Freedom Farm Animal Sanctuary

Lisa Miskella
Founder / Executive Director

Our Story

The Freedom Farm Animal Sanctuary (FFAS) grew out of Lisa Miskella’s lifelong passion for rescuing neglected and abused animals and was formalized as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in mid 2018.

FFAS’ humble beginnings have grown in recent months, and currently the facility houses more than 60 farm animal rescues that include goats, chickens, donkeys, and rabbits, among others. As well, we are  in the process of developing farm animal outreach programs, school visits, and animal sponsorship opportunities that help us raise awareness on the dire conditions under which some farm animals are raised, as well as the abuse and neglect that many of them face.

With Your Help, We are Making The World a Better Place

Are farmed animals protected…?

Farmed Animals are unprotected by most state criminal anti-cruelty laws and even omitted from the Federal Animal Welfare Act.

This law is rarely enforced, and the USDA claims it does not apply to birds. The Humane Methods of Livestock Slaughter Act is similarly limited.

How many farm animals are killed each year…?

Nearly 54 billion animals have been killed in the United States for food in 2018 alone. Battery caged egg-laying hens live their entire lives in an 8 by 10-inch cage, and the average size of a gestation crate for breeding pigs is just 2 by 6.6 feet.

What is a factory farm?

Compassion in World Farming states that ‘Approximately two out of every three farm animals in the world are reared on a factory farm. In the United States about 99 percent are reared on a factory farm.’ A factory farm keeps its animals iat higher stocking densities than usual, intended for fast production. This leads to horrific animal abuse. 

The animal cruelty in factory farms statistics are beyond staggering.

Farmed animals — including horses, donkeys, sheep, goats, rabbits, chickens, ducks and cows — are often bred and raised in compromising conditions, often lacking proper shelter and when given shelter, it is in the form of cramped cages or shelter that lacks proper ventilation, heating or cooling. Many are physically altered without anesthesia, force fed, or not provided with reasonable medical interventions when they are sick or injured, among other horrific conditions that are currently commonplace. Unfortunately, many of the laws against animal neglect focus on companion animals like dogs and cats and fail to include farm animals.

The FFAS works specifically to address the gap that allows for abuse and neglect to go unnoticed under the law. FFAS has also realized that the need is much larger than the services available.

— Lisa

With additional funding support, the FFAS will be able to build a facility to care for over one hundred animals each year, each of which will be rescued and given a forever home with food, shelter, and medical care.