All posts tagged speciesism

Erin Amerman, founder of Critter Creek Farm Sanctuary

By | September 22, 2021 | Advocates, Authors, Educators, Health & Behavior, Horses, Sanctuaries | No comments

Erin Amerman—the founder of Critter Creek Farm Sanctuary, which across two facilities located in and around Gainesville, FL houses some 150 cows, making it, they say, the country’s largest cow sanctuary, while providing refuge to other rescued farm animals, including pigs, donkeys, turkeys, and horses—traces her animal rescue path back to being a seven-year-old with a pet rat named Templeton. Read more…

pattrice jones, cofounder of VINE Sanctuary

By | August 26, 2015 | Advocates, Authors, Birds, Fish & Reptiles, Factory Farming, General, Rescue, Sanctuaries, Vegetarian/Vegan | No comments

pattrice jones — cofounder of VINE (Veganism Is the Next Evolution) Sanctuary, a 100-acre facility in Vermont that describes itself as an “LGBTQ-run farmed animal sanctuary that has worked to build bridges between the animal advocacy and LGBTQ liberation movements”—discusses the impetus for launching in 2000, with cofounder Miriam Jones, what was then Eastern Shore Sanctuary, initially located in Maryland. Read more…

Mark Devries, director of “Speciesism: The Movie”

By | November 6, 2013 | Actors & Filmmakers, Environmental Impact, Factory Farming, General, Investigations, Operations, Vegetarian/Vegan | No comments

Mark Devries—director of the new documentary, “Speciesism: The Movie”—discusses how the film came about, and how he first became interested in factory farming. Read more…