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Endorsements

• See what some say about our sancutary
  at Guidestar.org
• A very nice article by Donna Mahony about her involvemnet with us. Many of you have written to ask me for more information about this wonderful sanctuary and how I got involved with them. So here is the story." Click here to read on
• Go to a wonderful endorsement from Article in Domain Industry News Magazine by clicking on title.
• Jeri Ryan, Founder and President of the Board of Directors for the Assisi International Animal Institute, writes: " I have known Mr. Zaugg and his work with animals for over 14 years. His work with these animals is stellar. He takes the time to know each as an individual in order to meet individual needs."
  Read the entire letter by Clicking Here
• Vernon Weir, Director of the American Sanctuary Association, writes: "The American Sanctuary Association (ASA) is an accrediting organization that requires member sanctuaries to comply with a variety of high quality animal care standards and housing requirements.... ASA originally granted accreditation to Hacienda in the fall of 1999, and a recent site visit in November 2007 found the sanctuary to be in compliance with our standards."
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• Donald V. Tebbe, D.V.M., High Country Pet Clinic, writes: "For people who love burros and horses, this is a happy place and an interesting study of animal behavior and communication. For all of these reasons, I have decided to adopt the burro rescue as much as I can in a way that is perhaps different."
  To discover how different Click Here to read the entire letter

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The Assisi International Animal Institute can be found by Entering Here.

• By the end of the 20th century, human science had made the amazing discovery that the animals around us live deeply emotional lives, so much so that we must consider the fact that they have souls in the spiritual sense. This revelation forms the beginning of new kinds of relationships for all sentient beings, relationships that can lead from awareness to enlightenment. In walking among the horses and the nearly 100 burros at Hacienda de los Milagros, Pat and I felt no fear. A calmness came over us not unlike meditation. It was an effortless meditation that opened our hearts to the many hearts of four-legged compassion. The sweetness of it brought tears to our eyes. We were both giving and receiving in the same moments of joy. We were surrounded by empathetic souls who freed us from all judgments and all fears. The quality of acceptance came in every touch, and in eye contacts the gift of understanding was immediately accessible. It was a wonderful experience that all master teachers recommend to us… the end of separation…the ultimate recognition that all life is sacred.
  Thank you, dear human and animal friends, for demonstrating the most important lesson of life: we are all family. Monty Joynes

Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms. George Eliot (1819 - 1880), 'Mr. Gilfil's Love Story,' Scenes of Clerical Life, 1857 -

The animals of the planet are in desperate peril... Without free animal life I believe we will lose the spiritual equivalent of oxygen.
Alice Walker (1944 - ), Living by the Word, 1988

 

Things that would make the Sanctuary a better place

funds for operations and building projects
good used tractor with bucket and PTO
cutting torch and tank for metal work
good quality bermuda grass hay
hot walker for 6 horses
fly masks of all sizes (call us)
funds for purchase of land
good used/new quad
dump trailer for manure
round pen

928-636-5348

or e-mail milagro@commspeed.net

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The horse is God's gift to mankind. ~Arabian Proverb

"Whoever said a horse was dumb, was dumb" ~Will Rogers

"Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened." ~ Anatole France"