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 / Facebook2. The Freedom Flap
Harvest Home Animal Sanctuary / Facebook3. The “Hello There”
Maple Farm Sanctuary / Facebook4. The Interspecies Love Story
for the Animals Sanctuary / Facebook5. The Afternoon Stroll
Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch / Facebook6. The Wildflower Frolic
Farm Sanctuary / Facebook7. The Funny Man
Catskill Animal Sanctuary / Facebook8. The Kiss
Animal Place / Facebook9. The Lounger
Lighthouse Farm Sanctuary / Facebook10. The Hide-and-Seeker
PIGS Animal Sanctuary / Facebook11. The Group Cuddle
The Farm Animal Sanctuary / Facebook12. The Follow-the-Mama
Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary / Facebook13. The “Let Me In..Please!”
North Mountain Animal Sanctuary / Facebook14. The Attention Hog
Center for Animal Protection and Education / Facebook15. The Shameless Selfie
SASHA Farm Animal Sanctuary / Facebook16. The Jump for Joy
Signal Hill Sanctuary / Facebook17. The Mud Bathers
Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary / Facebook18. The Run to Freedom
Edgar’s Mission / FacebookImage source: Farm Sanctuary / Facebook
So adorable! So cute! This should make farmers feel guilty for ill-treating their animals.