Summary

IN NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN THERE IS A LITTLE FARM WITH A HUGE HEART. IT'S A SANCTUARY FOR FARM ANIMALS THAT HAVE BEEN ABUSED OR NEGLECTED...A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN LIVE OUT THEIR LIVES IN PEACE...

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 175635
Story Slug Animal Farm
Location Trego, Wisconsin
Format Pkg
Date 12/16/1999
Archive Time 33:09
TRT 3:02
Supers Trego, Wisconsin 0:11-0:16 Shelley Karl, Animal Rescue 0:50-0:54 Susan Slater, Animal Rescue Jason Davis, Reporting
Video Description EUMUS, PIGS EATING TOGETHER, PIGS FIGHTING, GOATS, SHEEP, HORSES, SOT W/SHELLEY, FEEDING THE ANIMALS OUTSIDE,ANIMAL RESCUE CENTER, SUSAN AND SON WITH HAY BALE FEEDING COWS, COWS EATING, STRANGE CREATURES, SOT W/RESCUE WORKER, HORSE, HORSE WITH DEFORMED HOOVES, ABUSED HORSE, ABUSED DOG WITH HURT FOOT, BULL WITH DEFORMED LEG EATING HAY, CU LEG, COWS EATING, SOT W/RESCUE WORKER, WORKERS FILLING BUCKETS WITH FOOD FOR ANIMALS, BOY HELPING WITH FOOD, PIGS EATING, HORSES EATING, WOMAN GOING INTO BARN, MUSIC IN BARN, WORKER LETTING HORSE OUT TO PASTURE, HORSES EATING, EMU'S EATING, WORKERS AT WORK, CAT EATING, PUPPY IN ARMS OF WORKER, SOT W/WORKER, CU PUPPY SHAKING, PHOTOS WITH ANIMALS, WORKER PUTTING UUP SIGN "MAY YOU FIND SOME COMFORT HERE."
Description IN NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN THERE IS A LITTLE FARM WITH A HUGE HEART. IT'S A SANCTUARY FOR FARM ANIMALS THAT HAVE BEEN ABUSED OR NEGLECTED...A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN LIVE OUT THEIR LIVES IN PEACE...
Script LEAD: IN NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN THERE IS A LITTLE FARM WITH A HUGE HEART. IT'S A SANCTUARY FOR FARM ANIMALS THAT HAVE BEEN ABUSED OR NEGLECTED...A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN LIVE OUT THEIR LIVES IN PEACE. JASON DAVIS HAS THE STORY. SCRIPT: IT HAS TO BE ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE FARMS IN THE COUNTRY. THE ONLY THING ALL THESE ANIMALS HAVE IN COMMON IS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN ABUSED OR ABANDONED BY THEIR PREVIOUS OWNERS. ("We are strictly farm animals, hoofed animals, because there are not many people doing it".) SUSAN SLATER AND SHELLEY KARL ARE PUTTING TOGETHER THEIR ANIMAL RESCUE SANCTUARY ON THIS SMALL PROPERTY IN NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN. WITH VERY LITTLE HELP, EXCEPT FOR SUSAN'S FIVE YEAR OLD SON JOE, THE TWO WOMEN FEED AND CARE FOR A STRANGE VARIETY OF RECOVERING CREATURES. ("As the donations come in the program keeps growing bigger and we are able to rescue mote animals.") THIS HORSE IS STILL RECOVERING FROM NEGLECT SO HORRIFIC THAT IT WAS UNABLE TO WALK. UNTENDED IT'S HOOVES GREW INTO GROTESQUE SHAPES AND IT WILL TAKE MONTHS OF CARE BEFORE IT WILL RECOVER. ("It's heartbreaking. You hear what people are capable of doing and you wonder how did they get that way".) THIS YOUNG BULL WAS BORN WITH A DEFORMED LEG. A DEATH SENTENCE ON MOST FARMS. HERE HE WILL ONLY DIE OF OLD AGE. ("Everyone feels sorry for him but really he's okay...") ("We've adopted out hundreds of farm animals. What we have here is basically just the nuts and bolts of what nobody really cares for.") THE SANCTUARY EXISTS ON DONATIONS OF MONEY AND ESPECIALLY OUTDATED FOOD FROM LOCAL SUPERMARKETS. IT'S A HAPPY, DAILY RITUAL MIXING UP WHATEVER ARRIVES. VEGETABLES AND DAIRY PRODUCTS COMBINED WITH A VARIETY OF SEASONINGS LIKE SALAD DRESSING, SUN DRIED TOMATOES, CROUTONS AND EVEN BACON BITS MAKE A FEAST FIT FOR A PIG. THE HORSES AND CATTLE GET REGULAR RATIONS OF OATS AND HAY AND IN THE BARN A STEADY DIET OF MUSIC TO KEEP THEM COMPANY. ("This one is thirty seven.") ("He really likes it outside".) NORMALLY THESE TWO YOUNG WOMEN DO NOT TAKE CATS OR DOGS BUT A RECENT VISIT TO A NEARBY PUPPY MILL RESULTED IN A NEW MEMBER OF THE FAMILY. ("It's really disgusting. You can see on their faces that they just want you to get them out of there.") ("We saved one out of, there were probably fifty dogs in there.") AVOIDING CONFRONTATION, SHELLEY AND NANCY ACTUALLY HAVE TO BUY MOST OF THE ANIMALS FROM THEIR OWNERS. ("Until people can start taking better care of their animals there's gonna be a need for it.") JASON DAVIS CHANNEL FIVE EYEWITNESS NEWS ON THE ROAD NEAR TREGO, WISCONSIN.
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