure2.convio.net/fsi/site/Donation2?df_id=1660&1660.donation=form1&JServSessionIdr...Read More -
Get Involved to make the Election a Tremendous Success for Animals!
- Posted on 09.09.08
Get Involved to Make the Election a Tremendous Success for Animals!
This November, California voters will have the opportunity to vote YES on a ballot measure that will improve the lives of 20 million farm animals. Proposition 2 would phase out some of the worst abuses in industrial factory farming, and ensure that all animals have enough room to turn around, lie down, and extend their limbs.
Big agribusiness is fighting this reasonable proposition by raising big money across the nation. On Sunday, July 27, activists gathered from around the country to rally in support of Proposition 2, and to raise funds for this monumental campaign. More than 100 parties were held, from California to New Jersey, and the support was phenomenal. To add to the camaraderie, a nationwide conference call connected each party, so everyone could listen in as Farm Sanctuary president and co-founder Gene Baur, actor/activist James Cromwell (star of the movie, “Babe”) and representatives from The HSUS ...Read More
