April 2012
30 posts
March 2012
33 posts
Meet the Survivors--Part 2: Cassidy
Rescued from A & L Poultry, Cassidy the Hen spends her days dustbathing, gobbling down cracked corn and watching her boyfriend (Donald the Rooster) at Harvest Home Animal Sanctuary.
Meet the Survivors--Part 1: Mujer
This weekend, Mujer the Chicken is celebrating her one-month anniversary at Harvest Home Animal Sanctuary after her rescue from A & L Poultry in Turlock, California.
April 20: Sanctuary Benefit Day at The Breakroom...
In honor of Oakland Veg Week, Harvest Home Animal Sanctuary and The Breakroom Cafe are teaming up to support animal rescue work and humane eating on Friday, April 20th from 10:00am until 3:30pm.
Stop by the cafe to enjoy a delicious selection of veg options. Five percent of your bill at the cafe will be donated to the sanctuary. Please download and bring this coupon with you. The Breakroom Cafe...
Harvest Home Adoptable Rabbit: Dudley
Dudley is a sweet neutered boy who is about 8 months old. He’s friendly and happy, but, like most rabbits, he doesn’t really like to be held. He has comical ears that do tricks! Dudley is learning about the litterbox, and is very attentive to what is going on around him. Dudley came to Harvest Home from the Sand Dunes rescue in Monterey. The adoption fee for a rabbit from Harvest...
Clean & Compassionate: DaisyWares Soap Sale for...
Our friends at DaisyWares are supporting our work in a special way. Check out the soap sale:
“For the Lavender/Spearmint soap only, 100% of sales goes to Harvest Home who rescued starving egg laying hens from a factory farm. Donations will go towards food and medical costs. PLEASE CONVO US IF YOU WANT MORE THAN ONE BAR!! Dive into a rich, creamy, full of lather soap. The soap contains...
Harvest Home Sanctuary has fertilizer for your...
Are you searching for an eco-friendly fertilizer for your home garden this spring?
Harvest Home Animal Sanctuary can help! We are happy to offer raw rabbit manure materials to local gardeners. Our manure is rich in nutrients to help your fruits and vegetables grow.
For more information, please email us or call (209) 244-7174.
The Time of Her Life
Saved from the brink of death, Natalie the Ex-Battery Hen is enjoying the peaceful landscape of Harvest Home Animal Sanctuary. In fact, she is delighted by jumping out of her exercise pen and running inside to perch on a clock radio at the end of the day. She is unstoppable! As you may remember, Natalie is the last hen to be saved from the intense two-day rescue at the now infamous A & L...
Hike to Half Dome for Harvest Home Sanctuary:...
How far would you go to help an animal in need? Would you hike sixteen miles to save the life of a neglected rabbit or chicken? If you are ready for a California adventure with a purpose, join us at the “Hike to Half Dome for Harvest Home Sanctuary” kick-off gathering:
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Sunday, March 25
2:00pm until 4:00pm
Saturn Cafe, 2175...
Rabbit Sponsor-a-thon: Support rescue one bunny at...
Today, Harvest Home Animal Sanctuary is excited to kick off our 2012 Sponsor-A-Rabbit Campaign! Among the 200 animals living at Harvest Home, 60 rescued rabbits call the sanctuary home. The goal for our current campaign is to find a sponsor for each resident rabbit by Easter Day. As a compassionate alternative to purchasing rabbits as Easter-themed gifts from bunny mills and pet stores, you...
East Bay Express: Nearly 5,000 Chickens Rescued...
East Bay Express ran a feature on the Emergency Turlock Hen Rescue in today’s edition. Read and share the article:
“When East Bay activists learned that 50,000 chickens were on the verge of dying at an abandoned factory farm in Turlock, they rushed to Stanislaus County. The rescue effort got underway in full force on February 23 after a citizen phone call to the Stanislaus Animal...
Homeless rabbits in Oakland need your help
Oakland Animal Services (OAS) is overwhelmed with abandoned rabbits. Luckily, five rabbits, including Poppy featured in the photograph, escaped euthanasia to find safety at our sanctuary recently. But, more rabbits need help. Read and share today’s Oakland Tribune news article about the OAS bunny crisis:
“Animal activist Ian Elwood has five rabbits of his own, but lately he’s...
Donald's Girls
Since the arrival of the special-needs hens from A & L Poultry, an abandoned egg farm in Stanislaus County, one individual has expressed a sincere concern for feathered girls’ well-being. His name is Donald.
Each morning, Donald watches with great interest on the opposing side of the girls’ fence-line when the hens are brought out individually to their exercise pen for fresh air...
Harvest Home Adoptable Rabbit: Bugsy
Bugsy is an adorable (and tiny!) Netherland Dwarf rabbit. Although he is small, he would love a big x-pen or large enclosure to hop around in while you’re away from home, and he’d love to have lots of space to hop around the house when you get home! Small bunnies like Bugsy are not the best for families with small children, as small bunnies can easily squirm out of a child’s...
Tesla the Rabbit
“Rabbits have a habit of coming for breakfast and staying for lunch. Now there’s one leaf instead of a bunch.” - Gerry Krueger
Featured Rabbit: Tesla of Harvest Home Animal Sanctuary. She was recently saved from euthanasia at Oakland Animal Services.
March 31: Sanctuary to host its first vegetarian...
Harvest Home Animal Sanctuary is taking our work a step further to help fight hunger through humane eating by sponsoring a vegan food drive to benefit the Emergency Food Bank of Stockton/San Joaquin. We welcome non-perishable vegan food donations, such as: - Packaged rice and beans - Canned fruits and vegetables - Peanut butter - Cereal products - Canned vegetable soups and chilli - Soy...
New Rabbit Adoption Location: Never Felt Better...
Join Harvest Home Animal Sanctuary at our new adoption venue in Sacramento. Rabbit adoption counselors will be on-hand to introduce you to our adorable rabbits and walk you step-by-step through the adoption process. Potential adopters are welcome to bring their companion bunnies for a bonding session with our rabbits looking for forever homes. Visiting rabbits are welcome to stop by for a free...
CBS-12 Coverage of Turlock Hen Rescue
Reported by: Derek Demo
Email: ddemo@khsltv.com
At first glance the chickens at the Orland Farm Sanctuary seem healthy, even happy. But if you had seen them less than two weeks ago you would think otherwise. ” It was horrific, the first thing that I noticed approaching the facility was the smell, it was just a terrible smell that burned your nose,” said Tara Oresick, Director of the...
CNN Coverage of Turlock Hen Rescue
Harvest Home Animal Sanctuary’s footage inside the infamous A & L Poultry was featured on CNN. In addition to Harvest Home’s factory farm footage, CNN included a video clip of Monica the Hen after her rescue from the farm’s manure pit during the broadcast. Please thank Jane Velez-Mitchell (Email: jane@HLNtv.com.com) for bringing the plight of the starving hens at this...
Saved from Starvation: Diane and Candi the Hens
“Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it.”
-Henry David Thoreau
Shop 'til you cluck
Vegansaurus.com created a comprehensive list of ways to help the surviving birds of the Emergency Battery Hen Rescue in Turlock. We applaud the participating businesses for supporting the work of Animal Place, Farm Sanctuary and us. Learn about the creative ways to support California’s largest-ever farmed animal rescue effort from Vegansaurus.com:
The 4,460 hens rescued from the 50,000...
WatchVeganBreak.com released a new video today of the Emergency Battery Hen Rescue in Turlock. Read a special message about the video from its creator Michelle Taylor Cehn: “Please take a moment to watch this video I put together documenting this rescue effort, and remember that every time you sit down to eat you have a choice. You can choose compassion, or you can choose to support industries...
Modesto Bee Follow-Up News Report: "Starving hens...
Read a follow-up story from John Holland, a reporter for The Modesto Bee, regarding the landmark hen rescue in Turlock last week. Write a thoughtful letter to the editor (letters@modbee.com) in support of this article:
Rescue groups took in at least 3,500 of the estimated 50,000 hens found without feed at a Carpenter Road egg farm last week.
That is more than the 2,000 that were expected...
WatchOne week ago today, Monique the Emaciated Chicken was pulled from the liquefied manure pits by Animal Place and found safety at Harvest Home Animal Sanctuary. Today, she is enjoying the comfort of a space heater to warm her skeletal body frame and investigating the importance of eating a watermelon. Monique is a survivor with a heart of gold!
