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Walk for Farm Animals Scheduled for this Fall

Critter News

For 25 years, Farm Sanctuary has relied on the Walk to support its mission to protect farm animals from cruelty and inspire change in the way society views and treats farm animals. Farm Sanctuary’s shelters in New York and California provide lifelong care for nearly 1,000 rescued farm animals.

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Hope for Hen Welfare

Critter News

Enactment of the bill will bring about the first federal law relating to the treatment of chickens used for food, the first federal law relating to the treatment of animals while on factory farms, and the first farmed animal protection legislation in more than 30 years.

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Vegetarianism and IQ

Animal Ethics

Gale thinks that her study "provides further evidence that people with a higher IQ tend to have a healthier lifestyle." If they are at all informed about modern animal agricultural practices, they know that raising animals intensively in factory farms greatly increases the amount of animal suffering in the world.