Ellie Laks is the founder of The Gentle Barn, an animal sanctuary that rescues and rehabilitates severely abused and neglected farm animals. She lives outside of Los Angeles.
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Founder Ellie Laks started The Gentle Barn after adopting a sick goat from a run-down petting zoo in 1999. Some two hundred animals later (including chickens, horses, pigs, cows, rabbits, emus, and more), The Gentle Barn has become an extraordinary nonpro... SEE MORE