MAYS LANDING, N.J. -- A rooster from the Funny Farm Rescue Animal and Sanctuary finds a new home. Knuckles is right where he belongs, in the perfect home. Laurie Zaleski is the founder and she says, ...

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 ...

"I don’t have human children. I have animal children," Laurie Zaleski tells PEOPLE of the more than 600 rescue animals she cares for at Funny Farm Rescue & Sanctuary in Mays Landing, N.J. When Laurie ...

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 ...

HAMILTON TOWNSHIP — Pigs huddled under mountains of blankets and straw in their shelters until feeding time. Cats snoozed under warm heat lamps, while hundreds of other animals roamed freely, enjoying ...

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 ...