Farm Sanctuary is an American animal protection organization, founded in 1986 as an advocate for farm animals. It promotes laws and policies that support animal welfare, animal protection and vegetarianism/veganism through rescue, education and advocacy. Farm Sanctuary houses over 800 cows, chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, pigs, sheep, rabbits, and goats at a 175-acre (0.71 km) animal sanctuary in Watkins Glen, New York. They also house over 400 farm animals at a 300-acre (1.2 km) sanctuary in Orland, California which, unlike the New York shelter, also houses burros.
The documentary film Peaceable Kingdom is about Farm Sanctuary and people that work or visit there.
Farm Sanctuary was founded in 1986 by Gene Baur and Lorri Houston (then known as Gene & Lorri Bauston). It was originally funded by sales of vegetarian hot dogs at Grateful Dead concerts. The first animal rescued was a sheep named Hilda, who was from a pile of dead animals behind a stockyard.
Farm Sanctuary's budget exceeds the five million dollar mark, with funding coming from, among other sources, a donor club named after Hilda.
In March 2008, Baur released the book Farm Sanctuary: Changing Hearts and Minds About
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