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For all of us animal lovers out there, this is a wonderful place for our families to donate our time and our resources! We have an interesting discussion with author and founder of the Catskill Animal Sanctuary, Kathy Stevens. She also wrote the book, Where the Blind Horse Sings where we learn about all the fun and lively animals on her farm at the Catskill Animal Sanctuary.

Kathy Stevens was a teacher in Boston for over 11 years before she decided to combine her two passions of education and her love for animals. After much preparation and planning, she opened the Catskill Animal Sanctuary in Saugerities, New York in 2001. Since then, she and her fabulous Sanctuary family have saved over 1,200 animals who have been injured. They nurture them back to health and watch the gradual healing of both their physical and psychological ailments. These animals come to Kathy Stevens with broken spirits. It takes time to heal, just like with humans. Some may be violent or some may cower in fear due to the injury the animals have endured. However, with love and patience, time truly heals all wounds…

In her book, Where the Blind Horse Sings, Kathy so eloquently tells us the story of her beloved animals at the Catskill Animal Sanctuary. I was particularly interested and intrigued in her chapter about pigs! Lesson #3 was that Pigs Cry. I was thinking, “Pigs cry? You’ve GOT to be kidding. What is she talking about?!?” So, Kathy relates to us the human side of pigs and how they cry, especially this tale with Petunia the pig whose feelings were hurt by a goat at the farm. She honestly sounded like a child crying. It turns out that it was Petunia “crying”. Kathy reports to us that pigs have the intelligence of a 4-5 year old child and the will of one as well. I was totally amazed at how pigs had feelings!!!

There are plenty of animals on her farm and the book very humorously tells us all about each one. She shares their unique personalities and their stories that touch our hearts. However, we ended our show this week just before she was able to share with us the story of Rambo, the sheep and the turkeys. So, all animal lovers out there, stay tuned next week to find out what in the heck a sheep named Rambo would want with a bunch of unruly turkeys… I loved this book! She will also share with us how we can (even here in Central Florida) can help the Catskill Animal Sanctuary, what they need, how we can donate our time or our money, and all the things we can do to aid in the care for these beautiful creatures. Thanks for listening!

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