Let’s learn about animals together while boosting our own brains! For this special choose-your-own-book meeting of the VINE Book Club, you can read as much or as little of any book about animals. It could be a book about a certain kind of animal or group of animals, or it could be a book about
Governing Bodies: A Memoir, a Confluence, a Watershed is a beautifully rendered memoir of family, legacy, conservation, the natural world, and those who inhabit it. A longtime friend of the sanctuary and a former editor of Satya Magazine, Sangamithra Iyer will join us to discuss the many questions raised by this book about the ways
In The Tortoise’s Tale, a century of American history unfolds through the eyes of a giant tortoise with a heightened awareness for live music, the location of edible flowers, and the nuances of human behavior. On February 22nd at 3PM EST, join members of the VINE Book Club to discuss this fascinating new novel with
We’ve just published our 2025 activity report! This year, we published a new book, delivered humane education lessons to more classrooms than ever before, organized dozens of instructive and inspiring events for activists, and spread the truth about roosters far and wide, all while caring for hundred of animals on-site at VINE Sanctuary! Read all
To participate in the VINE Book Club Book Pile Challenge, all you have to do is pick up a book you’ve been meaning to read and START reading it. It could be something you need to read soon. It could be something you’ve been wanting to read for a long time, but haven’t given yourself
Spending the holiday with non-vegan friends and family? Get moral support, empathy, and expert advice on “Talking Turkey” at our Virtual Vegan Meet-Up!
Little Red Barns: From Farm to Fable is the record of a harrowing journey that took investigative journalist Will Potter from factory farms to international climate summits, from Congressional hearings to neo-Nazi fascist groups. As Potter uncovers the frightening truth about animal agriculture’s role in accelerating climate collapse, he shows how the authoritarian measures being
2025: The Year of Topsy vividly tells the life story of the Asian-born elephant called Topsy, who was electrocuted to death on Coney Island, New York, in 1903. Fully illustrated with archive newspapers,contemporary photographs, illustrations, and ephemera, this book by legendary animal advocate Kim Stallwood also features the lives of many other notable captured elephants who
Vermont Public aired a piece about VINE Sanctuary’s work with roosters today! You can listen to it here. The page includes an article with different information. That’s worth reading, but don’t skip the recording, which goes into greater detail about roosters rescued from cockfighting and the harmful impact of the gender stereotypes about them.
As we celebrate our 25th anniversary, we’re recognizing and assessing the impact of our work. From the start, cofounders Miriam Jones and pattrice jones recognized an obligation to both share the stories of animals at the sanctuary and share insights and ideas arising from interactions with and among sanctuary residents. And so, in addition to