FAR Residents

500 days at the RSPCA Gabriel the rescued goat There  is thought to be a syndrome in companion animal adoption known as “Black Dog” or “Black Cat Syndrome” where pure black animals are more likely passed over for those with lighter coats. And although there are some superstitions about black cats, and there are some […]

Stampy used to live at a North Brisbane school as part of that school’s agricultural program. In her second year, she had trouble lambing and was destined to go to slaughter. Female animals in the food industry are generally only valued for their reproductive capabilities. Typically, female animals are kept almost constantly pregnant and any female […]

Last week we welcomed Anne-Marie and Sersha to sanctuary. Anne-Marie was rescued by a wildlife carer who had found her emaciated and suffering at a farm where her grave had already been dug by a farmer as she was “no good”. “No good” in the dairy industry means that she wasn’t producing enough milk. Dairy […]

Arthur is Frizzle rooster. Considered an exotic, Frizzles are intentionally bred as show birds, pets and backyard egg layers.  He was born to be sold to the highest bidder, but everything went awry with that plan when he was born with a badly twisted beak. Nobody wanted Arthur because of his deformity, and the breeder was working […]

Recently we received a special package of six beautiful young hens rescued from having to suffer another 18 months in battery cages. Young as they are, they have escaped the ravages of feather loss and injury that comes from a life crammed behind bars. They have however all had the ends of their beaks painfully cut […]

Free Range Hen Rescue In January 2015 we welcomed two lovely ladies recently rescued from a free range egg farm. Jessie and Mira are now settling in at the sanctuary and enjoying having room to move and interesting things to investigate. Life in a free range farm, or barn, is one of continual battle for […]

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 […]

Ethel is one of our newest residents. She is a very old lady (probably about 10) who shows evidence of mulesing (the act of stripping skin off the area under where her tail should be with a knife) and some type of trauma to her ears. She is a lovely old girl is mostly timid […]