Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary is all about the animals.Here they’re well cared for and can live their lives out in peaceful surroundings. Meanwhile, to give you a taste of the grand-reopening festivities … The many young children there will surely make the connection from here on.Īs WFS settles into its new digs, they plan on hosting events such as their annual Thanksliving benefit as well as private weddings (one of which is coming up shortly), but something everyone can do is visit and/or become a member.
It’s unlikely that all of the thousands of visitors to the September 5 event are devout vegans, but I’m sure that plenty of minds were changed after interacting with the gentle and very sociable animals.
As anyone in the vegan movement can attest, there can be moments despair as we ponder why so many otherwise reasonable people turn a blind eye to animal welfare - especially animals that wind up on the dinner plate. With hours to go, and lines of cars in both directions queuing to get in, I felt somewhat encouraged. Their mission, as they state, is “to provide shelter cows, pigs, chickens, turkeys, ducks, sheep, goats, and rabbits who have been rescued from cases of abuse, neglect, and abandonment.”īy the time I left, just two hours in, the event had already attracted thousands of visitors. Jenny (also the author of the book The Lucky Onesamong many other accomplishements) and the equally accomplished Doug, and their staff and volunteers deserve every ray of sun that shone down on them on this perfect late summer day.
Jenny Brown and her husband Doug Abel started the sanctuary in its original location in Woodstock several years ago. As a longtime fan of the sanctuary and its mission, I am beyond delighted that their new home is just 17 minutes (according to Google Maps!) from my own. And what a festive celebration it was! The sanctuary’s beautiful new facilities on 150 (normally peaceful) acres of pasture land and barns are a bucolic dream. Oh, and did I mention we have to date publicly for three weeks until after the Super Bowl because we signed a contract with.oops, forgot I can’t tell anyone about that!īottom line is, now my best friend is smudging all the lines and acting very un-platonic, and I’m just trying to keep my body from bursting into flames every time he touches me.On Saturday, September 5, 2015, Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuarycelebrated its grand reopening in High Falls New York. Our friendship is going swimmingly until I accidentally spill my beans to a reporter over too much tequila, and now the world seems to think me and Nathan belong together. (I’m not crying, I’m just peeling an onion.) Nothing but good old-fashioned, no-touching-the-sexiest-man-alive, platonic friendship for us! Everything is exactly how I like it! Yes. The first step is admitting, right? Except, I can never admit it to him because he clearly doesn’t see me that way, and the last thing I want is for things to get weird between us. Hi, my name is Bree Camden, and I’m hopelessly in love with my best friend and star quarterback Nathan Donelson (so is half of America, judging by the tabloids and how much the guy dates). Is it ever too late to leave the friend-zone?
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