| The latest news at Wild Burro Rescue From Diana Chontos, President / founder |
Dear Friend,
All of us here at the Wild Burro Rescue are sending Seasons Greetings.
It may have come as a surprise to you that we have snow. Yes, we are in
Southern California and we have very cold weather. The temperature can drop
to 10 degrees and the wind gusts can reach up to100 miles per hour. It’s cold!
We are asking you to help us purchase shelters for our burros. We need at least
seven 24 by 24 foot shelters. They are made of metal to make them fireproof,
termite-proof and burro-proof (burros do not like to chew on metal!) Without
shelters, snow falls on the burros. The sun melts the snow and their fur gets
really wet. Their fur will freeze and make them shiver. There is no way for the
burros to dry. We would like to give each burro a blanket but the problem is
many do not like to wear a blanket and they work hard to remove it. The older
and weak ones suffer the most and most of our burros here are old. In the wild,
the burros can move to places that are protected from the cold wind and snow.
In our Sanctuary they cannot leave the corrals to find such a place. This is why
the shelters are so important to have. Shelters protect them from the snow,
rain, and wind and in the summer it provides shade. Each shelter costs around
$5,000.00. This includes the grading and the digging and cementing of the
foundation.
We are counting on our friends and supporters to help the burros to live in a safe
place.
We do not have any financial reserves. Many times we are so financially broke
that we are unable to pay for the hay and we have to ask the feed store to give
us hay on credit until we get some donations from our friends. The same goes
for the Veterinary Hospital.
The two things, of which we have a lot of at the Wild Burro Rescue are love and
compassion. Please come and visit us, you can spend your vacation with us
hugging and kissing burros. We promise, you will have a great time.
Your donation will help the burros. We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable
organization. Without your help we will be unable to continue, but we have to
continue. Our burros have no other place to go. Who likes to take care of wild
burros, besides Wild Burro Rescue?
You may be wondering about the progress of our well. We drilled and found
water on our property. We still have to use our truck to move the water from
the well to all our animals. The round trip to the well used to be 12 miles on a
bumpy desert road, now it is much shorter and it takes much less time. This
gives us more time to spend with the animals. Now we have to raise funds to
build a pipe system to pump the water to all the corrals and to our house. We
are happy that we’ve come this far. We know we can count on you to reach our
essential goals.
There is one more way you can help. We need to spread the word that Wild
Burro Rescue is in existence and let the world know about the great work we
are doing. Send your friends an e-mail urging them to visit us at www.
wildburrorescue.org. If you have a website you can put our website as a link. If
your workplace has a website, try to get our website as a link. You can select
and print literature from our website and hand them to friends. We do not have
funds to purchase mailing lists and we do not have funds to hire professional
fundraisers. Together we can spread the word that Wild Burro Rescue is a
great place to visit in person or on the web.
Thank you and Seasons Greetings to all of you, from all of us at Wild Burro
Rescue.
For the Wild Burros, Always & Forever
Diana Chontos,
President / Founder
PS: to read our past newsletters, please click here.
All of us here at the Wild Burro Rescue are sending Seasons Greetings.
It may have come as a surprise to you that we have snow. Yes, we are in
Southern California and we have very cold weather. The temperature can drop
to 10 degrees and the wind gusts can reach up to100 miles per hour. It’s cold!
We are asking you to help us purchase shelters for our burros. We need at least
seven 24 by 24 foot shelters. They are made of metal to make them fireproof,
termite-proof and burro-proof (burros do not like to chew on metal!) Without
shelters, snow falls on the burros. The sun melts the snow and their fur gets
really wet. Their fur will freeze and make them shiver. There is no way for the
burros to dry. We would like to give each burro a blanket but the problem is
many do not like to wear a blanket and they work hard to remove it. The older
and weak ones suffer the most and most of our burros here are old. In the wild,
the burros can move to places that are protected from the cold wind and snow.
In our Sanctuary they cannot leave the corrals to find such a place. This is why
the shelters are so important to have. Shelters protect them from the snow,
rain, and wind and in the summer it provides shade. Each shelter costs around
$5,000.00. This includes the grading and the digging and cementing of the
foundation.
We are counting on our friends and supporters to help the burros to live in a safe
place.
We do not have any financial reserves. Many times we are so financially broke
that we are unable to pay for the hay and we have to ask the feed store to give
us hay on credit until we get some donations from our friends. The same goes
for the Veterinary Hospital.
The two things, of which we have a lot of at the Wild Burro Rescue are love and
compassion. Please come and visit us, you can spend your vacation with us
hugging and kissing burros. We promise, you will have a great time.
Your donation will help the burros. We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable
organization. Without your help we will be unable to continue, but we have to
continue. Our burros have no other place to go. Who likes to take care of wild
burros, besides Wild Burro Rescue?
You may be wondering about the progress of our well. We drilled and found
water on our property. We still have to use our truck to move the water from
the well to all our animals. The round trip to the well used to be 12 miles on a
bumpy desert road, now it is much shorter and it takes much less time. This
gives us more time to spend with the animals. Now we have to raise funds to
build a pipe system to pump the water to all the corrals and to our house. We
are happy that we’ve come this far. We know we can count on you to reach our
essential goals.
There is one more way you can help. We need to spread the word that Wild
Burro Rescue is in existence and let the world know about the great work we
are doing. Send your friends an e-mail urging them to visit us at www.
wildburrorescue.org. If you have a website you can put our website as a link. If
your workplace has a website, try to get our website as a link. You can select
and print literature from our website and hand them to friends. We do not have
funds to purchase mailing lists and we do not have funds to hire professional
fundraisers. Together we can spread the word that Wild Burro Rescue is a
great place to visit in person or on the web.
Thank you and Seasons Greetings to all of you, from all of us at Wild Burro
Rescue.
For the Wild Burros, Always & Forever
Diana Chontos,
President / Founder
PS: to read our past newsletters, please click here.
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| Diana and her best friends! photos by Clay Myers |
Please help the burros!
| Come see our home on a new video produced by our dear friend Rod Schmidt. The video of the Olancha sanctuary tour is currently on our www.wildburrorescue.org website! We look forward to your visit! |
| Wild Burro Rescue is NOT government funded! It is supported solely by individuals like you. |
| Won't you please help us? Thank you! |
| Wild Burro Rescue PO Box 10 Olancha, CA 93549-0010 cellular/voicemail: 760-384-8523 efax: 240-255-8498 email: wildburrorescue@gmail.com website: www.wildburrorescue.org |
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