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Buoyed by recent wins, animal rights lobby in Md. revisits cage-free eggs
Proposed legislation would require eggs produced or sold in Maryland to come from cage-free chickens, representing what animal advocates say would be the first major animal welfare law targeting agriculture
Read MoreOn Thanksgiving week, a renewed push in Md. to require the sale of cage-free eggs
Half a dozen free-range chickens were scratching on a narrow patch of grass at a farm in Potomac Monday afternoon, looking for insects, seeds and other things to eat. The chickens, with names like Sophia Loren and Marilyn Monroe, seemed happily oblivious to the four cloth chicken dolls stuffed into a cage on the grass…
Read MoreWelcome 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…
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