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Animal Place Named ‘Best Sanctuary’ by Best in Shelter

Contact Marji Beach Animal Place 530-798-5114 [email protected]   Animal Place Named ‘Best Sanctuary’ by Best In Shelter   GRASS VALLEY, Calif. – Animal Place, California’s oldest and largest sanctuary for farmed animals, was named best sanctuary by Washington, D.C.-based Best in Shelter (www.bestinshelter.org), a nonprofit organization aimed at raising the public’s awareness of animal shelters […]

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Animal Activists Bring Human Sized Battery Chicken Cage to Capitol

March 11, 2015   Contact: Gary Smith Evolotus PR www.evolotuspr.com 818-783-0569 office 818-618-3777 mobile   Animal Activists Bring Human-Sized Battery Chicken Cage to Capitol   SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Animal Place, California’s oldest and largest sanctuary for farmed animals, will hold an eye-opening demonstration March 20 on the Capitol steps as it invites people to “brave

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The Emotional Socialization of 4H and FFA Kids

The 4-H Youth Livestock Program and the FFA Supervised Agricultural Experience are apprenticeship programs where youth purchase young animals, care for them for a period of time, and then sell them at auction for slaughter. The emotional weight of such work is particularly demanding for young people who often have not yet internalized the justifications around animal use within American culture.

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Meet Fish

Meet Fish  7/24/2017 Today, Fish starts a new life at Animal Place. Raised for his flesh as part of a Future Farmers of America (FFA) project, Fish’s student caregiver decided she wanted something different for the 1-yr-old sheep. Local activist Chelsea Pinkham offered the student a unique opportunity – instead of sending Fish to slaughter,

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