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Farm Sanctuary Opens for Tours

Orland, CA - April 3, 2004 -Farm Sanctuary, America's premier farm animal shelter, will begin its 2004 tour season on Saturday, April 3rd. Visitors will have the opportunity to meet hundreds of rescued farm animals, including cows, pigs, sheep, goats, and turkeys. Spend a day in the country kissing cows, playing with pigs, and talking to turkeys while learning more about Farm Sanctuary and the wonderful animals who live there. Each has a special story to tell.

Farm tours will be conducted every hour on the hour from 10am until 3pm every Saturday through the end of November. Farm Sanctuary also offers a unique visitor center filled with literature, videos, educational displays, and a gift shop.

Farm Sanctuary is the nation's largest farm animal rescue and protection organization. With over 100,000 active members across the country, Farm Sanctuary works to end farm animal suffering through direct rescue and shelter efforts, investigative campaigns, legal and legislative actions, and humane education and public awareness projects.

Directions: From Interstate 5, take the Orland exit marked Chico/CA-32. Turn west off the freeway. You'll be on Newville Road (a.k.a. Road 200) heading west. Travel approximately 9 miles and you'll see Farm Sanctuary on the right at 19080 Newville Rd.

For more information, please call 530-865-4617 ext. 10, and visit Farm Sanctuary on the web at www.farmsanctuary.org

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.