Meet Rachel McCrystal of Woodstock Farm Sanctuary!
March 27, 2023
Hosted by Jane Velez-Mitchell
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Get involved with Woodstock Farm Sanctuary’s 2023 campaign to convince Tractor Supply to stop selling baby birds. There’s a petition you can sign at https://woodstocksanctuary.org. The sanctuary is also urging the NY State Fair Birthing Center to end the live birthing demos of dairy cows in 2023. 'The petition is at the bottom of this page: https://woodstocksanctuary.org/woodstock-blog/ourfaircoalition ' The Sanctuary is doing SO much, caring for more than 380 rescued farmed animals, providing tours, educating, offering a fabulous and elegant barn for overnight visitors. And, Woodstock’s Rachel McCrystal has a chapter in the thought-provoking new book on Effective Altruism called: The Good It Promises, the Harm It Does: Critical Essays on Effective Altruism, available here: https://amzn.to/3ndih1c We invite the NY State Fair, Tractor Supply or anyone from the animal agriculture industry on at any time. We would love to dialogue with you.
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Jane Velez-Mitchell
Jane Velez-Mitchell is the founder and editor of JaneUnChained.com, a digital news network focusing on animal rights and the vegan/compassionate lifestyle. Jane has won four Genesis Awards from the Humane Society for her reporting on animal issues. VegNews named her Media Maven of the Year in 2010. In 2013, Mercy for Animals awarded her their Compassionate Leadership Award. In 2014, Jane was honored for fighting animal abuse by the Animal Legal Defense Fund. In 2015, she received the Nanci Alexander Award at PETA's 35th anniversary. In 2017, she received Last Chance for Animals’ Sam Simon Award and Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary’s Woodstock Warrior award.
For six years, Jane hosted her own show on CNN Headline News, where she ran a weekly segment on animal issues. Before that, she reported for the nationally syndicated Warner Brothers/Telepictures show Celebrity Justice, where she did numerous stories on animal issues championed by celebrities, and was also a news anchor/reporter at KCAL-TV in Los Angeles and WCBS-TV in New York. Velez-Mitchell is a graduate of New York University and began her career with reporting stints in Ft. Myers, Florida, Minneapolis and Philadelphia.
Velez-Mitchell is the author of four books, including two New York Times bestsellers, and directed and produced the documentary Anita Velez: Dancing Through Life which won a Gracie award in 2001. She lives with her partner, Donna Dennison, and their 4 companion animals in Los Angeles.