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Lazy Acre Farm is a. sanctuary
for many species of animals
by Sue Ann Ellis
ALLENFORD--A barrage of
animal sounds assault the ears as
one enters the premises of the
unassuming farm. It winding
laneway leads through a small
bush and eventually to several
. buildings and cages of all sizes.
.The cages look empty but unfam-
iliar sounds coming from them
suggest otherwise.
Welcome to Lazy Acre Farm.
It's home to skunks, porcupines,
birds of prey of all kinds, Ben. the
bear, Tequila the cougar, Freddie
the Llama, Stanley the bobcat,
Grace and Dan the ostriches, .
hedgehogs, peacocks, pygmie
goats, wild boars...the list could go
on. It would take forever to name
the many species of animals at
this wildlife sanctuary.
The people who run it are dedi-
cated to the animals they call their
family. They may have as many
as 200 at one time and a lot of
these are permanent residents.
Animal lovers extraordinary
Dieter vonRichter and Anne
Goodwin run a 200 -acre farm just
outside of Allenford. They work
with sick and injured. animals as
they believe in the. rehabilitation
of wildlife.
Many of the animals have names
and each is unique in .their person-
ality...some more shy than„others
and some warm to strangers more
Ulan others.
Lazy Acre Farm as it is today
began 2Q years ago with
vonRichter, his concern for ani •
-
mals and a blue heron. It grew •
from there.
"The animals here are like a big
f• it .We've Trown attached to
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If I could talk to the animals - Dieter vonRichter visits with
Freddie the llama. (Sue Ann Ellis photo)
there,” saidvonRichter.
The animals come to them
through various sources. The
Ministry of Natural Resources
(MNR) refers people to Lazy Acre
and brings injured animals they
find on a regular basis.
vonRichter has been sanctioned
by the MNR for 20 years but he is
responsible for the feeding and
lodging of his rare.collection of
pets.
Tequila the cougar has been at Lazy Acre Farm for three years.
Here he says hello to Anne Goodwin. (Sue Ann Ellis photo)
Not all the animals here were
injured at one time. Some were
destined for fur coats or were to
be destroyed because there was
nowhere for them to go.
The money for feeding, housing
and medical care for these animals
comes out of their own pockets,
said Goodwin.
"It's called belief in what you
are doing."
Donations from people help to
keep the expenses down.
"A grocery store in Sauble
• Beach gives us their leftover fruits
and vegetables. In the summer we
get up to three, crates a day." '
The Ministry of Transportation
also brings road kill to the farm to
feed the animals.
Caring for and feeding the ani-
mals is a full-time job for both
vonRichter and Goodwin and their
livelihood comes from the sale of
alternative livestock like ostrich,
rhea and llama, and horseback
riding. About 30 horses give rides
seven days a week in the summer.
They also are a farm vacation
facility with a small cottage on the
premises to house visitors.'Breed-
ing, breaking and selling. horses
helps offset some of the costs as
well.
But the animals at Lazy Acre
Farm are more than a way of
living_oit_the_saa tetg� •
"You .grow attached to the ani-
mals. What hurts the most is to
get an animal, nurse it and feed it.
You are looking forward to. setting
it free...then it dies. That's hard."
Eighty per cent of the animals
that are brought to Lazy Acre are
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