February 11, 2013 – Today, two defendants, Andy Cheung and Lien Diep, were arraigned after being charged with felony animal cruelty – a charge rarely levied against industrial agricultural producers. Last week, the Stanislaus County District Attorney filed felony cruelty charges against Cheung and Diep, owners of the Turlock, Calif.-based A & L Poultry, where […]
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November 15, 2011 – No, the dog isn’t one of the animals rescued, but she has bonded with Mishka, the little piglet on the left. Mishka would be dead if not for one person. The four animals were bought at auction and used as gimmicks for a pumpkin patch petting zoo. What no one told the excited
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October 29, 2011 – Grass Valley, CA – Carmen, the young lamb, is lucky to be alive. At two days-old, she broke her leg on a small, family farm in rural Nevada County. For the next two weeks, the lamb limped and stumbled around the six-acre farm on a broken, infected leg. At no point
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Animal Place and Farm Sanctuary Rescue Sickly Calves from Dairy Industry July 8, 2011 – Vacaville, CA and Orland, CA – Animal Place, which operates two facilities – a 600-acre sanctuary in Grass Valley, CA and a 60-acre farmed animal adoption center in Vacaville- and Farm Sanctuary which operates the largest rescue and refuge network
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April 26, 2011 – Vacaville, CA – Another 290 hens have arrived at Animal Place’s Rescue Ranch facility in Vacaville. The hens are ready for new homes, after spending a year at their previous residence, an egg farm. Instead of slaughter, these hens face a long life of backyard gardening with new adopters. They bring
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March 30, 2011 – Nearly 400 2-yr-old hens are settling in at Animal Place’s Rescue Ranch, awaiting adoption. The lucky 2-yr-old chickens were slated for slaughter if not for our innovative and cooperative program, Animal Place’s Rescue Ranch. Now the hens are ready for a new beginning…maybe in your backyard! The hens are Black Star sex-linked hens,
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March 24, 2011 – UPDATEAll 356 hens have been placed into new homes! A big thank you to all the adopters and our cooperating shelter partners, the Marin Humane Society, Sonoma Humane Society, and the Center for Animal Protection and Education along with Santa Cruz Animal Services.February 24, 2011 –It’s a new beginning for more
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January 20, 2011 – Vacaville, CA – More than 100 hens arrived safe and sound to Animal Place’s Rescue Ranch in Vacaville, CA from an egg farm located on a prison. Animal Place, founded in 1989, is one of the largest sanctuaries for rescued farmed animals in the country. The organization operates a 600-acre sanctuary
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January 14, 2011 – VACAVILLE, CALIF – Eighty 3-yr-old hens arrived at Animal Place’s Rescue Ranch facility from an egg farm in northern California. The hens were slated for slaughter but in an agreement reached between Animal Place and the farmer, a small number of the hens were relinquished to Animal Place’s custody. Animal Place
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