18 Photos That Prove Farm Animals Are Someones Not Somethings

Everyone has met a farm animal in some form. By this, I mean that many of us have met parts of them as they line our grocery store shelves and butcher shops. At this point, farm animals bear little resemblance to who they once were. In their cellophane-packaged forms, they become products that people can easily purchase with a swipe of a credit card or few leaves of cash.

However, if we were to meet farm animals in a different setting, far from the grocery stores, butcher shops, transport trucks, and slaughterhouses, we’d realize our error – that the cellophane-wrapped containers in our hands do not hold “products” but rather portions of once living, breathing, and individually distinct beings who think and feel much like we do. Perhaps, at this moment, we’d see that we are hurting our friends, and that we are allowing billions of them to suffer each year in the clutches of factory farms — the most egregious abusers.

With this awakening in mind, please meet a few of our favorite farm animals below whose photos prove that they are someones, not somethings.

1. The Post-Nap Wobble

Mino Valley Farm Sanctuary / Facebook

2. The Freedom Flap

Harvest Home Animal Sanctuary / Facebook

3. The “Hello There”

Maple Farm Sanctuary / Facebook

4. The Interspecies Love Story

for the Animals Sanctuary / Facebook

5. The Afternoon Stroll

Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch / Facebook

6. The Wildflower Frolic

Farm Sanctuary / Facebook

7. The Funny Man

Catskill Animal Sanctuary / Facebook

8. The Kiss

Animal Place / Facebook

9. The Lounger

Lighthouse Farm Sanctuary / Facebook

10. The Hide-and-Seeker

PIGS Animal Sanctuary / Facebook

11. The Group Cuddle

The Farm Animal Sanctuary / Facebook

12. The Follow-the-Mama

Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary / Facebook

13. The “Let Me In..Please!”

North Mountain Animal Sanctuary / Facebook

14. The Attention Hog

Center for Animal Protection and Education / Facebook

15. The Shameless Selfie

SASHA Farm Animal Sanctuary / Facebook

16. The Jump for Joy

Signal Hill Sanctuary / Facebook

17. The Mud Bathers

Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary / Facebook

18. The Run to Freedom

Edgar’s Mission / Facebook

Image source: Farm Sanctuary / Facebook