Helga Tacreiter is the founder of The Cow Sanctuary in New Jersey, which she founded in 1988. She stopped eating animals in 1973, and her work with cows on a dairy farm helped her realize how important it was to go vegan. Over almost four decades, she has taken in many animals so that they’d be free to enjoy their lives naturally and peacefully. Currently, her sanctuary is home to cows, emus, horses, goats, pigs, ducks, geese, and other animals, many of whom were rescued from situations involving cruelty and neglect.