WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. – After working with the Connecticut Department of Agriculture for several months and the Humane Society of the United States, today Farm Sanctuary, a national nonprofit dedicated to protecting farm animals from cruelty, announced that they will be bringing 12 of the original 70 goats who were rescued from deplorable conditions at a Cornwall cheese-making operation to sanctuary at their bucolic 175-acre New York Shelter in Watkins Glen.
“We’re thrilled to give these long-suffering goats the chance to live a happy life, free from the inherent stresses of agricultural production,” says Farm Sanctuary National Shelter Director Susie Coston. “Goats are very playful, social animals who are very similar to the cats and dogs we share our lives with. Here, they will be treated like the incredible individuals that they are, not as unfeeling commodities.”
The herd of 96 goats was housed at the department’s large-animal rehabilitation facility in Niantic after being seized in January from the Butterfield Farm Co. cheese-making operation, where most were found malnourished and suffering from various other conditions impacting their health.
To learn more about Farm Sanctuary, visit farmsanctuary.org.
