Tornadoes in Oklahoma impact Marion County Florida too….

The Oklahoma tornado has devastated so many lives and families in Oklahoma, but the ripple effect carries across the country – to both humans and animals. Marion County is no exception; The recently relocated wild animal sanctuary, Forest Animal Rescue, is one example.   After relocating 138 wild animals to the Ocala National Forest a …

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We are always amazed by our dedicated volunteers!

We had a Fantastic weekend; our fundraiser at Cactus Jack’s on Saturday, May 18 went very well and we met lots of future volunteers too! The next day, we had 20 people show up to help out, both regular volunteers and lots of new ones! They worked in the heat of the day and right …

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In Loving Memory

Tom Tracy, one of our local volunteers and good friend passed away last night. Many of our volunteers will remember him as one of our volunteer photographers, always walking around with a camera around his neck and looking for anything he could do to help out. Tom passed away from natural causes last night, May …

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The move went smoothly, Marion County is welcoming, but we have had some other problems…

The animals are all at the new location, safe and sound. We had 4 weeks to run back and forth to take down fencing and caging material before the new owners took possession. In the end, we wound up short of help and ran out of time…. It seems a shame that with as many …

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