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Derek Goodwin for Farm Sanctuary Many of us envision farm life as idyllic: cattle grazing against a blue sky, chickens pecking at the grass outside an airy red henhouse. Sadly, that's not the reality for the majority of farm animals in the United States, who live in overcrowded factory farms or even small farms where they are neglected or abused. Which is why Gene Baur co-founded Farm Sanctuary in 1986 to protect animals that suffer at human hands. The organization rescues and advocates for farm animals through a variety of outreach efforts, ranging from grassroots pamphleting to legislative support. It also operates two shelters for rescued farm animals -- in Watkins Glen, N.Y., and ...

Farm Sanctuary Friday, August 13 proved to be a very lucky day indeed for the animals of Farm Sanctuary. Colbie Caillat, singer of feel-good hits "Bubbly" and "Fallin' For You," stopped by the organization's upstate New York location to spend a little time with the rescued animals. Farm Sanctuary The singer not only tweeted a picture from her visit (as did her guitarist, Justin Young), but also taled about how wonderful the animals were and how much she enjoyed her visit that night at her concert in Canandaigua, N.Y., where Caillat and her band played with Sheryl Crow. Here at Paw Nation we are big fans of Farm Sanctuary and we love when celebrities take time to share the spotlight ...

Farm Sanctuary Little Kim Gordon, a 6-week-old piglet named after the bass player for legendary band Sonic Youth, didn't start life as a rock star. In fact, she had a pretty rocky start, falling out of a transport truck in South Dakota and wandering aimlessly for hours, suffering road rash from her fall and sunburn from the exposure to the elements. But this little pig's luck turned around when a couple made a wrong turn and discovered the injured animal. Lanore Hahn -- who was traveling with her boyfriend on his rock band tour -- saw the scared piglet and captured her, intending to return her to her rightful owners. However, after asking around and examining her injuries, Hahn learned ...

Susie Coston/Farm Sanctuary It's spring and love is in the air -- at least for Dorothy the goat and Chico the sheep. The unlikely pair met in a barn in upstate New York at Farm Sanctuary, a nonprofit organization that rescues farm animals. Their public displays of affection caught the attention of Susie Coston, the national shelter director. "They seek each other out, and when they meet, they exchange adoring greetings by rubbing their heads against each other," Coston writes at the Farm Sanctuary's blog. "They spend hours each day grooming, playing and snuggling together. We don't know how it happened, but these two are obviously smitten." How the love affair started is indeed a ...

Jean Liebenberg / Farm Sanctuary Faithful Paw Nation readers will recall past stories about Farm Sanctuary's work providing homes for rescued goats, lambs, and ducklings. Farm Sanctuary rehabilitates animals who have escaped from farms, slaughterhouses, or inadequate homes, and lets them live out their days in peace on one of its two countryside properties, located in Watkins Glen, NY, and northern California. Susie Coston, Farm Sanctuary's national shelter director, recently wrote a heart-warming blog post titled A Reason to Get Up in the Morning that made us fall in love with the place all over again. Coston shared the story of Angie, an elderly pig living at Farm Sanctuary's New York ...

Greg Straight Edge Angelo, a lamb who was rescued after being born in a transport truck headed for a New York City slaughterhouse, has found a permanent new home just in time for the holidays. After spending nearly two months at Farm Sanctuary, an organization in upstate New York that rescues farm animals, Angelo was adopted by a couple in Michigan with a farm and other sheep. "Angelo will live out his life there," Susie Coston, National Shelter Director for Farm Sanctuary, tells Paw Nation. "He could easily live 16 years." That the little lamb would live at all was, at one time, highly doubtful. Coston tells Paw Nation that in September, a good Samaritan named Cindy Rexhaj was shopping at ...