Bridget and Judy and Wendy and Andrew waiting for the tour to start:
It always seems as though on every one of my visits to FS, there are some animals, that for some reason, we can't see. This time it was my favorites, the cows. I just love going in with them, they are soooooo huge and their noses and tongues are to die for. They were in the upper fields. We also couldn't get near the turkeys because they were just quarantined because some illness was starting to go through the herd. We did see the rabbits, goats, chickens (FS did a huge rescue from a Tyson chicken factory farm in the aftermath of Katrina) and the pigs.
What really struck home for me on this visit, was just how much we, as a society, has manipulated the breeding and the genetics of these animals. We now have farm livestock that if they were allowed to live out a normal life, would be unable to because of what has been done to them in the name of factory farming.
I think the pigs were the overall favorites. Wendy seemed to establish quite a bond with one of them (make sure you have your sound up):
Some Katrina chickens:
2 comments:
*sigh*
Thank you for sharing the photos and the notes about what you saw there... it is so frustrating, the animals and what happens to them on farms and everywhere else they are mistreated... it hurts me, truly...
Oh wow. Just, wow. I read through all of your FS posts this morning and thank you so much for sharing that with us. The video with the snuffly pig is too much. :) How amazing that they were able to save chickens from Katrina. I had not heard about that.
It looks like you guys had a great day. One of these days I will have to get way up north and visit the one in CA.
We got to hear a woman speak at the FS walk on Saturday who has done some undercover and rescue work for them. It was painful to hear about some of what she had seen. I'm so glad to you got to go see the good work that they do and share it with us.
Thanks!
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