Laurie Zaleski, founder and President of Funny Farm Rescue & Sanctuary holds Benny, a 15-week-old goat, Tuesday, June 7, 2022. The Mays Landing farm is home to more than 600 animals. Get Photo ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

"I really believe that somebody wanted him badly," said Laurie Zaleski, the founder of Funny Farm Rescue in Mays Landing. Tuesday, November 15, 2022 NEW JERSEY -- As a wide variety of animals enjoy a ...

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 ...

MARY’S CORNER, Wash. — There are many ways to end up on the proverbial funny farm, that place people are sent when society has no other option for them but a secure, padded room. Call it a morbid ...

MERTZTOWN, Pennsylvania -- A Berks County farm dedicated to helping the bee population is also lending a hand to our nation's veterans and first responders. Thanks to a nationwide program, those ...

GASTON, Ind. — The sidewalk leading to Jason Mauck's farm house is flanked by a pair of kiddy sand pails half full of an unknown dark substance. "Smell this," Mauck says, holding a bucket that gives ...