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In Loving Memory

Meaningful tributes to our beloved
farm animal friends who have passed on.

There is an old legend of a special place called Rainbow Bridge.

When an animal dies who has been especially close to someone here, that animal goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.

All the animals that had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor. Those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by. The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing...they each miss someone very special to them, someone who had to be left behind.

They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. Her bright eyes are intent. Her eager body quivers. Suddenly, she begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, her legs carrying her faster and faster.

You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your loved one, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.

Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together...

A donation in memory through Farm Sanctuary's Rainbow Bridge Memorial Program offers a meaningful tribute to our animal and human friends and supports the rescue and care of thousands more animals at Farm Sanctuary.

Harlem Chicken

"Mystery" Birds from Harlem Come Home



Darting through traffic and foraging for food on sidewalks, Autumn turkey and her 13 chicken friends became the talk of New York City when they appeared on 125th Street in Harlem and mystified residents who are still trying to figure out how they got there. Read the story.

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