Farm Sanctuary
Formation | 1986 |
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Founders | Gene Baur and Lorri Houston |
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Legal status | 501(c)(3) |
Purpose | Animal protection |
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Website | www |
Farm Sanctuary is an American animal protection organization, founded in 1986 as an advocate for farmed animals. It was America's first shelter for farmed animals.[3] It promotes laws and policies that support animal welfare, animal protection, and veganism through rescue, education, and advocacy. Farm Sanctuary houses over 800 cows, chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, pigs, sheep, and goats at a 300+ acre animal sanctuary in Watkins Glen, New York and more than 100 animals at its location in Acton, California, near Los Angeles.[4]
The original version of the documentary film
History
Farm Sanctuary was founded in 1986 by
Farm Sanctuary's budget exceeds five million dollars, with funding coming from, among other sources, a donor club named after Hilda.[6] In March 2008, Baur released the book Farm Sanctuary: Changing Hearts and Minds About Animals and Food, documenting the history of the organization.[8] The book reached the Los Angeles Times and Boston Globe bestseller lists.[9] Baur's second book, Living the Farm Sanctuary Life: The Ultimate Guide to Eating Mindfully, Living Longer, and Feeling Better Every Day, coauthored with Gene Stone (author of Forks Over Knives), was published in April 2015 and includes 100 vegan recipes selected by chefs and celebrities.[10] It appeared on Publishers Weekly's bestsellers list.[11]
Legislation and advocacy
Confinement systems
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Farm Sanctuary has successfully banned various confinement systems of
In 2006,
In 2008, Californians voted on
Foie gras
Farm Sanctuary achieved a legislative victory in California when, in September 2004, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law Senate Bill 1520, sponsored in part by Farm Sanctuary, which bans the force-feeding of ducks and geese in the production of foie gras and the sale of the product when made from force-fed birds. Both provisions took effect in 2012.[17]
Farm Sanctuary was a vocal supporter of a 2006 Chicago ordinance banning the sale of foie gras.[18] Some establishments found loopholes around the ban, with enforcement proving to be a challenge, as city officials issued warnings to some restaurants and stores, but not fines.[19] A repeal ordinance was later introduced and referred to the Rules Committee – bypassing a Health Committee that had approved the foie gras ban – and was moved to the Council floor without a hearing. The ban was repealed in 2008.[20]
In 2007, Farm Sanctuary launched its "NYC No Foie Gras" campaign, opened a Manhattan office, and hired a full-time development coordinator.[21] Gene Baur said: "New York's a big foodie town, and the restaurant people are pretty well entrenched there, so there's a fair amount of energy that's going to be required in New York."[22] In 2008, Farm Sanctuary said in an official release that three Westside Markets in New York City signed pledges to not sell foie gras, joining more than 50 New York City establishments, 1000 restaurants nationwide, and grocery chains Whole Foods Market and Trader Joe's, all of which have pledged not to sell foie gras.[23] Stephen Starr, owner of 11 restaurants in Philadelphia, removed foie gras from his menus in that city due to what he has called "incredible amount of protest."[24]
Cloning
Farm Sanctuary has been active in the opposition against the United States Food and Drug Administration approval of cloned animals for food. Their opposition is based on health problems in the cloned animals and problems that the maternal carrier has while pregnant with the cloned animal. Farm Sanctuary claims increased rates of hydrops fetalis, Large Offspring Syndrome, and other systemic abnormalities.[25]
Litigation
Farm Sanctuary member Michael Baur, a professor at the Fordham University School of Law, filed an unsuccessful petition in 1998 with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) claiming the consumption of downed animals created a serious risk of transmission of some progressive neurological diseases, including bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease. The subsequent lawsuit, Baur v. Veneman, claimed then-current USDA regulations on downed livestock violated the Federal Meat Inspection Act. Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald of the Southern District of New York dismissed the case for lack of standing in 2002, but the 2nd Circuit reversed Buchwald's decision on December 16, 2003.[26] The 2nd Circuit found it significant that: "the USDA itself as well as other government agencies have recognized that downed cattle are especially susceptible to BSE infection."[27] On December 30, 2003, six days after the USDA announced the first case of mad cow disease in the United States, the agency announced an interim policy against downed cattle entering the food supply (made permanent in 2007), and with the interim policy in place, the case was soon settled.[28] In March 2009, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced a final rule to amend federal meat inspection regulations, requiring a complete ban on the slaughter of cattle that become "non-ambulatory disabled" at any point.[29]
Farm Sanctuary was part of a coalition of groups that challenged the
Influence on business
Farm Sanctuary prompted Burger King franchise owner David Kessler to bring a veggie burger to customers in western New York in 1993. Mr. Kessler said that getting corporate approval for his request to test market the Griller "was like turning the RMS Queen Mary around in a bathtub", but that he was able to prove that the veggie burger was very popular.[31] In March 2002, Burger King announced it was adding a veggie burger nationwide to its permanent menu, with Morningstar Farms as its sole supplier.[32]
In March 2007,
In 2007, Farm Sanctuary partnered with
Rescue, rehabilitation, and shelter
Farm Sanctuary was one of four animal welfare groups that responded to the Iowa Department of Agriculture's call to help pigs after severe flooding hit the state in the summer of 2008. Iowa is the leading pork-producing state in the U.S. More than 60 pigs ended up at Farm Sanctuary's Watkins Glen, New York shelter.[35] Farm Sanctuary documented the relief efforts in a blog entitled "2008 Midwest Flood Pig Rescue."[36]
In the aftermath of
On January 26, 2009, Farm Sanctuary launched "Sanctuary Tails", a blog authored by national shelter director Susie Coston and California shelter director Leanne Cronquist, about the organization's efforts to rescue, rehabilitate, and provide daily care for farm animals.[41]
Since 1993, Farm Sanctuary had maintained a shelter in Orland, California, where it housed farm animals and provided tours, but the Orland shelter closed in 2018.
Controversy
In 1993, Farm Sanctuary was listed as an organization that has "claimed to have perpetrated acts of extremism in the United States" in the Report to Congress on the Extent and Effects of Domestic and International Terrorism on Animal Enterprises.[45] The Department of Justice later retracted the inclusion of Farm Sanctuary in this list. Future editions of the report were printed with a cover letter identifying this mistake, and a letter of apology was sent to Farm Sanctuary.[46]
See also
- Factory farming
- Animal welfare
- Animal rights
- The Humane Society of the United States
- List of animal rights groups
People
References
- ^ "New York Shelter". Farm Sanctuary. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
- ^ "Southern California Shelter". Farm Sanctuary. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
- ^ "Hall Of Fame". Animal Rights National Conference. Archived from the original on February 6, 2016. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
- ^ Sweet, Joni (September 14, 2011). "Farm Sanctuary Grows". VegNews. Archived from the original on May 3, 2012.
- McNeil, Donald G. Jr. (January 2, 2004). "Where the Cows Come Home; Sanctuary Farm Applauds Ban on Butchering of Sick Animals". The New York Times. Archivedfrom the original on August 17, 2017.
- ^ a b Severson, Kim (July 25, 2007). "Bringing Moos and Oinks Into the Food Debate". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 1, 2020.
- ^ "Hilda: The First Animal Rescued by Farm Sanctuary". Farm Sanctuary. September 25, 2000. Archived from the original on November 9, 2019. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
- LCCN 2008297873.
- ^ Voerding, Brian (June 6, 2008). "Farm Sanctuary founder in town to talk vegan". MinnPost. Archived from the original on December 11, 2011.
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- ^ "This Week's Bestsellers: April 20, 2015". Publishers Weekly. April 17, 2015. Archived from the original on May 11, 2020.
- ^ Crawford, Amanda J. (October 28, 2006). "Hog industry realities color Prop. 204 debate". The Arizona Republic. Archived from the original on June 12, 2011 – via the University of Arizona.
- ^ Lovley, Erika (November 10, 2006). "Pigs Win Bigger Pens in Arizona Ballot Fight". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on May 11, 2020.
- ^ Rojas, Aurelio (September 27, 2008). "2008 Ballot Watch: Proposition 2: Standards for confining farm animals". The Sacramento Bee. p. A3.
- ^ Schmit, Julie (November 3, 2008). "Agribusiness fights California proposal that expands animal rights". USA Today. Archived from the original on October 7, 2019.
- ^ "Election Results 2008 – California". The New York Times. December 9, 2008. Archived from the original on August 9, 2019.
- ^ Milionis, Allison (January 20, 2005). "Protests target Wolfgang Puck's Spago in effort to reform farm animal conditions". LA CityBeat.
- ^ Paulson, Amanda (December 13, 2005). "A ban on foie gras? Could this really be Chicago?". The Christian Science Monitor. Archived from the original on April 13, 2015.
- ^ "Chicago servers and stores ignore foie gras ban". CBC News. January 10, 2007. Archived from the original on May 12, 2008.
- ^ Spielman, Fran (May 15, 2008). "City repeals foie gras ban". Chicago Sun-Times.
- ^ Cohen, Aleriella (February 17, 2007). "Fowl play: Fairway ducks foie gras flap". The Brooklyn Paper. Archived from the original on May 11, 2020.
- ^ Mooney, Jake (March 4, 2007). "Praise for Foie Gras Fortifies Its Critics". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 5, 2015.
- ^ "Westside Market Takes Stand Against Animal Cruelty, Signs Farm Sanctuary's "No Foie Gras" Pledge" (Press release). Farm Sanctuary. Archived from the original on June 13, 2010. Retrieved February 1, 2009.
- ^ Dave, Shruti (January 12, 2007). "Craving foie gras? Look beyond Stephen Starr". The Daily Pennsylvanian. Archived from the original on July 25, 2016.
- ^ "Animal Clones Approved for Human Food". Environmental News Service. January 15, 2008. Archived from the original on June 28, 2011. Retrieved January 24, 2008.
- ^ Hamblett, Mark (December 30, 2003). "Challenge to U.S. Meat Inspections Moves Forward". New York Law Journal. Archived from the original on January 3, 2004.
- ^ United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Baur v. Veneman, AltLaw, December 16, 2003
- LCCN 2008297873.
- ^ Yoder, Michael (March 19, 2009). "It started at the stockyards: Banning downed cattle". Intelligencer Journal. Archived from the original on July 8, 2012.
- ^ New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, et al. v. New Jersey Department of Agriculture, et al. (A-27-07)Rutgers School of Law, Camden, Law Library Archived July 17, 2023, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Burger King Says No to Soy Patties in Berkeley". The New York Times. May 15, 1994. Archived from the original on February 16, 2018.
- CNNMoney. Archivedfrom the original on March 30, 2016.
- ^ Krummert, Bob (March 30, 2007). "Going All-Natural One Better". Restaurant Hospitality. Archived from the original on May 11, 2020.
- ^ "A Not So Bizarro Trio Announces Partnership: Turtle Mountain, Farm Sanctuary & Syndicated Cartoonist Dan Piraro" (PDF) (Press release). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 22, 2011. Retrieved January 28, 2009.
- ^ Short, Alice (September 9, 2008). "Pigging out at Farm Sanctuary". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on September 30, 2012.
- ^ 2008 Midwest Flood Pig Rescue
- ^ "Coston '87 Enjoys Labor of Love on the Farm", West Virginia Wesleyan College Campus News, August 2, 2007
- ^ Sachs, Andrea (June 15, 2008). "I Love Moo: Tales From A N.Y. Animal Sanctuary". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on March 24, 2015.
- ^ Longley, Rick (February 15, 2008). "Farm Sanctuary Provides Haven". Orland Press-Register.
- ^ Severson, Kim (November 22, 2007). "In Some Households, Every Day Is Turkey Day". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 26, 2018.
- ^ Sanctuary Tails
- ^ Rodriguez, Leila (April 23, 2018). "More room to roam: Orland Farm Sanctuary bids farewell". Chico Enterprise-Record. Archived from the original on November 6, 2019.
- ^ "Farm Sanctuary Adds Animal Acres' Southern California Shelter to Its National Program" (Press release). Animal Acres. September 14, 2011. Archived from the original on September 25, 2011.
- The Huffington Post. Archivedfrom the original on October 30, 2015.
- ^ United States Department of Justice, Report to Congress on the Extent and Effects of Domestic and International Terrorism on Animal Enterprises, Appendix 1
- ^ Anthony, Sheila F. (November 10, 1993). "DOJ Letter" (PDF). Office of Legislative Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 22, 2011. Retrieved February 24, 2008 – via Farm Sanctuary.
External links
- Official website
- Gene Baur talks about his book "Farm Sanctuary" in mp3 recorded July 25, 2008 in Sacramento, CA
- A Haven From the Animal Holocaust. Chris Hedges, August 2, 2015.