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Isabella Lamb
By Brad King
Isabella celebrates 10 years at sanctuary Isabella, we believe, is a Dorper/Damara cross lamb. Lambs of this breed are raised for their meat. Isabella was being sold to a live market, where buyers choose their ...
Read More Broiler Chickens
By Brad King
Who uses broiler chickens? A broiler chicken is a chicken bought, sold and consumed by customers who enjoy dining on chicken sold in establishments like Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), Red Rooster and the cooked or ...
Read More Holly’s Amazing Journey
By Brad King
On Saturday morning the call went out. Holly had rolled down the hill near the pig barn and was stuck in the scrub. We provided Holly with intensive care for a week, following the onset of ...
Read More Jasmine’s Story
By Brad King
Jasmine Jasmine had mild pneumonia. This is probably an indication that she did not receive all-important colostrum from her mother in the first 16 hours of life. If this is the case Jasmine has technically ...
Read More Marshall, The Passing of a Broiler Factory Chicken
By Brad King
Goodbye Marshall, and thanks. Goodbye Marshall, you will be sadly missed. Thursday night at 8.30 Marshall, who was rescued from a broiler factory just 7 months ago, suffered heart failure and died, leaving his ...
Read More A Sponsor for Norman
By Brad King
Dear Friends, Copyright Carol Slater Photography One of our supporters bought a property which she found had 2 cows on it. A few months later, both cows had had babies, and the small 5 acre ...
Read More Ben & Franklin
By Brad King
The Ben & Franklin investigation Copyright Carol Slater Photography In August 2011 Farm Animal Rescue conducted a routine investigation of a sale yard. While at the sale yard, we met Ben and Franklin, two tiny ...
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