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

2007

12/18/07 - Consumers May Receive Unwelcome Gift This Holiday Season

12/14/07 - FDA Approval Of Clones Stalled By Passage Of Mikulski-Specter Amendment In Farm Bill

11/28/07 - Animal Protection Groups File Legal Petition Asking USDA to Declare Foie Gras Unfit for Human Consumption

11/08/07 - Rescued Turkeys Seek "Good Life" In Santa Cruz Mountains

11/08/07 - Ten Motherless Lambs Find Loving Refuge in New York

11/01/07 - Superstar Turkeys Win Hearts Across The Nation

10/31/07 - Farm Sanctuary Releases Statement On Fire At Foie Gras Facility That Killed 15,000

10/05/07 - British City Council Bans Foie Gras In Council Chambers, Urges Restaurants To Stop Serving Cruel Product

10/01/07 - Signature Gathering Begins For California Anti-Cruelty Measure

10/01/07 - Farm Sanctuary Presses Canadian Government To Investigate Foie Gras Industry Amidst New Evidence Of Cruelty

09/25/07 - Nightmare Finally Over For Goats Found Living Among Corpses In Central New York

09/19/07 - Cow On Loose In Queens Finds Permanent Home At Farm Sanctuary

09/12/07 - First-Ever Farm Sanctuary Twilight Tour Encourages People, Animals to Unwind

08/30/07 - Rescued Chickens Illustrate Horrors of New York City's Live Markets

08/29/07 - Petting Zoo Refugee Finds Home At Farm Sanctuary

08/28/07 - Fresh Air, Farm Animals Mark First-Ever Caring Kids Festival

08/23/07 - Prosecutors Fail to Charge Foie Gras Producer Elevages Perigord Despite Documentation of Sickening Abuses

08/22/07 - Man Saves Duck, Duck Saves Man

08/13/07 - Cities Across North America Walk to Save Farm Animals

08/10/07 - Star Studded Hollywood Gala Puts Farm Animal Rights in the Spotlight

07/30/07 - Country Hoe Down Draws Animal Advocates of All Stripes to Farm Sanctuary

07/25/07 - First-Ever Farm Sanctuary Twilight Tour Encourages People, Animals to Unwind

07/25/07 - Julie Janovsky Named Campaign Director at Farm Sanctuary

07/24/07 - Top Utah Restaurant Becomes First In State To Remove Foie Gras From Menu

07/23/07 - Farm Sanctuary Launches New 'No Foie Gras' Website, Releases Shocking Video

07/18/07 - Farm Sanctuary Urges Prosecution of New York Woman for Animal Cruelty

07/17/07 - Farm Sanctuary Breaks Silence on Amazon.com's Foie Gras Sales

07/11/07 - New Jersey Supreme Court to Hear Appeal in Landmark Case Addressing Farm Animal Welfare

07/11/07 - Farm Sanctuary and Global Action Network Uncover Illegal Practices at Foie Gras Operation, Urge for Prosecution

07/03/07 - Farm Sanctuary Investigation Looks Behind the Scenes of California Dairy Industry

06/27/07 - Celebrate Independence Day With Rescued Farm Animals

06/27/07 - Congress to Receive Animal Welfare and Environmental Recommendations in Landmark Farm Bill White Paper that Challenges Cruelty, Waste and Corruption

06/19/07 - Farm Bill Could Hamstring State Food Safety Agencies

06/15/07 - Farm Sanctuary Opens Barn Doors To Sheep Found In Bronx

06/12/07 - Court Upholds Chicago Foie Gras Ban

06/07/07 - The Mountain Goats Frontman Headlines Benefit for Farm Sanctuary

06/04/07 - Farm Sanctuary Mobilizes to Oppose $12 Million Government Subsidy to Veal Industry

05/21/07 - Local Musicians Unite to Benefit Farm Sanctuary

05/16/07 - Memorial Day Open House Offers Relaxing Day Off with Farm Animals

05/14/07 - Chicago Upholds Foie Gras Ban

05/10/07 - Mix and Mingle at Farm Sanctuary's California Country Hoe Down

05/02/07 - Farm Sanctuary's New York Shelter Open to the Public for 2007 Tour Season

04/26/07 - Animal Protection Advocates to Protest in Philadelphia

04/23/07 - Farm Animal Forum Hones Advocates' Skills, Promotes Compassion

04/20/07 - Broad Coalition Petitions New Jersey Supreme Court for Appeal in Humane Standards Case

04/19/07 - Multi-Colored Peeps Find Place to Land in Watkins Glen

04/05/07 - Farm Sanctuary's California Shelter Open to the Public for 2007 Tour Season

03/07 - Not-So-Bizarro Trio Announces Partnership: Turtle Mountain, Farm Sanctuary & Syndicated Cartoon Artist Dan Piraro (pdf)

03/29/07 - Star-studded NYC Benefit Celebrates Farm Animals

03/22/07 - Wolfgang Puck says "No" to Foie Gras and Other Forms of Animal Cruelty

03/20/07 - Jeff Lydon Named Executive Director Of Farm Sanctuary

03/09/07 - Lancaster County Sportsmen's Club Pleads "No Contest" in Animal Cruelty Case

03/06/07 - Animal Welfare Proponents And Religious Leaders Join Ethicists And Legal Experts

02/15/07 - New Holland Sales Stable Convicted of Animal Cruelty

01/31/07 - Another Corporate Farm Backflips: Marcho Farms To Phase Out Veal Crates

01/25/07 - Federal Legislation Seeks to Keep ‘Downed’ Animals Out of Food Supply

01/25/07 - Lancaster County Sportsmen's Club Arrested for Animal Cruelty

01/24/07 - Sick and Bound for Slaughter, Three Dairy Calves Rescued by Farm Sanctuary

01/17/07 - Hearing Held Today Challenging Factory Farming Animal Confinement in California

01/11/07 - USDA "Natural" Label Called Meaningless and Misleading to Consumers

01/09/07 - Farm Sanctuary Releases Report Assessing Unnatural Breeding Techniques in Industrialized Turkey Production

01/09/07 - Brooklyn Goat Escapes Slaughterhouse And Finds Refuge At Farm Sanctuary

01/08/07 - Farm Sanctuary Announces Opposition to New Jersey Bill (AB 2649) Intended to Weaken Farm Animal Protection Laws