
{"id":26960,"date":"2012-07-12T10:26:04","date_gmt":"2012-07-12T14:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=26960"},"modified":"2012-07-12T10:26:04","modified_gmt":"2012-07-12T14:26:04","slug":"seeking-refuge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2012\/07\/12\/seeking-refuge\/","title":{"rendered":"Seeking refuge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_26961\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26961\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/2012\/07\/12\/seeking-refuge\/farmrefuge\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-26961\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/FarmRefuge.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"FarmRefuge\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26961\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/FarmRefuge.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/FarmRefuge-113x75.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/FarmRefuge-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/FarmRefuge-100x66.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/FarmRefuge-360x239.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26961\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Piedmont Farm Animal Refuge founder Lenore Braford connects with a sheep at Farm Sanctuary in upstate New York, where she interned to gain practical skills for running a local refuge. Photo by Paul Drake<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<strong>By Rose Laudicina<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Staff Writer<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Located in Pittsboro off N.C. 87 are just under 16 acres soon to be dedicated to rescuing farm animals.  <\/p>\n<p>The place is called the Piedmont Farm Animal Refuge, and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Lenore Braford\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s way of fostering her love of animals, educating the public about the harms of factory farming and providing support for those who want to know more about where their food comes from and the vegan lifestyle. Braford hopes to open the refuge within the next month. <\/p>\n<p>The Piedmont Farm Animal Refuge will be a sanctuary where rescued farm animals will come to live out the rest of their lives and the public can come for education. <\/p>\n<p>While the organization\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s name \u00e2\u20ac\u201c including the words \u00e2\u20ac\u0153farm animal\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u201c might confuse people to think it includes horses, the animals there will primarily be those in factory farms that are eaten, like chickens. Due to space limitations, larger animals will be limited.  <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We probably won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be rescuing horses,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We have a limited ability to take larger animals because of space.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We are probably going to fill up very quickly because we do not have that much land,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Braford added. <\/p>\n<p>At this point the refuge consists of nothing but space, as there are no animals yet on the 16-acre farm. <\/p>\n<p>To fill the refuge, Braford hopes to receive animals from a variety of places such as the animal shelter and factory farms or stockyards. <\/p>\n<p>Braford anticipates getting animals typically referred to as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153downed animals\u00e2\u20ac\u009d from factory farms and stockyards. A downed animal is a farm animal that lives in a stockyard and has something physically wrong with it. Typically, these animals are seen by the industry as costing more then they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re worth and are killed, when often they just need simple medical care to get back to good health, Braford said. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I have always had a love for animals, and once I kind of learned about factory farming and what farm animals go through, I knew I wanted to be involved in something like this,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Braford said. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Her own refuge<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To get involved with a farm-animal rescue organization, Braford realized she would have to start one herself. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I started thinking about doing something like this four years ago,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Braford said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153There really isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t anything around here like this.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Although she did not study agriculture \u00e2\u20ac\u201c instead graduating from Oberlin College with a degree in environmental studies \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Braford begin doing internships at animal sanctuaries and wildlife rehab centers to understand how they operate in preparation for opening her own refuge.<\/p>\n<p>Through an internship at the Carolina Tiger Rescue, where she currently works, Braford learned about how nonprofits run. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153There are a lot of people here who have supported me and are my mentors here,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Braford said of Carolina Tiger Rescue. <\/p>\n<p>While Carolina Tiger Rescue was able to teach her about running a nonprofit, she knew she wanted \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and needed \u00e2\u20ac\u201c to learn more about running a sanctuary specific to farm animals, and to do that she went to upstate New York. <\/p>\n<p>Farm Sanctuary New York is 175 acres where hundreds of animals, from cows to pigs to chickens, are cared for while thousands of visitors a year come to be educated about the animals\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 lives and factory farming. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I went there to learn as much as I could about caring for farm animals,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Braford said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The director, Susie Coston, is an amazing wealth of knowledge, so when I was there I was just trying to suck in as much information from her as I could.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153There is so much to know, and I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know everything yet.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>In the future, once the refuge is filled with animals, Braford hopes to have an on-site kitchen to host food events and vegan cooking classes to help people understand the connections between their food and the source. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We want to make connections for people,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Braford said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I see in our culture a lot of ignorance about food. \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 We don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know a bunch about what happens behind the scenes.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/p>\n<p>While prepping for the refuge to open, Braford and her all-volunteer board is hosting fundraisers and trying to get information out through their Facebook page, facebook.com\/PiedmontFarmAnimalRefuge <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We are all about rescuing animals, educating about what factory farms are like and all about vegan food.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Located in Pittsboro off N.C. 87 are just under 16 acres soon to be dedicated to rescuing farm animals.  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