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2017 at VINE Sanctuary

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VINE Sanctuary will be closing out 2017 with the greatest number of nonhuman animals ever in residence, having organized a greater variety of educational events than ever before. Here are some highlights of the year…

Sanctuary Happenings

We will close out the year with more than 600 animals in residence at . . . → Read More: 2017 at VINE Sanctuary

2016 at VINE Sanctuary

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613 animals… 30+ events… a mother-calf reunion… summer campers… hypnotic goats… up-cycling… the arrival of alpacas… and so much more in our review of a year at the sanctuary. . . . → Read More: 2016 at VINE Sanctuary

Best Blog Posts of 2015

Our top blog posts this year included a couple of perennial favorites along with several new “VINE classics.” Check out the lists to make sure you didn’t miss anything! . . . → Read More: Best Blog Posts of 2015

2015 in Review

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Blake began the year in a bad way. A survivor of dairying who is among the eldest female cows at the sanctuary, Blake went down and couldn’t get back up —a potential death sentence for cows— on one of the most frigid early days of 2015.

We were all so worried, but we knew what . . . → Read More: 2015 in Review

A Year at VINE Sanctuary

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We bring the year to a close with 510 animals in residence here at the sanctuary. Off-site, we organized or participated in 39 events. Here’s a month-by-month look back at 2014…

On January 3rd, it was warmer at the North Pole than at VINE Sanctuary. The temperature vacillated treacherously throughout the month, turning . . . → Read More: A Year at VINE Sanctuary

Report from Abroad

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“Kind of a long shot.” That was the subject line of an email message from Barcelona, wondering whether I could come to speak at a conference to be organized by an ad-hoc coalition of radical animal liberation activists. I wrote back to say that I’d be delighted to participate but could not countenance the ecological . . . → Read More: Report from Abroad

Strategic Thinking for Animal Liberation

This weekend, we will be participating in the Animal Systems Conference. Since we have long called for more strategic thinking and more attention to the interwoven social, economic, and material systems in which animal exploitation occurs, we are excited to participate in this meeting. Besides speaking and listening to other speakers, we’ll be staffing a . . . → Read More: Strategic Thinking for Animal Liberation

VINE 2012 Activity Report

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VINE was busy in 2012! Here’s the summary of our activities last year. If you appreciate this work, please do show your support with a contribution toward our 2013 expenses.

New Sanctuary Residents

In 2012, VINE Sanctuary welcomed 49 hens, 28 roosters, 15 pigeons, 11 cows, 6 sheep, 5 ducks, 2 doves, and 2 emus, . . . → Read More: VINE 2012 Activity Report

On the Road to Concord (A Report from New Hampshire)

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On Tuesday, January 15, two VINE staffers, one VINE volunteer, and one friend of the sanctuary traveled to New Hampshire to attend the hearing on HB110. It was a sometimes surreal journey to a land where meat producers argue for animal protection legislation that animal advocates oppose. We call this report “On the Road to . . . → Read More: On the Road to Concord (A Report from New Hampshire)

Conklin Dairy and the 1989 Montreal Massacre: Or, Your Daddy Said I Took It Just a Little Too Far

In the wake of the BP oil spill comes some of the most shocking footage yet of what goes on inside Department of Agriculture-approved dairy farms, thanks to Mercy for Animals and the undercover footage they took at Conklin Farm in Ohio. I say “shocking” because most of us haven’t seen these things with our . . . → Read More: Conklin Dairy and the 1989 Montreal Massacre: Or, Your Daddy Said I Took It Just a Little Too Far