09/09/2025
💔 What happened to Gidget 💔
Gidget was born in a slaughterhouse — but that’s not even half the story.
She was born after her mother had already been stunned and killed. In her very last seconds of life, Gidget’s mother released her tiny, premature baby onto the toxic, blood-soaked floor of the kill room. That baby was Gidget.
Thankfully, a young slaughterhouse worker — on their very first day — saw her and couldn’t turn away. They picked her up and took her home, but soon realised they couldn’t meet her premature needs. The next day, they contacted Farm Animal Rescue for help.
💔 When Gidget arrived at the sanctuary, she was already 36 hours old. Unfortunately she hadn't received colostrum until she was 26 hours old. Colostrum is the first milk of life, providing immunity when given in the first 18 to 24 hours. After that window, the opportunity is gone forever.
Because she had been dropped onto the slaughterhouse floor, Gidget contracted E. Coli almost immediately. We had to treat her urgently with antibiotics — but those antibiotics also stripped away her gut flora, leaving her struggling to digest the formula she so desperately needs.
Every day is now a fight for survival. Gidget’s life depends on tiny feeds every hour, around the clock, to keep her nourished and hydrated long enough for her fragile immune system to catch up. Some days she is bright, other days she is heartbreakingly weak. We never know what tomorrow will bring.
But here is what we do know:
🐐 Gidget will never again be treated as worthless.
🐐 She will never again face cruelty.
🐐 She will know only love, safety, and care.
She will never know her mother, who was slaughtered in the last weeks of her pregnancy. But she will know that thousands of people — people like you — value her life and are appalled that this cruelty happens every single day, legally, and with the blessing of government and industry.
We don’t know where Gidget’s story will end. But we promise her this: every single day she has will be her very best day. 💚
