Farm Sanctuary president, CEO and co-founder Gene Baur has been a pioneer in animal welfare since the 1980s in raising awareness about the harmful treatment of animals in the factory farm industry.

Gene Baur carries a turkey to a Farm Sanctuary truck in the late '80s in western Maryland. Farm Sanctuary A turkey munches on a Thanksgiving meal at Farm Sanctuary in Watkins Glen, New York, in 2019.

Crystal Heath and Gene Baur. Heath is a veterinarian and the Executive Director of Our Honor, a non-profit that supports veterinarians and animal professionals who face bullying and retaliation ...

Gene Baur is president and cofounder of Farm Sanctuary, the world’s premier farm animal sanctuary and advocacy organization, and author of the books “Farm Sanctuary: Changing Hearts and Minds ...