Current Press Releases

Media Contacts:

Campaigns and General Inquiries
Tricia Barry, Communications Director
tricia@farmsanctuary.org
607-583-2225 ext. 233

Rescues and Cruelty Cases
Natalie Bowman, Communications Coordinator
nbowman@farmsanctuary.org
607-583-2225 ext. 250

Past Press Releases

12/31/03 - La Mesa Joins Nationwide Effort To Protect Farm Animals

12/30/03 - USDA Bans the Slaughter of Downed Cattle Farm Sanctuary Applauds Action to Prevent Animal Suffering

12/29/03 - USDA Knowingly Approves Diseased Animals for Human Food Farm Sanctuary Renews Call for Ban on Downed Animal Slaughter

12/26/03 - Farm Sanctuary Renews Call for Ban on Downed Animal Slaughter

12/24/03 - Farm Sanctuary Calls for Ban on Slaughter of Downed Animals to Reduce Threat of Mad Cow Disease

12/16/03 - Animals Seized in Old Town, Maine Cruelty Case are Going "Home for the Holidays" as Far Away as Texas

11/18/03 - "Humane" Farming Issue Heats Up in NJ

11/17/03 - USDA Prohibited from Funding the Slaughter of Downed Animals for Human Food

11/13/03 - New Evidence Suggests Sonoma Foie Gras Violated Anti-Cruelty Law

11/10/03 - Chicago's Renowned Spago Restaurant Takes Stand Against Cruelty

11/06/03 - Innovative "Meatrix" Exposes the Cruelties of Factory Farming

10/16/03 - Sick and Dying Animals Seized in Cruelty Case Brought to Farm Sanctuary

10/10/03 - Little Rock Joins Nationwide Effort to Protect Farm Animals

09/25/03 - Newborn Calf Transported from Dead Pile to Farm Sanctuary

09/15/03 - Shelter Training Conference at Farm Sanctuary Draws National Audience

09/10/03 - Nation-Wide Walk-A-Thon for Farm Animal Rights

07/14/03 - U.S. House of Representatives to Discuss Slaughter of Downed Animals Today!

06/20/03 - Intense Confinement of Farm Animals to be Addressed by AVMA

06/20/03 - Cows at Large—Who’s in Charge?

06/20/03 - Emaciated Animals, Crated Calves, Starved Hens

05/29/03 - Canadian Mad Cow Discovery is Grave Warning for U.S.

05/14/03 - Living Nightmare For Animals In Steuben County

04/28/03 - Poll Finds 70% Support for Bill (AB 732) Seeking Ban on Cruel Factory Farm Methods in California

03/17/03 - Burglary Charges Will Be Dropped Against Susie Coston; Cruelty Charges Sought Against Rory Miller

02/20/03 - 58 Rescued Pigs Hop on Humane Train in Largest Ever Pig Rescue and Adoption Effort

01/14/03 - Berkeley Sentient Beings Proclamation

11/25/02 - NJ Veal Bill Passes Senate Agriculture Committee

11/18/02 - Celebrities Write to N.J. Lawmakers, Urge Passage of Legislation Banning Veal Crates

10/21/02 - Watkins Glen Restaurant Misrepresents Veal Calf Treatment

10/19/02 - Activists, Legislators, Celebrities Gather to put Farm Animals in the Spotlight

09/17/02 - Farm Sanctuary Disappointed in Florida State Attorney's Decision Not to File Charges Against Cypress Foods

07/29/02 - Join Guiding Light's Grant Aleksander for a Documentary Film Screening and Rally in Watkins Glen

05/15/02 - Legislation to Ban Cruel Veal Production Heard in NJ Assembly

04/23/02 - Poll Finds 70% Support for Bill (AB 732) Seeking Ban on Cruel Factory Farm Methods in California

04/15/02 - Home Sweet Home for Freedom Cow!

03/28/02 - Move over Berkeley, Watkins Glen Is Setting the Trend!

02/25/02 - Runaway Cow Offered Lifelong Sanctuary

02/25/02 - Legislation Introduced to Ban Veal Production in New Jersey

02/19/02 - Morristown, NJ Sets National Precedent

02/12/02 - New Jersey Kids Urge Ban on Cruel Farming Practices

02/04/02 - NJFarms.org Website Launched in Campaign to Outlaw Cruel Factory Farming in New Jersey

01/22/02 - To Promote Respect, Understanding and Compassion
for Humans, Animals and the Environment

01/17/02 - Farm Animals Left Unprotected by PA State Law

12/12/01 - New Jersey May Be First in U.S. to Outlaw Cruel Farming, Agriculture Department Has Received 20,000 Letters Urging Humane Standards To Be Passed

11/30/01 - Watkins Glen Restaurants Say No to Cruel Veal

11/16/01 - Farm Sanctuary Rescues Over 150 Turkeys
Spared from Thanksgiving Dinner

11/14/01 - Nonprofit Farm Sanctuary Files Lawsuit Against USDA To Prohibit Slaughter of "Downed" Animals for Human Consumption

10/05/01 - New York Representatives Aid in Passing Long-Awaited Downed Animal Protection Act as Amendment to the Farm Bill in U.S. House of Representatives

08/03/01 - Campaign to Recognize Farm Animals as Sentient Beings Launched in United States

07/30/01 - Hundreds to Attend Country Hoe Down

07/16/01 - Farm Sanctuary Launches "Say No To Veal" Ad Campaign in New York

05/16/01 - Celebrities Gather to Speak Out for Veal Calves, Signaling Growing Public Concern for Farm Animal Welfare

05/15/01 - Zogby Poll: Eight in Ten New Yorkers Oppose Cruel Methods Used to Produce Veal

05/03/01 - Electricity Dependent Factory Farms Criticized

04/12/01 - Landmark Standards for Humane Treatment of Farm Animals Being Developed in New Jersey

03/30/01 - Zogby Poll: Eight in Ten Oppose Use of Sick Livestock for Food

03/01/01 - U.S. House of Representatives to Discuss Slaughter of Downed Animals Today!

02/25/01 - Egg Corporation Appeals Cruelty Conviction

02/01/01 - Chicken Rescued From New York City Bus Being Driven to Upstate Farm Animal Sanctuary