The Humane Farming Association's (HFA) Suwanna Ranch is the world's largest rescue facility ever created for abused farm animals. Spanning over seven square miles, Suwanna Ranch provides for the ever-growing number of rescued animals that come to us as a result of animal cruelty cases.

Suwanna Ranch made it possible for HFA to facilitate the largest farm animal rescue ever conducted in the United States.

HFA was alerted to a terrible situation in which an estimated 600 starving emus had been virtually abandoned within the confines of an emu factory farm just north of Orland, California.

With no other organization in the area willing to step forward to save the starving emus, county animal regulation authorities turned to HFA.

Unwilling to allow these animals to be trucked to slaughter (or used for target practice - which was an option being considered by local ranchers), HFA sprang into action, agreeing to rescue the starving birds.

The emu rescue generated extensive media coverage of Suwanna Ranch and of HFA's lifesaving work. It also alerted millions of Americans to the widespread abuses and mistreatment taking place within the commerical emu industry.

We are happy to report that this major expansion of HFA's hands-on animal rescue and refuge program was accomplished without taking resources away from our vitally important legal actions, investigations, and national anti-cruelty campaigns.

HFA's lifesaving work at Suwanna Ranch serves to complement our other programs such as HFA's highly-successful National Veal Boycott and overall campaign against factory farming and slaughterhouse abuses.

Your support of HFA's Suwanna Ranch will provide much-needed rescue resources, food, housing - and loving care.