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Farm Sanctuary

Watkins Glen, NY
607-583-2225
4.5 of 5 stars 18 Reviews
Type: Farms
Description: This farm offers sanctuary and a home for abused farm animals, and helps to educate Americans about treating animals with respect and compassion.
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Rochester, NY
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5 reviews 5 reviews
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2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
1 of 5 stars Reviewed May 10, 2012
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Don't think this is a little trip to the farm with your kids! First the staff tries to persuade you to become vegetarian by showing you pictures and a video of the horrors of the meat industry. Then you get to visit the pigs without legs or the ducks without beaks...enough said. More

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Bath, New York
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed May 8, 2012

It's good for little guys if your family eats meat... but your older kids may boycott meat for a while after the video they show at the beginning of the tour, damage control may be necessary. It's still a neat place to visit. More

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Corning, New York, United States
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6 reviews 6 reviews
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed February 29, 2012

it is a good place to takeur kids on a boring day when u have nothing to do More

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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8 reviews 8 reviews
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3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed February 20, 2012
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Although it was mostly down for the winter, my 12 year old animal rights activist vegan daughter and I visited the Sanctuary today and were given a tour by a staff member in anticipation of an event we're planning in the future. There is a "Peoples Barn" educational center, and there are regularly scheduled tours in the warmer seasons. There... More

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Hartford, Connecticut
2 reviews
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed December 23, 2011
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I have been a Farm Sanctuary supporter for years, and for our wine country visit in 2008, my husband and I decided to stay in the cabins and have the private tour. We found the staff to be welcoming and very pleasant, even though we were there during the final weekend that the rentals were offered before closing for the... More

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Ossining, New York
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6 reviews 6 reviews
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4 helpful votes 4 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed September 4, 2011
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I'd love to come back as an animal in the sanctuary, there is nothing that they want for. It was a wonderful and eye opening experience to know the cruelty these animals face. It is wonderful to learn that these animals are so docile and friendly. On the tour you are taken into these animals' pens and able to interact... More

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Mississauga, Canada
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed August 24, 2011
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My fiancé and I visited Farm Sanctuary during our stay in Watkins Glen and we had an incredible experience there. It is so amazing that such an organization exists and the farm is a beautiful place for the animals to live. I was so happy to meet these "ambassadors" for the billions of animals that suffer the cruelty of factory... More

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Fairfield, CT
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed August 22, 2011
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Took my 17-year-old son and my friend brought her 16-year-old daughter. The staff and and interns are great, the site is bigger than I thought--the 25 years of work for animal rights are inspiring. More

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Cambridge, Ohio
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30 helpful votes 30 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed August 17, 2011
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I visited here for their annual Thanksgiving for the Turkeys event and that was my first visit of many more to come, I hope. It's a beautiful farm with a caring staff and peaceful, wonderful animals who you can get close to and simply share the moment. Until you've sat in the grass with a cow or hand fed a... More

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Fort Myers, Florida
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed July 31, 2011
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This well kept---large acre "farm" and barns is in beautiful countryside near NY Finger Lakes region. A GPS would help to get to the rural location. The main recept area is a large visitor friendly barn with a great gift shop (Vegans will find T-Shirts etc). After a short video> a very friendly tour guide (tours on the hour)> will... More

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