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Eastern Shore Sanctuary relocation and website renovation
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Eastern Shore Sanctuary
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May 28, 2009 19:43 PDT
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On 28 May 2001, 24 multicolored roosters flew into the year-old Eastern
Shore Sanctuary, setting off a chain of events that would lead
Sanctuary cofounder pattrice jones to devise a method of rehabilitating
roosters used in cockfighting and to begin thinking about the role of
gender in animal abuse.
On 28 May 2009, the Eastern Shore Sanctuary announces a major move with
its roots in that colorful day so many years ago. In mid-June, the main
site of the sanctuary will relocate from our small plot in poultry
country to a larger site in dairy country. This move will allow us
sustainably expand our operations while still staying true to our
original purpose. More to the point of this story, this move will allow
us to expand our rooster rehabilitation project, continue to work on
the gendered exploitation of hens for eggs, and extend our work on
gendered exploitation of animals to include dairy.
Full announcement, with links, here:
http://blog.bravebirds.org/archives/32
Although we are relocating the main sanctuary site, we will not have
“flown the coop” on the Eastern Shore. In addition to continuing to
work for agriculture reform on the Delmarva and other regions despoiled
by factory farming, we will maintain a presence on the Eastern Shore in
order to ensure that any “broiler” chicken who escapes the clutches of
the local poultry industry will be taken to sanctuary.
We know that our allies and supporters will have a lot of questions
about this move. Hop over to our main website for the FAQs about the
move. Stick around to explore our renovated website, which is
jam-packed with new essays and fresh links.
FAQs about the move here:
http://sanctuary.bravebirds.org/faqs-about-our-move/
Moves cost money. While we won’t be building the birds a deluxe
apartment in the sky, we will be fencing off fresh foraging yards and
constructing “green” coops. If you value the work we’ve done over the
past nine years and join us in looking forward to the work we will do
from our new location, please chip in to help us pay for the passive
solar heating system in those new coops and other costs of expansion
and relocation.
Donate here:
http://sanctuary.bravebirds.org/feed-the-birds
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