My Nonprofit Reviews

I live in Sydney Australia, and in 2009 I had the fortunate opprotunity to visit Colorado 3 times. Before leaving I was searching for something and to be honest I now have no idea what it was, when i found the link to the Animal Sanctuary. Well I guess you could say there went the next 2 or so days of any work being done as my 14 year old son and I trawled through the site and watched every video and read every story. That was the begining of our love for this amazing facility and the incredibly passionate family of staff and volunteers who make it possible. Of course as I was visitng Colorado there was no way I could not go and see for myself if this place was as great as it sounded. Well it was and more so, I had sent Pat Craig an email to let him know that I was hoping to visit and learn more about the Sanctuary to which he kindly replied. That afternoon this incredibly busy man gave up 3 hours of his time to show and explain the facility, I was hooked and needed to let everyone know that this place needed financial assistance to continue its amazing work and unfortunately this is a need that is not going to cease in the too near future. I adopted Nadia (Grizzly) and Hamilton (Tiger) there on the spot. In the 10 days I was in Colorado that trip I had 3 visits to the Sanctuary to sit and take it all in and not to mention lots of great photos to bring home. Two months later it was October and I and my 13 year old daughter and 14 year old son who has Aspergers Syndrome returned to the Sanctuary with a truck load of Apples and a big surprise was in store for us. My Son was able to meet with Pat and his son Casey who gave selflessly of their valuable time to spend with us and the animals, sharing stories and answering questions from my son who had absorbed all the information he had learnt from researching on the web about the Sanctuary and these amazing animals. We have now visited The Rocky Mountain Wildlife Conservation Centre 6 times and to see the work that these people do and the love and passion that they have for their work is amazing. Pat and his crew do this not for the money as there is none, nor for the praise of others. They do it for the animals that they have rescued and the ones that are still to be rescued who are living in terrible conditions somewhere. Noone can visit either the Sanctuary itself or the website without shedding a tear or feeling sadness and happiness at the same time for the lives that these animals have had and are now enjoying at last. Pat has a motto that I have here on my computer everyday and urge everyone to think about; 'Saving one animal may not change the world, but for that one animal the world changes forever!!!' have a think about it.

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