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 DNA mutations with humans making them susceptible to depression among other illnesses and diseases. Pigs are sensitive inquisitive creatures, and have […]
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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 the state of our ageing chicken coops, many of which had borne assault after assault from wayward pigs and goats.
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This is Hayley. Hayley was rescued from a battery cage facility about 2 years ago and has been living happily at Farm Animal Rescue with all her friends. However, like so many of the animals we rescue, we cannot protect her from the damage that has already been done to her. Hayley, like many commercial
We have just welcomed four new residents to the sanctuary, sweet little babies originally born to suffer a life of nothing more than a grim dirty shed, a terrifying truck ride and slaughter upside-down on a conveyor belt at just 50 days old. For these four little ones, life will be sweeter and longer. They
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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 next to one of the farm dams, giving the pigs the opportunity to swim and mud bathe any time of
1713 Dayboro Road
Dayboro
QLD 4521
President - Brad King
Treasurer - Chris Harvell
Director - Carol Slater
Director - Cheryl Evans
Director - Leizl Estioko
Secretary - Olivia Spadina