Hundreds gathered at Funny Farm Rescue & Sanctuary for a Spring Festival. The event raised funds to maintain over 700 animal ...

The image of two mangled, abandoned calves set the tone in “Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals” by Laurie Zaleski. Immediately, the author pulls you into a tragedy full of poverty ...

In the leafy Pine Barrens of southern New Jersey lies a very different kind of farm: the astonishing Funny Farm, a not-for-profit animal sanctuary open to the public two days a week, created by New ...

MIZPAH, N.J. — Even if you're prepared, making the turn into Funny Farm Animal Rescue, where the speed limit drops to 1 mile per hour, is like entering another, better, world. It's not quite the goat ...

MAYS LANDING, New Jersey (WPVI) -- "Most of these animals had no chance," said Laurie Zaleski. "They were set to be euthanized, so we were the last stop." Zaleski, owner and founder of Funny Farm in ...

Ohio has a farm where sweet daytime charm and spooky nighttime fun create one of the state’s most unusual fall outings.

“Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals” by Laurie Zaleski (St. Martin’s Press) As its title promises, Laurie Zaleski’s memoir about how she came to found and run a large animal rescue ...

Tucker, a black 4-year-old German Shepherd, followed Laurie Zaleski everywhere as she worked on her 15-acre farm in Mays Landing last month. Nothing out of the ordinary for anyone who knows the love ...

It was Memorial Day 2020 when a driver in New Jersey spotted a small black kitten on the side of the road. Her eyes were closed. She was blind. Her mother had been killed by a car. So he picked up the ...

Farm-animal sanctuaries across the country are turning the idea of the charity endurance event on its head by recruiting supporters to raise money by completing goofy activities. Over four days in ...