From Catherine Ens, veteran Niagara, Ontario animal activist and founding member of the non-profit Niagara Action for Animals
Niagara Action for Animals (NAfA) will once again host the Niagara Walk for Farm Animals. Last October we raised over $8,000 for Farm Sanctuary. We hope that we can encourage some Niagara-at-Large folks to to donate, or indeed, register to walk!
Farm Sanctuary is the largest farm-animal shelter in North America.
Farm Sanctuary operates three sanctuaries and runs the largest farm-animal rescue and refuge network across North America. Over the years, more than 8,000 animals have called Farm Sanctuary home, and they have found safe and loving placement for nearly 3,000 more. The animals who come to their sanctuaries have been rescued from factory farms, stockyards, natural disasters, and abuse & neglect cases. When you Walk, the donations you raise help us rescue, feed, administer urgent care, and provide permanent homes for farm animals!
Most people don’t realize that laws to protect farm animals do little to protect them from cruelty while they are housed on a farm or during transport to slaughter. Factory farms—which raise and slaughter billions of farm animals each year—view animals as cheap commodities rather than as individuals with their own needs and feelings. The cruelty inflicted by factory farms on these helpless animals is unconscionably brutal and would be considered a felony if cats or dogs were the victims. When you Walk, the donations you raise help to educate the public about these egregious abuses and support legislation to end them.
The money raised through the Niagara Walk for Farm Animals, funds Farm Sanctuary’s rescue, sanctuary, legislative advocacy, and education efforts. I know October seems a long way away, but it will be upon us before we know it. We hope you will join us in this very worthwhile cause!
You can find out more about the walk by visiting: http://walkforfarmanimals.org/
To donate to the Niagara walk:
http://events.walkforfarmanimals.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=16064
To register for the walk: https://events.walkforfarmanimals.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=register.start&eventID=658
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