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It’s Time (Again) for Valentines from VINE

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Again this year, VINE Sanctuary staff, supporters, and volunteers will gather on February 14 to write cards and letters to imprisoned activists and to inmates who have become vegan while incarcerated. And again we invite you to join us, in person or virtually, as we send some sweetness to prisoners on Valentine’s Day.

If you . . . → Read More: It’s Time (Again) for Valentines from VINE

Heart Trouble

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Rosetta arrived at VINE in early 2012, one of a group of cows who barely survived starvation at a small Vermont farm where they had been exploited for “dairy” for at least ten years. By the time they were seized by authorities, one of their friends had starved to death. At VINE, Rosetta and her . . . → Read More: Heart Trouble

Bill and Lou, One Year Later

A year ago this week, the campaign to retire the oxen known as Bill and Lou to a sanctuary came to a crashing close as Green Mountain College announced that they had killed Lou. (Bill was given a temporary stay of execution but was required to remain at the campus where he had been worked . . . → Read More: Bill and Lou, One Year Later

For Fennel, Forever

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The staff of VINE Sanctuary invite our supporters to help us remember the cow called Fennel in a way that will be helpful to other animals. Please share your ideas! . . . → Read More: For Fennel, Forever

Pride Month Pledge Drive

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On a hot June night in 1969, LGBTQ folk said “no” to state repression, fighting back against a police raid of the Stonewall Inn. The ensuing uprising, led by drag queens and street kids, ushered in a new, more radical, era of activism against homophobia. While earlier efforts, such as those organized by the Mattachine . . . → Read More: Pride Month Pledge Drive

VINE Events this Week: Baltimore, NYC, Portland

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Previews of this week’s events in Baltimore, NYC, and Portland (OR) as well as events later in June in DC, Minneapolis, NYC, and Portland (ME). . . . → Read More: VINE Events this Week: Baltimore, NYC, Portland

Join the Kale Club!

Join the Kale Club!

“It’s kale time!!!”

Every morning, the chickens come running when they hear those words. Breakfast kale, yum!

Since their foraging yards are frozen, all of the birds appreciate the bright greens each morning. Just like us, chickens are more healthy when they eat their leafy greens. This is especially important for the birds from the . . . → Read More: Join the Kale Club!

Help Animals by Supporting Sanctuaries on “Giving Tuesday”

Today is “Giving Tuesday,” the anti-consumerist antidote to “Black Friday” and “Cyber Monday.” If you can afford to do so, please do show your support for VINE Sanctuary or any of the other equally deserving animal sanctuaries, shelters, and rescues that depend on donors to feed, house, and provide health care to animals who would . . . → Read More: Help Animals by Supporting Sanctuaries on “Giving Tuesday”

Memo to Green Mountain College President and Board of Trustees

VINE Sanctuary has secured space for Bill and Lou at a different sanctuary, thereby removing any impediment to their retirement posed by the antipathy of Green Mountain College to this particular sanctuary. . . . → Read More: Memo to Green Mountain College President and Board of Trustees

Kapparot Rescue 2012

In this video, viewers meet rescued Kapparot chickens, and VINE Sanctuary co-founder Miriam Jones discusses the experience of saving 29 baby birds from ritual torture. . . . → Read More: Kapparot Rescue 2012