1,500 Chickens Earn Retirement in Vacaville at Animal Place

The Vacaville location of Animal Place is welcoming 1,500 hens today that are retired from egg-laying. the hens are coming from an undisclosed factory.

For more information on Animal Place or its adoption programs, follow the link to its web site here, or its Facebook page here.

Animal Place is one of the largest and oldest sanctuaries for farmed animals in the country. Animal Place operates a 600-acre permanent refuge home to hundreds of cows, pigs, sheep, chickens, turkeys, rabbits and goats.

Animal Place’s second facility - Rescue Ranch in Vacaville- is located on 60-acres and rescues, rehabilitates and rehomes farm animals with a special emphasis on hens from the egg industry. Each year, more than 2,500 chickens, turkeys, goats, sheep and other farmed animals find new homes through Rescue Ranch.

ANIMAL PLACE RESCUE RANCH is located on LAGUNA CREEK TRAIL, VACAVILLE.

Photo courtesy of Animal Place on Facebook.