Summary Of 7 Secrets Of The Animal Wildlife Sanctuary
In the article “7 secrets of the Animal Wildlife Sanctuary in Keenesburg” by Deb Stanley written on March 10, 2015, it explains the secrets of the sanctuary. Each secret has a very special meaning the way the wild life sanctuary works and how it is still running. The secrets are mostly stating facts about behind the scenes things that go on and to inform the public on how much work and time is really put into make it comfortable for the animals. Each animal is being rescued from circuses and zoos. A lot of the animals come from Peru. The first secret talks about how many animals are really there. There is more to the sanctuary then lions and bears. That is what they are mostly known for. There are wolves, mountain lions, leopards, one camel and many more. The second secret reveals how he gets the food to feed the
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animals. Walmart has partnered with the sanctuary to donate all the meat that isn’t used. They donate about 22,000 pounds of meat each week. That enough to feed all 350+ animals. The animals are on random feeding, so it is more like they are in their natural habit. The third secret talks about how there is no babies. They neuter all the males expect for the lions. Their beautiful manes will fall off if they were to get neuter, so they spay the females. The fourth secret is about how Pat the owner and founder of the wild life sanctuary touches the animals from time to time. Even though the visitors aren’t allowed too. The fifth secret is that there are unground tunnels for the bears and other animals that go into hibernation. Thera are about 100 to 120 den, and they all are have climate control. The sixth secret is when to go to the sanctuary. Pat says that the best time to go is during the summer in the evenings. You can watch the sunset and listen to the animals. The last and final secret talks about how much it actually costs for everything to run every year. The large animals each are about 8,000 a year to feed and house. The medium animals are about 6,000 and small animals are about 4,000, and there are about 350+ animals there. He likes to hold fundraisers and there are a lot of volunteers that are there to help out. The article covered a lot of information in just seven short secrets that not many known.
I think it showed people how much it really costs to do everything on a weekly and monthly bases. Pat tries really hard to keep the sanctuary up and running. The article did a good job staying on topic from its title and it stays organized to where the readers can understand that she is trying to get across. The article was writing to show how pat the owner really cares about his company and what he is doing to save these animals from the zoos and circuses. The secrets were very helpful. Even though I live in the community that the sanctuary is, I had no idea about some of these things that were said in the article. The author Deb Stanley writes the article to the audients of just the general public. I think it is for anyone that wants to know more about the way the place works. Or maybe school kids that are doing a research project on the sanctuary. The pictures that were in the article are relevant to the story that is being told. It has a picture for every one of the secrets that are listed. They go good with what they story has to say about
everything. Knowing that the Keenesburg is in a small town, and not many know where it is. It is good to get the article out into the public about how everything comes together out in the little town like here. The article covers a lot of information for the secrets being simple and short and to the point. I think the author taking time to write this article was good because one it will attract a lot more people, and two it will help people understand and donate more money to help the wild life. Knowing that the owner Pat counts on the community around him to keep his place up and running it awesome. This article was very useful to me because I had no idea that there was underground dens for the bears and other animals to hibernate during the winter. That just shows right there that the owner really wants to help the animals and it’s not just like a zoo. He cares for the animals, and wants to keep them like they are in their natural habitat. It amazes me that he partners up with Walmart to make this company happen. Without Walmart it would be almost impossible to keep that place up and running. Walmart has a very big part in helping keep this place able to be open to the public. All in all the article was a very good and helpful to me. It talked about many things that I had no idea that happened and that went on. Pat the owner works hard to keep his place running and a great place for the animals to live. It is also a great place to get in some community service hours. They always need the help and any donations possible. It crazy how the animals come all the way from Peru. That is a long way, and amazing how the little town of Keenesburg has animals across the world. And that there are many then 350+ animals in the sanctuary today, and it keeps growing every year.
animals. Walmart has partnered with the sanctuary to donate all the meat that isn’t used. They donate about 22,000 pounds of meat each week. That enough to feed all 350+ animals. The animals are on random feeding, so it is more like they are in their natural habit. The third secret talks about how there is no babies. They neuter all the males expect for the lions. Their beautiful manes will fall off if they were to get neuter, so they spay the females. The fourth secret is about how Pat the owner and founder of the wild life sanctuary touches the animals from time to time. Even though the visitors aren’t allowed too. The fifth secret is that there are unground tunnels for the bears and other animals that go into hibernation. Thera are about 100 to 120 den, and they all are have climate control. The sixth secret is when to go to the sanctuary. Pat says that the best time to go is during the summer in the evenings. You can watch the sunset and listen to the animals. The last and final secret talks about how much it actually costs for everything to run every year. The large animals each are about 8,000 a year to feed and house. The medium animals are about 6,000 and small animals are about 4,000, and there are about 350+ animals there. He likes to hold fundraisers and there are a lot of volunteers that are there to help out. The article covered a lot of information in just seven short secrets that not many known.
I think it showed people how much it really costs to do everything on a weekly and monthly bases. Pat tries really hard to keep the sanctuary up and running. The article did a good job staying on topic from its title and it stays organized to where the readers can understand that she is trying to get across. The article was writing to show how pat the owner really cares about his company and what he is doing to save these animals from the zoos and circuses. The secrets were very helpful. Even though I live in the community that the sanctuary is, I had no idea about some of these things that were said in the article. The author Deb Stanley writes the article to the audients of just the general public. I think it is for anyone that wants to know more about the way the place works. Or maybe school kids that are doing a research project on the sanctuary. The pictures that were in the article are relevant to the story that is being told. It has a picture for every one of the secrets that are listed. They go good with what they story has to say about
everything. Knowing that the Keenesburg is in a small town, and not many know where it is. It is good to get the article out into the public about how everything comes together out in the little town like here. The article covers a lot of information for the secrets being simple and short and to the point. I think the author taking time to write this article was good because one it will attract a lot more people, and two it will help people understand and donate more money to help the wild life. Knowing that the owner Pat counts on the community around him to keep his place up and running it awesome. This article was very useful to me because I had no idea that there was underground dens for the bears and other animals to hibernate during the winter. That just shows right there that the owner really wants to help the animals and it’s not just like a zoo. He cares for the animals, and wants to keep them like they are in their natural habitat. It amazes me that he partners up with Walmart to make this company happen. Without Walmart it would be almost impossible to keep that place up and running. Walmart has a very big part in helping keep this place able to be open to the public. All in all the article was a very good and helpful to me. It talked about many things that I had no idea that happened and that went on. Pat the owner works hard to keep his place running and a great place for the animals to live. It is also a great place to get in some community service hours. They always need the help and any donations possible. It crazy how the animals come all the way from Peru. That is a long way, and amazing how the little town of Keenesburg has animals across the world. And that there are many then 350+ animals in the sanctuary today, and it keeps growing every year.