The Gentle Barn

Health, Science & Environment

The Gentle Barn closure left heartbreak behind in Missouri. Then animals started dying

Danny Wicentowski

The 2017 escape of the St. Louis Six brought the Gentle Barn to Missouri. Its abrupt closure left volunteers abandoned and grieving.
Arts

A year after escaping the slaughterhouse, the St. Louis Six are down on the farm

Mary Delach Leonard

Michelle Robertson unlocked the gate to a 15-acre pasture at The Gentle Barn in Dittmer, Missouri, where the St. Louis Six now spend their days. A year…