BULVERDE — Matthew Aversa and his husband didn’t set out to operate an animal sanctuary. They sort of stumbled into it. After they bought a ranch in Bulverde two years ago, out of a desire to be ...

Walk through the wooden gate and step into another land where cats lazily sunbathe on hay bales strewn around a straw-covered floor. The sounds of peacock calls fill the air. Llamas bat their long ...

"If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be vegetarian." —Paul McCartney Every now and again, a special book comes along dealing with the ways in which so-called farm animals are mistreated ...