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December 27 Open Day
By Brad King
When: Saturday December 27, 2014 - 10 to 2 Where: 1713 Dayboro Road, Dayboro The farm is open from 10am to 2pm. A suggested $5 donation applies. Kids and sponsors free. Please bring sunscreen, a hat and water. ...
Read More The Life of a Factory Farmed Pig
By Brad King
FACT Over 95% of Australia' s pork products is produced in Factory Farms Approximately 5 million pigs are slaughtered each year in Australia Pigs are intelligent Pigs have a highly evolved social structure Pigs share ...
Read More Things We Need
By Brad King
If you are able to provide any of the following, in good working condition, please let us know! We need them for the sanctuary. Medium to large refrigerator Front-loaded washing machine 10,000 litre water tank ...
Read More Volunteer Hero Tony
By Brad King
We rely on so many wonderful people with amazing skills who volunteer their time and expertise to help us run the sanctuary and our education programs. One of these amazing volunteers is Tony. Tony came to the farm and saw ...
Read More Ferdinand’s photo album
By Brad King
Ferdinand wandered off the street into a Brisbane area council animal control shelter when he was barely three months old. Under-fed and clearly uncared for, shelter staff immediately took to his quiet nature, love of ...
Read More Murray’s photo album
By Brad King
Meat-eaters are nine times more likely to be obese than vegans. Steak is full of artery-clogging cholesterol and saturated fat. Beef contributes to heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, osteoporosis, Alzheimer's, and asthma. Cows like Murray are ...
Read More Mary’s photo album
By Brad King
Luckily Mary did not experience the horrors of the dairy industry. If she had, Mary would have been impregnated using artificial insemination every year, her babies forcibly taken away soon after birth. Her sons would ...
Read More Walk for Farm Animals 2014 – Photo Gallery
By Brad King
Happy beautiful people who care about farm animals at the 2014 Walk for Farm Animals! Thank you so much to everybody who joined us on the weekend for the 2014 Walk, and to all of ...
Read More New Pig Barn
By Brad King
Owing to an amazingly generous grant from Lush Handmade Cosmetics, we are very excited to announce that construction of our new pig barn will commence on July 30th. This new facility will be located right ...
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