Six Canadian Rescues that welcome visitors

[Catherine]

I have only ever heard of one of these rescues. Everyone around here knows about Esther the Wonder Pig and the Happily Ever Esther sanctuary. The other sanctuaries are less well known, but clearly doing much needed rescue work. Letting the public in helps them with their work and provides good publicity.


https://o.canada.com/travel/6-canadian-s...e-visitors

I was surprized to learn that we have a Wold Dog Sanctuary. I understand the Wolf Dog problem is fall out from Game Of Thrones the way numerous unwanted chihuahuas were the result of the movie Beverly Hills Chihuahua. People see it in a movie or on TV and they want one.

Of course we need a chimp sanctuary. There are still retired research animals around that need good care. I am just glad to hear that they have a privately run sanctuary to care for them. I wouldn't want these animals in a facility run by the  people who used them as lab animals in the first place.

The donkey sanctuary is also a surprize. I did not know we had a significant donkey population in Canada. It is not an animal I have ever seen around.

It is good to know there are two farm animal sanctuaries. Certainly we need them.

I know of other sanctuaries, but these ones make a point of being open to the public. Since we continue to use animals we will always need sanctuaries to care for animals  that some humans have failed to care for.
If being open to the public gets someone to rethink the idea of a wolf dog as a pet, then they have done a good thing for the wolf dogs.