All posts tagged Animal Legal Defense Fund

Scott Blais, co-founder of the Global Sanctuary for Elephants, currently running Elephant Sanctuary Brazil

By | December 11, 2019 | Advocates, Captive, Educators, Elephants, General, Health & Behavior, Rescue, Sanctuaries | No comments

Scott Blais—co-founder of the Global Sanctuary for Elephants, whose initial facility is the Elephant Sanctuary Brazil—begins the conversation aiming to answer my question about what makes elephants magical, what provokes such passionate response to them in so many people. Read more…

Bruce Friedrich, co-founder & executive director of The Good Food Institute

By | March 27, 2019 | Advocates, Authors, Factory Farming, General, Health & Behavior, Legislation, Vegetarian/Vegan | No comments

Bruce Friedrich—the co-founder and executive director of The Good Food Institute (GFI), which promotes plant-based dairy, eggs, and so-called clean meat, as alternatives to those items as produced by animal agriculture (factory farming)—outlines how, starting at age 12, he toiled on behalf of the homeless, inspired by an influential pastor and his faith. Read more…

Elaine West, founder of Rooterville Animal Sanctuary

By | February 7, 2018 | Advocates, Educators, General, Rescue, Sanctuaries | No comments

Elaine West—the founder of Rooterville Animal Sanctuary, a haven housing about 300 rescued farm animals, predominantly pigs, located in Melrose, FL—recalls the first pig she met, as a kid at her aunt’s farm in Illinois, describing a love-at-first-sight sensation that’s continued for decades. Read more…

Stephen Wells, executive director of Animal Legal Defense Fund

By | March 29, 2017 | Advocates, Cetaceans, Factory Farming, General, Legislation | No comments

Stephen Wells—the executive director of the Animal Legal Defense Fund ALDF)—traces his intriguing, sometimes colorful, career path before joining ALDF, particularly his years in Alaska, where, among other developments, he formalized his commitment to becoming a professional animal advocate. Read more…