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This amazing New York Times Best Seller is written and personally signed by Farm Sanctuary President Gene Baur.  The book is an insightful examination of the ethical questions involved in the use of animals for food production.  Leading animal rights activist Gene Baur examines the real cost of the meat on our plates -- for both humans and animals alike -- in this provocative and thorough examination of the modern farm industry. Many people picture cows, sheep, pigs, and chickens as friendly creatures who live happily within the confines of a peaceful family farm, arriving as food for humans only at the end of their sun-drenched lives. That's what Gene Baur had been told -- but when he first visited a stockyard he realized that this rosy depiction couldn't be more inaccurate. Amid the stench, noise, and filth, his attention was drawn in particular to one sheep who had been cast aside for dead. But as Baur walked by, the sheep raised her head and looked right at him. She was still alive, and the one thing Baur knew for sure that day was that he had to get her to safety. Hilda, as she was later named, was nursed back to health and soon became the first resident of Farm Sanctuary.

Farm Sanctuary works to protect farm animals from cruelty, inspire change in the way society views and treats farm animals, and promote compassionate vegan living.  Currently, Farm Sanctuary operates three shelters — a 175-acre farm in upstate New York, a 300-acre farm in northern California and Farm Sanctuary’s Animal Acres, a 26-acre shelter in southern California. The shelters rescue, rehabilitate and provide lifelong care for hundreds of animals who have been rescued from stockyards, factory farms, and slaughterhouses where the animals are given all the care and love needed to recover from a lifetime of abuse and neglect. All of the animals have nourishing food, spacious, clean barns, and acres of green, sunny pastures in which to roam.  Farm Sanctuary also works to end cruel factory farming practices through investigations, public education, legislation, and litigation. Their key campaigns include:  Anti-Confinement, Truth Behind Labels, Veg for Life, Green Foods and No Downers. 

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