Over the course of the past few years, we have taken in numerous animal rescues.
From kinkajous, alpacas, cats, macaws, and everything in-between, we have devoted our time and energy into the recovery of these animals and providing them a forever home where they live to be happy and healthy in environments that are as close to their natural habitat as possible. In return these animal help us educate the public about their demise in the wild and in the pet trade, as well as how to properly care for them if they do find themselves with one of these animals.
In the past few months, we've invested thousands of dollars into building a habitat for our kinkajou, Zaboo, who was seized from a horrible situation by authorities and brought to us. We are now working on building a home for a new kinkajou, Cleo, who was an owner surrender, two bengal cats we took in, and additional thousands for the vet bills for all of the rescues, the list goes on and on.
As we kickstart our 501c3 rescue, we are using this fundraiser to assist with the current rescues' care until we have assessed long term fund raising options.
Last Friday we received a call from our vet at 11:00AM, a two day old baby cow that was in critical condition came into their possession and they needed to take it somewhere to administer the medication required for the little guy to live, the only place they could think of was our farm.
Over the course of the few hours that the vet was at the farm, the conversation changed from "Where should we take this guy?" to "Will you take him?" Understanding that he needed medication every 6 hours, frequent bottle feedings, and lots of love, we knew we were the best chance he had at living. While we love our Chuck Norris SO much, he is an expensive little guy.
Between the cost of his shelter, fencing, vet care, etc. we are looking at thousands of dollars to make sure he gets the best chance at life and can go on to be an ambassador for the bovine species.
Although the "farm" portion of Goat Daddy's Farm is self sustaining, meaning it pays for itself, the rescue portion comes directly out of our pockets. Until we have our non-profit completed, the funds from things like our goat yoga classes, agriculture classes, and farm tours all go to the rescues instead of back into the farming operation.
The long term future of Goat Daddy's Farm will center around humane pork and dairy production, public education on how to properly care for livestock, and where we can, providing a home for exotic or unusual animals that otherwise do not have a place to call home.
We are forever thankful to our Goat Daddy's Farm Community and how far we have come thus far. The sky is the limit and with your help we hope to make the lives of some less fortunate animals a little brighter.