A Funny Thing happened on the way to the Farm The story of Funny Farm Tucked away in a quiet corner of Mays Landing, small miracles happen everyday. To experience over 600 rescued animals roaming free on the compound is in itself a joy. Realizing the remarkable true life story behind this ‘labor of love’ pulls at your heartstrings! As a young mom, Anne McNulty made the courageous decision to leave her abusive husband. Her family’s survival would depend on her tenacity. With four children in tow and without a steady income, their struggle often became desperate. It was Anne’s passion for animals that kept her children distracted as they navigated their uncertain future.
where animals would roam free, knowing compassion and love, food and shelter all while receiving necessary medical care. A permanent, safe and healthy environment, offering adoption for some and for others a forever home. It was a tall order for a woman of little means. It would take a miracle to bring her dream to fruition and the clock was ticking. Anne was battling cancer.
Anne’s children, now in their 20s were Anne secured a position as an animal control blazing their officer, exposing her to the sad reality own trails. Her daughter of lost and abandoned animals. Laurie was an art major Extermination. Disheartened, Anne and found success in began rescuing those scheduled a graphic arts career for euthanasia long before it with a governmental became a popular trend on agency. With the news of social media. Although they lived Anne’s diagnosis, Laurie sparingly, what they had they made it her mission to shared with their extended family of fulfill her mother’s life goal. dogs, cats, pigs and chickens. The future suddenly had a date Anne would affectionately stamp: 2000. She needed to find a home refer to her home of with an expansive property that could easily menagerie misfits accommodate their thirtysomething adoptees. as the Funny Farm. Her search brought them to a rural area of Mays It was a title that Landing in Atlantic County, NJ. Fifteen acres of would live on long property, just off the rail bed of the historic West after those early Jersey Railroad and Route 40. She had found their years. new home. Two weeks shy of settlement, Anne It was Anne’s dream to lost her courageous fight. Her resilient daughter picked up the baton and sprinted to the finish one day own a sanctuary
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