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Published on Sep 19, 2012
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 -- an organization
dedicated to the rescue, care, and protection of farm animals.In Farm Sanctuary, Baur provides a thought-provoking investigation of the ethical questions involved in the production of beef, poultry, pork, milk,and eggs -- and what each of us can do to stop the mistreatment of farm animals and promote compassion. He details the triumphs and the disappointments of more than twenty years on the front lines of the animal protection movement. And he introduces us to some of the special creatures who live at Farm Sanctuary -- from Maya the cow to Marmalade the chicken -- all of whom escaped horrible circumstances to live happier, more peaceful lives.
www.farmsanctuary.org/
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