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Celebrate a Cruelty-Free Easter

Mar 18, 2008 - Every year, a few months post-Easter, we field rabbit and chicken calls. The same story is repeated - a family or school buys a cute baby rabbit or chick only to lose interest when the animal gets larger. Most of these animals end up in shelters where they will be killed. This doesn't need to happen.

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Investigation Reveals Slaughterhouse Horrors

Feb 21, 2008 - By now, you've probably read or seen one of the over 2,000 media accounts involving the cruel treatment of cows sent to slaughter and the subsequent recall of 143-million pounds of beef. Cruelty charges are being laid, schools are making sure their beef isn't from the Chino, CA slaughter- house and legislation is being proposed to close a loophole that permits downed animals from entering the human food chain.

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Rethinking the Meat Guzzler

Feb 2, 2008 - A New York Times article by Mark Bittman cites a "sea change" in meat consumption, and details the effects meat production has on our environment. Health problems and animal cruelty are mentioned in passing.

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The Calf Who Came For Christmas

Dec 28, 2007 - Christmas tidings come in all shapes and sizes. This year at Animal Place, Christmas Day brought a frightened, underfed baby calf with a pair of the biggest brown eyes imaginable.

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Morningstar Farms To Use Fewer Eggs!

Dec 13, 2007 - Compassion Over Killing and Vegan Outreach spearheaded a campaign to convince Morningstar Farms (subsidiary of Kellogg) to offer more vegan options by eliminating eggs in their products. Animal Place joined the campaign, contacting Kellogg and encouraging supporters to do so as well. Kellogg received thousands of letters! According to Compassion Over Killing, Kellogg has agreed to eliminate a minimum of one million eggs from Morningstar Farms products in 2008. This is a great step in the right direction.

Thank Kellogg by phoning 1-800-962-1413 and press 9.

Don't Gift a Goat!

Dec 6, 2007 - The photos are cute: bright-eyed, smiling children embracing doe-eyed, happy animals. Some of the animals even have digitally added gift tags around their necks for that extra-special holiday cheer! For $45-500 US dollars, you can put money into a general fund of an organization who may or may not take a perfectly intelligent, emotional animal, transport them to a poor family in a far off land who will raise and slaughter them. Charming.

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Thanksgiving for the Turkeys

Nov 15, 2007 - Every year, 40 million turkeys are slaughtered for Thanksgiving and Christmas - holidays that are supposed to represent kindness, gratitude and compassion. This Thanksgiving, celebrate life by serving an animal friendly menu. Our holiday recipe page gives ideas on what to serve instead of animal products.

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Companion Animal Disaster Preparedness

Oct 29, 2007 - The southern California fires were a painful reminder to always be prepared in the case of an emergency. Learn the preventative measures you can take before disaster strikes.
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Grunt, snort! New piglet arrives!

Oct 6, 2007 - The newest resident of Animal Place is a squealing, adorable pink piglet named Hazel. Rescued from a horrible neglect case, she arrived skinny, covered in itchy scabs from mange and suffered from an uncomfortable inner ear infection. We are filling her up with good food, treating her with soothing lotion and healing her ear infection with medicine. She's a welcome addition to the Animal Place family!

Farmed animal shelter serving meat at event

Sep 14, 2007 - Lollypop Farm in Fairport, New York does wonderful work for animals. They strive to place all animals, from cattle to dogs into loving, permanent homes. Unfortunately, while Lollypop adopts out cattle, goats, sheep, turkeys and chickens, they also serve them at their fundraising events.

Dozens of birds rescued from fighting bust!

Sep 7, 2007 - Animal Place rescued over 100 breeding hens from a Sacramento cockfighting bust.

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A factory farm near you?

A new website from advocate group Food & Water Watch shows us where factory farms are located along with the most polluting states for each industry. It also shows number of animals in each state for each industry. You can go further in detail by clicking on the number of sites or animals by county!

Visit: http://www.factoryfarmmap.org/

In Memory – Eve

Eleven years ago, Animal Place welcomed a beautiful Merino sheep. She was supposed to be an Easter BBQ, but was saved by a kind individual. Eve never got over her fear of humans…except when sweet grain was involved! She spent her days wandering up and down Sheep Hill. The last few years, she enjoyed tottering around the sanctuary, bleating for some food from her human caregivers. On March 27, Eve passed away. We fondly remember her beautiful face, ear-splitting yell for food, and her “old-lady” walk. She is missed, but we are all thankful for having known her.

In Memory of Brenda-Grace

January 1, 1997 – April 15, 2006

Nine years ago, she came to us - a bright, pink piglet saved by two vet students from eventual slaughter. Named after her rescuers, Brenda-Grace quickly made it known she was no ordinary pig, no, she was a royal pig. It was not long before she ascended to the top of our porcine hierarchy and took the role of The Matriarch. Every animal respected her, even our defiant 2,000 pound steer, Howie. She led by example - she was always dignified, always ready for human attention, and always ready for food (in which case the "dignity" rule was ignored).

Help Urgently Needed with Hurricane Rescue Mission

Compassion in Action - Emergency Chicken Rescue

Sunday, August 15, 2005
They came in the dead of night, twenty crates full of hens rescued from an egg-laying operation and certain death. Seven hundred saved - all individual representatives of those birds who were not so lucky. Dedicated volunteers unloaded the frightened birds from their final cage and into a large enclosure. Birds, who never knew the ground, now clumsily walked upon it. Hens, who never knew freedom, stretched their wings. Thanks to Animal Place, several rescue organizations and kind-hearted individuals, these birds begin the life meant for them - the life of free chickens.
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13 Dogs Rescued from Horrific Conditions in Juarez, Mexico

Our latest group of rescued dogs arrived from Juarez, Mexico on August 21st. All 13 dogs were rescued from a Mexican "Antirabico" , (the equivalent to an American animal control facility), where dogs are either surrendered or rounded up off the streets and warehoused until they are killed via electrocution or strychnine injections.
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February 8, 2007

We applaud Maple Leaf and Smithfield corporations for phasing out sow gestation crates that prohibit female pigs from turning around or properly bonding with their young. But don't be fooled into thinking this phase out means pigs raised for food consumption or breeding are going to have "the good life".