Farm Sanctuary is a charity that primarily does animal rescue and traditional advocacy work. While Farm Sanctuary does great work, we believe there are other charities that help more animals per dollar.
Farm Sanctuary rescues animals who were previously being farmed.
This type of work makes a big difference for the animals that are saved, but it is an inefficient way to help farm animals at scale.
For additional context, please see our article on farm sanctuary expenses.
Farm Sanctuary primarily contributes to animal advocacy by creating footage of animals they've saved, and by allowing people to visit saved animals in person.
This type of advocacy is great at resonating with people emotionally, but it is less cost-effective than other interventions. For additional context, please see our article on farm sanctuary advocacy.
Note: Farm Sanctuary also does some traditional advocacy work (i.e. holding up signs, yelling chants, etc.), but we think this work suffers from the issues described in our article on traditional advocacy charities.
Farm Sanctuary does great work that genuinely helps animals, but we recommend donating to more efficient charities instead.
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