New Book on Farmed Animals

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May 1st, 2010

For Immediate Release

 

 

INNOVATIVE NEW BOOK GETS " UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL " WITH

AMERICA'S FARMED ANIMALS

Book Release Today, May 1st, 2010

 

 

" A rare and life-changing book. It evokes a sense of wonder, joy and awe,

and a recognition of how interwoven we are with all of life. " - John Robbins,

author of The New Good Life and Diet for a New America,

 

" Profoundly evocative and entirely to the point.. will leave readers

forever changed. " - Rory Freedman, #1 NY best selling author, Skinny Bitch

 

" If the eyes really are the window into the soul, this book surely has you

glimpsing the Beloved. " - Kathy Freston, author of Quantum Wellness

 

 

SANTA CRUZ, CA – Animal lovers, rescuers and caregivers provide a firsthand

glimpse into the lives of farmed animals in Ninety-Five: Meeting America's

Farmed Animals in Stories and Photographs, being released today, by publisher No

Voice Unheard. (Ninety-five is the average number of animals spared annually by

one person's vegan diet.)

 

Brimming with beautiful, full-color photographs, Ninety-Five [iSBN:

978-0-97283-875-7; 168 pages; $19.95] tells the captivating stories of farmed

animals living in sanctuaries and homes across the country. These animals reveal

themselves to be every bit as interesting, complicated, and charming as the dogs

and cats many of us already know. From Justice, the steer who broke out of a

truck on the way to the slaughterhouse and is now the self-appointed greeter at

the sanctuary where he lives, to bold and irrepressible Lucas, a pig desperately

infatuated with Petunia (the feeling isn't mutual, but that doesn't deter him),

to Amelia, the turkey anxious to share a hug with her photographer, their

stories are compelling, even amazing, and always moving.

 

" Most people have never had the chance to meet the animals we call `farm

animals,' and so are surprised to realize how personality-filled and emotionally

complex they are, " says Diane Leigh, No Voice Unheard Editor. " When they are

allowed to live in peace and comfort and be who they are, farmed animals form

deep relationships, have clear preferences about all aspects of their lives and

have feelings and memories. The stories in Ninety-Five convey this, simply and

obviously. "

 

Whether it is legislation regulating farming practices, initiatives

overwhelmingly passed by voters, undercover video footage from farms and

slaughterhouses revealing shocking cruelty, or discoveries of the environmental

impacts of raising animals for food, current headlines are filled with stories

about modern agricultural practices. More than ever before, Americans want to

know where their food comes from and how the animals who become food a treated.

Ninety-Five goes beyond these questions, showing us who these animals are when

they are allowed to live in peace and comfort.

 

No Voice Unheard is a non-profit, tax-exempt 501©(3) independent publisher

whose previous titles include One at a Time: A Week in an American Animal

Shelter, and Thought to Exist in the Wild: Awakening from the Nightmare of Zoos.

Ninety-Five: Meeting America's Farmed Animals in Stories and Photographs is now

available in retail bookstores everywhere, or may be ordered directly from the

publisher. " Early order " packages - with special pricing on Ninety-Five and the

publishers' other titles - are available on the No Voice Unheard website at

www.NoVoiceUnheard.org

 

For more information, contact:

 

Contact: Marilee Geyer

No Voice Unheard & #9702; P.O. Box 4171 & #9702; Santa Cruz, California 95063

Phone: (831) 440-9574 & #9702; Fax: (831) 479-3225

E-mail: marilee & #9702; Website: www.NoVoiceUnheard.org