All posts tagged Farm Sanctuary

Ronnie Graves, whose company creates custom prosthetic limbs for animals

By | November 29, 2017 | Advocates, Cats, Dogs, Educators, Elephants, Health & Behavior, Horses, Sanctuaries, Wild | No comments

Ronnie Graves—owner of  Veterinary Inclusive Prosthetics And Orthotics, in Bushnell, Florida, which, for more than 20 years, has created custom prosthetic limbs for animals suffering from injuries, illnesses, or birth defects—recounts how he got started in the business of working on those sorts of devices for human clients. 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…

Gene Baur, co-founder of Farm Sanctuary

By | May 13, 2015 | Advocates, Authors, Environmental Impact, Factory Farming, Health & Behavior, Rescue, Sanctuaries, Vegetarian/Vegan | No comments

Gene Baur—co-founder and president of Farm Sanctuary, and author of “Living The Farm Sanctuary Life: The Ultimate Guide To Eating Mindfully, Living Longer and Feeling Better Every Day”—provides an overview of Farm Sanctuary since he helped launch it in 1986 and its current mission, sort of Farm Sanctuary 101. Read more…

Liz Marshall, Director of “The Ghosts In Our Machine”

By | March 5, 2014 | Actors & Filmmakers, Cetaceans, Dogs, Factory Farming, General, Health & Behavior, Primates, Sanctuaries, Vegetarian/Vegan | No comments

Liz Marshall—an award-winning filmmaker whose latest project is directing the acclaimed documentary “The Ghosts In Our Machine,” which chiefly examines the work and life of photographer Jo-Anne McArthur—discusses the meaning behind the film’s titular ghosts. Read more…

Kevin Nealon, comedian-actor-animal advocate

By | May 2, 2012 | Actors & Filmmakers, Comedians | No comments

Kevin Nealon–the comedian, actor and longtime animal advocate who stars as pot-loving accountant Doug Wilson in the Showtime series “Weeds,” and earlier in his career, enjoyed nearly a decade stint on “Saturday Night Live”–discusses starting to shoot the eighth and what may be the final season of “Weeds,” Read more…