The COVID-19 pandemic brought lasting changes to many families across the Eastern Shore of Maryland. For one family, that change was a farm and a lot of animals. “I don’t know if anybody remembers, we ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tucker, a black 4-year-old German Shepherd, followed Laurie Zaleski everywhere as she worked on her 15-acre farm in Mays Landing last month. Nothing out of the ordinary for anyone who knows the love ...

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 ...

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 ...

HAMILTON TOWNSHIP — Laurie Zaleski, the owner of Funny Farm Rescue Animal Sanctuary in Mizpah, brought some of her rescued animals to the Hamilton Mall Monday, Jan. 15 where they interacted with ...

MAYS LANDING – An animal sanctuary that rescued scores of abused birds over the weekend could use some help of its own. Funny Farm Rescue on Saturday took in more than 150 birds, many of them very ...

Some honor their loved ones by planting a tree. Laurie Zaleski went a lot further: She founded an entire animal sanctuary, just as she’d once promised her mother. Her mom, Annie McNulty, was a ...