Lambert was raised by an Ohio woman as a 4H project. Part of the deal….sending Lambert to auction (and therefore slaughter) at the end of the project. It was something she’d done before; she and her husband are farmers who routinely sell their animals to slaughter, but Lambert “was different,” she said. She told us … Read more
Fourteen sheep — six mamas, six babies, and two grown males — arrived at CAS on Friday, May 25. Rescued from an illegal backyard slaughter facility in Western New York where they were suffering without food or water, they spent a few weeks at Farm Sanctuary gathering strength for their four-hour journey to CAS. The … Read more
Rambo, the iconic sheep beloved by thousands, died peacefully this past Saturday evening, surrounded by a few of his human and animal friends. He was sixteen years old. As I wrote in Where the Blind Horse Sings, Rambo arrived at Catskill Animal Sanctuary full of testosterone and rage. Indeed, he was the most dangerous animal we’ve … Read more
You might remember that last August we took in four female sheep (two sets of twins)! The girls, Brigid, Mira, Marina, and Kybele, grew up on a heritage-breed meat farm in Germantown, NY. They were some of the first sheep that the farmers grew and they used the two sets of twins to give birth … Read more
When the weather cools down, make soup…butternut-pear soup with candied coconut and pepitas! In this festive recipe, butternut squash, pears, and coconut milk create a flavorful, silky soup.
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