Thanksgiving at Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary
Meeting animal residents at farm sanctuaries was life-changing for Greg and me, providing the critical impetus for us to become vegetarian and ultimately vegan. Two sanctuaries in particular played prominent roles in our lives – first Animal Place when we lived in Northern California, and then Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary after we moved to the…
Read MoreRescues #13-17: Our Virginia Animals (Part 2 of 2)
Following is a compilation of posts from the Greg Fund Facebook page, October 25-28, 2017. #13 and 14 – Qingling (born March 2009) and Meiling (born June 2009). From 2009 through 2015, I volunteered with the SPCA of Northern Virginia (SPCA NoVa). When Greg and I lost our “California cats” to old age diseases…
Read MoreRescues #8-12: Our Virginia Animals (part 1 of 2)
Following is a compilation of posts from the Greg Fund Facebook page, October 18-24, 2017. #8 – Francesca (c.1990-January 2008). Greg and I found Francesca in the spring of 2002, shortly after we moved to the Washington DC area. She was sitting calmly on the front steps of a large house near the Bethesda,…
Read MoreMiracle at Animal Place – Spared from the Atlas Fires
I spent October 1-5 at Animal Place in northern California, as part of a gathering of Food for Thought program team members from across North America. Our group’s five-day agenda included strategy meetings as well as volunteering with the 300 pigs, cows, rabbits, sheep, goats, chickens, turkeys and other animals now resident at the primary Animal Place sanctuary in…
Read MoreRescues #1-7 – Our California Animals
Following is a compilation of posts from the Greg Fund Facebook page, October 11-16, 2017. #1 – Sticky (1985-2004). So named because she was clingy with people she liked, Sticky became Greg’s and my first companion animal, a few weeks after our October 1992 wedding. Sticky had been living with other members of Greg’s…
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