Can I come work for you?! Hahahaha.
This is so awesome and inspiring...I am seriously so excited for you. How amazing! Good luck with everything!
That was about my second thought, after first being so happy for Kelly.
Can I come work for you?! Hahahaha.
This is so awesome and inspiring...I am seriously so excited for you. How amazing! Good luck with everything!
Yeah the Austin Chronicle is it. Actually I have made contact with Austin community college, and UT, and San Marcos universities. We plan to in the future establish a major collegial higher education campus on the property with first hand wildlife management and hands on research. Text books don't teach biology majors all the fundamentals. This of course is more millions of dollars and federal registration through educational programs. So obviously not our main priority at the moment. But once established and completely open. This will be done for sure. Joint learning programs would occur.I would also approach The Chronicle, I think that's the name. But there are so many people who would be interested in this project. Also, I do not know, but UT may have a veterinary school or at least biology, they might be interested, as well. I know it might be taboo, since your mother teaches at A&M, but beggers can't be costs choosers!
Absolutely.Oh, yes. When I move back, maybe in 5-7 years, I expect to be allowed to volunteer! !
So what is the timeline on the project, Kelly? If construction and plant growth is happening now, I would not expect you to be ready for... 2 years, using a gut-guess.Absolutely.
I'd imagine it would be one of the largest on display yes. Lots more will be added before it opens too, galaps for one. Some pretty rare South African species too. Working my way I to aquatics as well.Sorry I can't help you locate any plants, but this is pretty cool.
I am going to assume that you will have the biggest and bestest display of turtles and tortoises in the world?
Lol. That would be kinda hilarious though. Yeah I've already had it planned out to do CMU block pen walls with feux stucco molded stone over the block. Rhinos I'm not sure what the minimum requirement is. Elephants it's 10 acres for new acquisitions. In the future that will certainly be happening though. I love rhinos, they're super sweet animals.You should make big elaborate displays for house cats and goldfish and other common household pets. It would certainly be unique.
(J/k, an inside joke between me and a forum member who'll probably never come across this)
Are you able to have any megafauna like rhino's or elephants?
Man, I really don't know, going to try and have it fully operational hopefully next year(latter part probably). But will stay up in Dallas for a while and still get my good income pulling in. Once it sustains itself hopefully off ticket sales then I'll probably go full time down there. I'm leaving the land up here with all the buildings and everything I've done to facilitate relinquishments and stuff like that, so kinda splitting the sanctuary from the conservation side into different properties 10 hours apart. HaHow long before you think you'll be down there full time?