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“C’mon,” exclaims Susie Coston, national shelter director for Farm Sanctuary, the nation’s leading farm animal protection organization, with a swooping arm gesture reminiscent of a child rallying her friends to follow her on an exciting adventure. Six male Holstein calves, dairy farm castaways found just months earlier on a Pennsylvania farm where they had Read More… New Video Series Gives Sneak Peek at “Reel Life” Behind Farm Sanctuary’s Barn Doors A witness at the crash site called it “the worst thing I’ve ever seen.” Cattle walked the road smoldering or still on fire. Others lay dying on the pavement, with wounds so bad that their bones were showing. Out of this catastrophic nightmare bolted a lone determined bull, who despite suffering severe burns of Read More… Brave Bull Escapes Fiery Indiana Truck Crash and Finds Refuge at Farm Sanctuary This summer, with farm animal issues in the national spotlight like never before due to a recent landmark Ohio farm animal welfare agreement, a ban on shelled eggs from battery caged hens in California and the United Nation’s continued citation of animal agriculture as one of the leading causes of environmental degradation, Farm Sanctuary, July 23, 2010 – The agribusiness industry is all too often predicated on devaluing the lives of farm animals for the sake of production and profit. That is why when a fragile six-week-old piglet fell off the back of a transport truck in South Dakota in mid-July, no one noticed, no one cared, and Read More… Rockstar Piglet Gets Lucky Brake After Falling Off Transport Truck On behalf of Farm Sanctuary, the nation’s leading farm animal protection organization, the Lewis and Clark Animal Law Clinic has submitted comments to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regarding a newly issued report on the dietary guidelines for Americans. The report, produced by Read More… Farm Sanctuary Emphasizes Benefits of Plant-Based Diets to Dietary Guidelines Committee Farm Sanctuary President and Co-founder Gene Baur: “It is nothing short of a dereliction of duty for a professional trained to provide medical care to animals to support practices such as kicking them and to say that it is to the benefit of the animals.” On Monday, an Ohio grand jury decided Read More… Farm Sanctuary Responds to Clearing of Ohio Dairy Farm Owner of Criminal Charges June 30, 2010 – Today Ohioans for Humane Farms reached an agreement with agriculture interests brokered by the Governor’s office to adopt several measures to protect farm animals. Farm Sanctuary, the nation’s leading farm animal protection organization, has been on the ground in Ohio with the Humane Society of the United States, other humane Read More… Farm Sanctuary Issues Statement on Landmark Animal Welfare Agreement June 28th, 2010 – Earlier this week, national news broke of an undercover investigation at Conklin Dairy farm in Union County, Ohio, near Columbus. The undercover footage, obtained over the past several weeks by the animal protection group Mercy For Animals, shows workers beating cows in the face with crowbars, stabbing them with pitchforks, Read More… Horror in the Heartland: Update on Ohio Dairy Farm Investigation The First High Style + Function Coat with a Conscience Sales of Vaute Couture's 100% Vegan, Ethically Produced Coat to Benefit Farm Sanctuary's Rescue and Rehabilitation Work for Abused Farm Animals When Michael Jackson sang about turning up the collar on his favorite winter coat in "Man in the Mirror," his anthem to discovering Read More… Introducing Fall/Winter's Must-Have Item Farm Sanctuary is pleased by the HSUS exposé of illegal factory farming practices involving the abuse of downed cattle and their inclusion in the food supply, and we've issued a statement supporting this investigation and urging legal prosecution:This investigation proves again what Farm Sanctuary has long demonstrated through its national No Downers campaign: the |
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