COLORADO WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY CLOSING

The 140 acre Wild Animal Sanctuary located 30 miles northeast of Denver in Keenesburg, Colorado is being forced to close due to a lack of donations. The sanctuary, which has been in existence for 27 years, says it has enough money to stay open "another two weeks at most."

It costs approximately $15,000 a week to run one the country's largest sanctuaries for lions, tigers, bears and other wild animals. The executive director of the sanctuary, Pat Craig, believes that the lag in donations is a result of people diverting their funds to other causes, such as the 2004 tsunami and Hurricane Katrina.

They currently have about 150 animals at the sanctuary, including 30 bears, 20 mountain lions, 75 tigers, and dozens of leopards, African lions and other big cats. Because almost every zoo in the country already has a serious surplus problem with these types of animals, it is likely that the animals will have to be euthanized.

TO MAKE AN ONLINE CREDIT CARD DONATION:
http://gallery.bcentral.com/GID5151491P4894205-Click-Here-to-Make-a-Donation.aspx

For more information about the sanctuary:
http://www.wildanimalsanctuary.org