March 2012
33 posts
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!
February 2012
33 posts
The Road to Recovery for the A & L Poultry Manure...
The Turlock battery hens pulled from the A & L Poultry manure p its by Animal Place deserve nothing less than to be treated like queens. At Harvest Home Animal Sanctuary, volunteer vet techs Kelle Kacmarcik and Nat Smith gave the new girls deluxe spa treatments, including: 1. Pedicures for the hens’ grossly overgrown toenails 2. Warm baths to remove the heavily crusted manure covering...
Support the Survivors: Help Harvest Home Sanctuary...
During the afternoon of February 22nd, Harvest Home Animal Sanctuary learned about the plight of 50,000 chickens—dead or starving—at A & L Poultry, an egg factory farm near Turlock, California. Within one hour of reading “The Modesto Bee” news report about this breaking animal cruelty case, we were en route to the abandoned farm to offer emergency aid to the...
Harvest Home Sanctuary launches petition drive for...
Today, Harvest Home Animal Sanctuary launched a petition drive in response to the massive animal neglect case at A & L Poultry. In the face of mounting feed costs, Andy Keung Cheung, the owner of A&L Poultry (Stanislaus County, California), abandoned his farm’s 50,000 egg-laying hens in February 2012. For at least two weeks, the chickens at his farm were denied food. Nearly...
WatchPart 1—Scenes from the Emergency Turlock Battery Hen Rescue, the largest-ever farmed animal rescue in California: On Wednesday, February 22nd, Harvest Home Animal Sanctuary documented conditions inside A & L Poultry. During our visit inside the abandoned factory egg farm, we saved the emergency rescue’s first hen (Vicki) on the brink of starving to death. In this short video clip,...
WatchPart 2—Scenes from the Emergency Turlock Battery Hen Rescue, the largest-ever farmed animal rescue in California: Natalie was the last hen to be saved over the intense two-day rescue at the now infamous A & L Poultry, the abandoned egg farm in California’s Stanislaus County. She was found languishing in a liquefied manure pit at the egg farm. Initially, rescuers weren’t allowed to...
WatchVideo Exclusive: Harvest Home Animal Sanctuary was the first animal protection group to document conditions inside the now notorious A & L Poultry in Stanislaus County. Our video footage reveals emaciated, mite-infested hens confined in battery cages with the corpses of their cage-mates who succumbed to starvation. Please share our raw video footage in loving memory of the 45,000+ birds who...
