All posts tagged Farm Sanctuary

pattrice jones, co-founder of VINE Sanctuary

By | June 14, 2023 | Advocates, Authors, Educators, Health & Behavior, Rescue, Sanctuaries, Vegetarian/Vegan | No comments

pattrice jones–co-founder of VINE Sanctuary, sprawling across 100 acres in Springfield, Vermont, and a self-described “LGBTQ-led farmed animal sanctuary”—spontaneously describes instances of talking animals’ activity by resident roosters that very morning. Read more…

Renee King-Sonnen, founder of Rowdy Girl Sanctuary

By | April 17, 2019 | General | No comments

Renee King-Sonnen—the founder of Rowdy Girl Sanctuary, the former beef cattle ranch that under her direction (insistence, really, after going vegan) became a farm sanctuary—reflects on being an inveterate animal lover, to the extent that she recalls, as a kid, holding funeral ceremonies for dirt daubers. Read more…

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…

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