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Welcome Kaporos Hens!
Our Cornish Cross girls were liberated from a live wet market in Brooklyn, NY during the Kaporos Festival. They had never felt the earth under their feet before they arrived. These girls are extremely sweet and social, and we have chosen to honor their star qualities by naming them after lovely Hollywood starlets: Lauren (Bacall),…
Read MorePiglets at Rosie’s Farm Sanctuary
Rosies Farm Sanctuary provided refuge for two fortunate piglets who jumped from transport trucks in North Carolina. These resilient piglets found sanctuary from the distressing realities of factory farming š·š
Read MoreGirls Sneak Rescue Piglets Into Hotel Room
Piglets jump off a truck and these girls sneak them into a hotel š
Read MoreWelcome āBeach Bumsā
We are thrilled to introduce our recently rescued pigs from the Outer Banks in NC. These babies had been running wild, living on trash and handouts from people. They needed medical care, a safe home, and to be spayed and neutered as soon as possible (otherwise, there would be 12-20 piglets running around by the…
Read MoreInside Vermontās Dairy Industry
Dairy is facing an environmental reckoning. The land use, the water use and the methane are adding up in our collective minds to an unsustainable industry. But the way we treat dairy cows is beyond unsustainable.
Read MoreMachu and Picchu Go To the Vet!
Our sweet, sweet bottle fed lambs, Machu and Picchu, are 6 months old now and are no longer considered lambs. They are also no longer called rams because they were recently neutered (see photo of their vet visit). They are both officially āwethersā. We adopted them when they were 2 days old so its hard…
Read MoreWelcome Dani and Sunshine
We are very excited to introduce everyone to Dani and Sunshine, the most recent residents to join Rosieās Farm Sanctuary. Dani and Sunshine are both what is referred to as ājumper pigsā, meaning that they fell or jumped off the Smithfield Pork transport trucks onto a highway. They literally leapt to their freedom. They are…
Read MoreCorporate Events
Did you know that Rosieās Farm Sanctuary holds Corporate Events? This past month, we have held several corporate events for firms ranging from real estate agencies to law firms to food companies. We can take up to 40-50 people and do mini tours while guests eat, drink and mingle around our outdoor picnic tables and…
Read MoreRosieās Farm Sanctuary Is Strategizing to Save Animals
āWe canāt save our way out of this,ā remarks Michele Waldman, Founder and President of Rosieās Farm Sanctuary. The harms of animal agriculture, she says, are too immense to overcome through rescue alone. More than 55 billion terrestrial animals are killed for food ā just in the U.S. ā each year. Meanwhile, sanctuaries are limited…
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