Animal Acres and the Animal Sanctuary Movement

Ever wonder what happens to those abused farm animals you see on grainy video exposes after the cameras stop rolling? Animal Acres is home to rescued cows, pigs, chickens, turkeys, sheep, goats, and other critters raised in cruel conditions. Some of the animals are rescued during Animal Acres undercover cruelty investigations. Others arrive from humane enforcement agencies. All are refugees from slaughter and are provided safe haven for the remainder of their natural lives. Thus, hens who had spent their entire lives in small wire cages to produce eggs can stretch their wings and taking sun baths under blue skies. Turkeys who had suffered painful mutilations such as "detoeing" and "debeaking" on overcrowded factory farms discover that humans can be gentle and loving too. And cows and pigs who had been beaten, shocked and kicked through livestock auction rings get a scratch or belly rub. Simply put: No longer considered commodities, animals at Animal Acres now have only one "job" - to teach people that farmed animals are sentient beings who feel pain or comfort, or joy or sorrow. Lorri Houston, founder of Animal Acres and the "pioneer" of the farmed animal sanctuary movement, talks about undercover investigations exposing the harms of factory farming, the animal sanctuary movement, Animal Acres and compassionate living.