20/11/2024
Mr. Tumnus is a happy, mischievous fella with so much personality. Unfortunately, his life wasn’t always valued by the people who were supposed to care for him. Before arriving at Happy Hen Animal Sanctuary several years ago, Mr. Tumnus was going to be auctioned off for slaughter by Animal Services. Yes, seriously. It is common practice in California and many other states for animal shelters to auction unadopted farmed animals to be killed for food. Unadopted chickens are often sent to zoos to be fed to predators. Mr. Tumnus’s story is an important reminder that we need to seriously reconsider the way our society views nonhuman animals.
