25 Rescued Farm Animals Urgently Need Homes

Farm Sanctuary received an urgent call this week to help find adoptive homes for 25 cows and calves seized by the Butler County Humane Society.

A written statement described the scene:

"Upon visual inspection, the cows were very thin, having average body condition scores of 1.5. The facilities were substandard to raise beef cows. The manure in the barn was around 3-31/2 feet deep, some of the cows had fecal scalds on their legs, and the barn was overcrowded with inadequate ventilation. Rain water was collected into a barrel; however the barrel contents were frozen. There was no feed in the bunker."

Three dead calves were also found on the premises. The surviving cows are thought likely to be pregnant, and some have already given birth.

The animals are in a temporary holding facility and must be placed within 3-4 weeks. The Humane Society does not have shelter facilities for cattle, and Farm Sanctuary's shelter cattle housing barns are full.

"These animals, who have suffered so much, deserve a new beginning," Farm Sanctuary said this week in a written alert urgently appealing for adoptive homes for the animals.

"Too often, farmed animals are not seized in horrendous cruelty cases - and when they are, they are sent to slaughter instead of sanctuary. Please help us prevent this tragedy," the Sanctuary wrote in its alert.

Farm Sanctuary is offering to pay for all transportation costs to move the animals to adoptive homes across the country.

Anyone who can provide a permanent, loving home, or knows of a potential home, is urged to contact Farm Sanctuary immediately by email: shelter@farmsanctuary.org, or phone: 607-583-2276 ext 262.

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