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Gene Baur, co-founder and president of Farm Sanctuary

By | July 19, 2023 | Advocates, Authors, Educators, Environmental Impact, Factory Farming, General, Health & Behavior, Investigations, Rescue, Sanctuaries, Vegetarian/Vegan | No comments

Gene Baur–co-founder and president of Farm Sanctuary, which Baur helped launch in 1986—responds to the observation that, nearly 40 years later, he could be excused if some days felt “same old, old,” recounting some of the activities that currently most invigorate him. Read more…

Jane O’Hara, animal advocate and artist

By | May 24, 2023 | Advocates, Cats, Cetaceans, Dogs, Educators, Elephants, Environmental Impact, Factory Farming, Health & Behavior, Horses, Investigations, Legislation, Mammals, Primates | No comments

Jane O’Hara, the animal advocate and artist–whose paintings tend to celebrate animals or explore animal issues—recalls a regular upbringing, amidst conventional companion animals. Read more…

Liz Marshall, director of “Meat The Future”

By | March 30, 2022 | Actors & Filmmakers, Advocates, Cats, Dogs, Environmental Impact, Factory Farming, General, Health & Behavior, Mammals, Pets, Rescue, Vegetarian/Vegan | No comments

Liz Marshall—a documentary director whose latest film, “Meat The Future,” examines the realm of “cultivated meat,” generated in a lab setting, from animal cells, but these animals remain unharmed—explains the criteria she considers when deciding what topic or person will constitute her next movie. Read more…

Anita Krajnc, global campaign coordinator of the Plant Based Treaty

By | September 15, 2021 | Advocates, Environmental Impact, Factory Farming, General, Health & Behavior, Mammals | No comments

Anita Krajnc—the global campaign coordinator of the Plant Based Treaty, which views itself as a companion to the Paris Agreement, described, on the Treaty website, as “a grassroots campaign designed to put food systems at the forefront of combating the climate crisis”—describes the key elements of both The Paris Agreement and The Fossil Fuel Treaty, the latter accord serving as a direct template for the Plant Based Treaty creators. Read more…

Avalon Theisen, 14-year-old environmentalist, animal advocate and educator

By | September 23, 2015 | Advocates, Birds, Fish & Reptiles, Educators, Environmental Impact, Factory Farming, General, Health & Behavior, Sanctuaries | No comments

Avalon Theisen—the 14-year-old Tampa environmentalist, animal advocate, and founder of Conserve It Forward—describes what Conserve It Forward is and does, and what prompted her to launch it 2010 (at age nine). Read more…

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