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Animal Advocates and Legislators Join Together To Urge Passage of Humane Legislation

Boston, MA - March 22, 2005 - Farm Sanctuary, a leading farm animal shelter and advocacy organization, is hosting a Humane Lobby Day in Boston on Tuesday, March 22 to address the elimination of factory farming cruelty. The Humane Lobby Day comes to Boston at a time when two bills are currently in play at the Massachusetts State Legislature that would ban the force feeding of ducks for foie gras production and eliminate confinement in veal crates for calves and gestation crates for breeding pigs.

Farm Sanctuary and other humane organizations, including the MSPCA, Humane Society of the United States and GREY2K USA, will be at the State House in Boston to urge Massachusetts state senators and representatives to adopt legislation to protect animals. Humane protection speakers will address activists on the basics of citizen lobbying during breakfast from 10am to Noon. Afterwards, activists will meet with their legislators to ask for their support for these humane measures in Massachusetts.

WHAT: Humane Lobby Day

WHEN: Tuesday, March 22, 2005; Speakers from 10am - Noon

WHERE: Boston State House - Nurses Hall: Beacon Street at Park Street, located across from the Boston Common on the top of Beacon Hill

About Farm Sanctuary
Farm Sanctuary is the nation's leading farm animal protection organization. Since incorporating in 1986, Farm Sanctuary has worked to expose and stop cruel practices of the "food animal" industry through research and investigations, legal and institutional reforms, public awareness projects, youth education, and direct rescue and refuge efforts. Farm Sanctuary shelters in Watkins Glen, N.Y., and Orland, Calif., provide lifelong care for hundreds of rescued animals, who have become ambassadors for farm animals everywhere by educating visitors about the realities of factory farming. Additional information can be found at www.farmsanctuary.org or by calling 607-583-2225.