Honor a Turkey
By Angie Smith

If you have ever wondered what the best way to stuff a turkey is, there is one special group of people that would say it is with squash, cranberries, and pumpkin pie, only there is one catch – that the dinner is for the birds!

Farm Sanctuary will hold its annual Thanksgiving feast for the turkeys this year at both of their shelter locations in Orland, CA and Watkins Glen, NY. Farm staff and volunteers prepare a wonderful buffet for the turkeys, honoring them with a feast rather than making them the main course.

In 1986 Gene and Lorri Bausten founded Farm Sanctuary after they discovered and rescued a living sheep abandoned on a stockyard “deadpile.” In that same year they began their annual Adopt-A-Turkey Project, which gives caring people the opportunity to adopt a turkey. With the one-time fee of $15, a person receives a bio and a picture of their bird. The project also helps to place turkeys in loving vegetarian homes.

You can learn more about Farm Sanctuary and their Adopt-A-Turkey Project by visiting, www.farmsanctuary.org or www.adoptaturkey.org.