April 21-22-Have fun and help animals

[Guest guest]

After participating in our Dallas March of Dimes educational leafleting on April

21, here's a fun way to round out a compassionate weekend.  Visit Black Beautry

Ranch on Sunday, April 22 (opened only twice a year).  See below for details. 

Or, go to

http://fundforanimals.org/ranch/whats_going_on/spring07_open_house.htm.  

Margaret

 

You're Invited to the Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch's Spring Open

House Jeanette Henderson, Texas artist, with her original oil painting " Mission

Espiritu Santo, " one of the works she will donate for the ranch's silent

auction.

 

Make your Earth Day memorable this year by spending the weekend of Saturday,

April 21 and/or Sunday, April 22, 2007, at Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch's

open house. Located in Murchison, Texas, just 95 miles east of Dallas and 25

miles west of Tyler, you can explore the sanctuary's surroundings, learn about

the behavior and care of the animal residents, bid on interesting items at the

silent auction, purchase specialty items honoring Earth Day, and even sponsor an

animal.

 

Black Beauty Ranch is the largest animal sanctuary in the country. Providing

husbandry, feeding, medical attention, and socialization for more than 1,300

animals is challenging and labor-intensive work, so all staff time is devoted to

providing this direct care. The ranch gates are opened to visitors only twice a

year in the spring and fall. Don't let this opportunity to see the ranch's

operations and all the animals pass you by!

 

Walking tours are available throughout Saturday and Sunday with no reservation

needed. You can schedule a bus tour in advance by emailing

blackbeautyinfo or calling (903) 469-3811. Bus tour times

will be 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., and 1:30 p.m. Please provide your

name, telephone number or email address; specify the tour day and time you

prefer; and indicate the number of people in your party. We will confirm your

reservation with a telephone call or email.

 

Something for Everyone...

 

The silent auction will feature unique items including original oil paintings by

Texas artist Jeanette Henderson, pottery by Pottersbrown, plane tickets on

Southwest Airlines, jewelry by Zeke and Marty, bird house art by Arbor Castle

Birdhouses, and animal photography by Walter Larrimore. We expect one item in

particular to generate a lot of interest: a weekend for four at Black Beauty

Ranch (two nights accommodation, meals, tours of the facilities)! You may bid on

silent auction items between 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. both days.

 

 See the animals at the Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch, including Boogey,

the zebra and Blue Boy, the nilgai. Both are safe and out of trophy hunters'

reach.

 

In honor of Earth Day, living plants which provide food and shelter for

wildlife, bird houses made from recycled plastics, and wire art sculptures made

in Kenya will be available for sale. The wire art is produced by the Africa

Network for Animal Welfare (ANAW), a Kenyan group working to protect animals in

East Africa. The wire actually comes from confiscated snare traps, devices which

poachers use to trap animals. In this way, the group takes the horrible traps

out of circulation and turns them into something positive, and profits from

sales generate income for the group.

 

Please consider visiting our “Sponsor an Animal at Black Beauty Ranch� tent

where you can select an animal to support. Monthly sponsorships help offset the

tremendous food and veterinary costs and provide top quality care for our animal

residents.  Sponsorships make great gifts and memorials, too.  Mother's day is

just around the corner!

 

The open house will be held, rain or shine, so please come visit and support the

ranch’s residents. Admission is free; donations are welcomed. No pets are

allowed on the grounds, so please leave your companion animals at home. Children

of all ages are welcome.