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Protected: Farmed Animals In Research: What Can Sanctuaries Do?

This mini-resource looks at farmed animal species in laboratory settings and how sanctuaries can find them homes.
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Don’t Eat That! Preventing Foreign Body Ingestion At Your Animal Sanctuary

Ingesting non-food items can cause your residents serious harm!
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How The Open Sanctuary Project Measures Our Impact

Want to learn about how The Open Sanctuary Project's work impacts the rescue, sanctuary, and advocacy communities' work and beyond? Read on!
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