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Living Free Animal Sanctuary (Mountain Center) Reviews


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A Compassionate Director 5 average
5 posted by (empty name), on 2014-10-08 12:17:18
All staff is very compassionate, animals first.
5 posted by AmandaPiper, on 2014-10-08 02:21:18
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5 posted by (empty name), on 2014-10-07 13:13:07
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5 posted by DennisSondrini, on 2014-10-06 11:00:22
Oh my Sharon is the best
Proactive Redemptions 4.5 average
3 posted by (empty name), on 2014-10-08 12:16:12
Not applicable, these animals are rescued off death row.
5 posted by AmandaPiper, on 2014-10-08 02:21:09
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5 posted by (empty name), on 2014-10-07 13:13:02
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5 posted by DennisSondrini, on 2014-10-06 10:59:57
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Volunteers 5 average
5 posted by (empty name), on 2014-10-08 12:14:38
The best, loving, caring volunteers ever!
5 posted by AmandaPiper, on 2014-10-08 02:20:57
The volunteers are helpful, consistent, well trained, and dedicated
5 posted by (empty name), on 2014-10-07 13:12:59
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5 posted by DennisSondrini, on 2014-10-06 10:59:21
The most dedicated group I have ever worked with
Public Relations/Community Involvement 5 average
5 posted by (empty name), on 2014-10-08 12:13:48
In the public eye as much as possible.
5 posted by AmandaPiper, on 2014-10-08 02:20:30
With not only frequent adoption fairs, but awareness events, effective social media use, and large scale awareness/fundraising events, Living Free is a strong presence in the community
5 posted by (empty name), on 2014-10-07 13:12:56
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5 posted by DennisSondrini, on 2014-10-06 10:58:34
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Medical and Behavior Programs 5 average
5 posted by (empty name), on 2014-10-08 12:13:15
Great staff and volunteer to help with all the animals needs.
5 posted by AmandaPiper, on 2014-10-08 02:19:24
Living Free makes sure that every animal in the sanctuary is healthy and happy--even taking care of special needs animals without complaint.
5 posted by (empty name), on 2014-10-07 13:12:50
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5 posted by DennisSondrini, on 2014-10-06 10:58:24
100%
Pet Retention 5 average
5 posted by (empty name), on 2014-10-08 12:11:43
Good staff to help match people and pets.
5 posted by AmandaPiper, on 2014-10-08 02:18:45
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5 posted by (empty name), on 2014-10-07 13:12:46
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5 posted by JacquelineWelch, on 2014-10-07 10:02:59
Pet retention is extremely important. This is why Living Free makes sure that a potentially adopted animal will get along with other family members/pets before going to their forever home. A good match is important for a new family member to feel at home.
5 posted by DennisSondrini, on 2014-10-06 10:57:57
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Comprehensive Adoption Programs 5 average
5 posted by (empty name), on 2014-10-08 12:11:00
Open 6 days a week, many adoption fairs are held throughout the year in different areas, fundraisers, marketing as much as donations allow.
5 posted by AmandaPiper, on 2014-10-08 02:18:28
This sanctuary has frequent adoption events and effective use of social media to get more adoptions.
5 posted by (empty name), on 2014-10-07 13:12:43
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5 posted by JacquelineWelch, on 2014-10-07 09:53:01
I couldn't agree with this statement more. Reaching out to the public, education and adoptions are key to saving animal lives. I know Living Free focuses on the importance of animal adoptions and if an adoption doesn't work out, the animal is allowed to be brought back to the facility.
5 posted by DennisSondrini, on 2014-10-06 10:57:35
Every person & home is checked in person before the animal can be adopted, they are all neutered, chipped, complete shots and complete medical history
Foster Care 5 average
5 posted by (empty name), on 2014-10-08 12:07:44
Continues it's own foster care at the facility until a forever home is found.
5 posted by AmandaPiper, on 2014-10-08 02:17:58
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5 posted by (empty name), on 2014-10-07 13:12:39
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5 posted by JacquelineWelch, on 2014-10-07 09:41:48
The animals at Living Free live on the 153 acres inherited by its founder. However, the idea of more participation by others in the community to help save animal lives is well respected by this company.
5 posted by DennisSondrini, on 2014-10-06 10:54:56
They all have forever homes do not foster
Rescue Groups 5 average
5 posted by (empty name), on 2014-10-08 12:06:39
Rescuing cats and dogs from imminent shelter euthanasia.
5 posted by AmandaPiper, on 2014-10-08 02:17:53
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5 posted by (empty name), on 2014-10-07 13:12:35
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5 posted by JacquelineWelch, on 2014-10-07 09:38:02
Adoptions are celebrated at Living Free, that means a dog or cat has found a forever home and new space becomes available to rescue again.
5 posted by DennisSondrini, on 2014-10-06 10:54:02
Every adopted dog or cat is replaced with another death row animal about to be killed
High-Volume, Low-Cost Spay/Neuter 5 average
5 posted by (empty name), on 2014-10-08 12:04:55
All animals are spayed/neutered.
5 posted by AmandaPiper, on 2014-10-08 02:17:32
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5 posted by (empty name), on 2014-10-07 13:12:24
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5 posted by JacquelineWelch, on 2014-10-07 09:23:03
This statement is one of the main goals at Living Free. All animals at Living Free are spay/neutered, vaccinated, provided excellent medical care and microchiped to ensure the health and welfare of the animal and surrounding animals.
5 posted by DennisSondrini, on 2014-10-06 10:52:02
Every dog & cat is neutered
Feral Cat TNR Program 4.6 average
3 posted by (empty name), on 2014-10-08 12:04:02
Not an option, yet.
5 posted by AmandaPiper, on 2014-10-08 02:17:25
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5 posted by (empty name), on 2014-10-07 13:12:18
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5 posted by JacquelineWelch, on 2014-10-07 09:15:11
This company feels strongly about the health and welfare of the animals. TNR programs are respected to reduce the number of homeless, neglected and abused animals.
5 posted by DennisSondrini, on 2014-10-06 10:51:16
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1. Feral Cat TNR Program

Many communities are embracing Trap, Neuter, Release programs (TNR) to improve animal welfare, reduce death rates, and meet obligations to public welfare.


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2. High-Volume, Low-Cost Spay/Neuter

Low cost, high volume spay/neuter will quickly lead to fewer animals entering the shelter system, allowing more resources to be allocated toward saving lives.


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3. Rescue Groups

An adoption or transfer to a rescue group frees up scarce cage and kennel space, reduces expenses for feeding, cleaning, killing, and improves a community's rate of lifesaving. In an environment of millions of dogs and cats killed in shelters annually, rare is the circumstance in which a rescue group should be denied an animal.


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4. Foster Care

Volunteer foster care is crucial to No Kill. Without it, saving lives is compromised. It is a low cost, and often no cost, way of increasing a shelter's capacity, improving public relations, increasing a shelter's public image, rehabilitating sick and injured or behaviorally challenged animals, and saving lives.


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5. Comprehensive Adoption Programs

Adoptions are vital to an agency's lifesaving mission. The quantity and quality of shelter adoptions is in shelter management's hands, making lifesaving a direct function of shelter policies and practice. In fact, studies show people get their animals from shelters only 20% of the time. If shelters better promoted their animals and had adoption programs responsive to the needs of the community, including public access hours for working people, offsite adoptions, adoption incentives, and effective marketing, they could increase the number of homes available and replace killing with adoptions. Contrary to conventional wisdom, shelters can adopt their way out of killing.


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6. Pet Retention

While some of the reasons animals are surrendered to shelters are unavoidable, others can be prevented-but only if shelters are willing to work with people to help them solve their problems. Saving animals requires communities to develop innovative strategies for keeping people and their companion animals together. And the more a community sees its shelters as a place to turn for advice and assistance, the easier this job will be.


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7. Medical and Behavior Programs

In order to meet its commitment to a lifesaving guarantee for all savable animals, shelters need to keep animals happy and healthy and keep animals moving through the system. To do this, shelters must put in place comprehensive vaccination, handling, cleaning, socialization, and care policies before animals get sick and rehabilitative efforts for those who come in sick, injured, unweaned, or traumatized.


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8. Public Relations/Community Involvement

Increasing adoptions, maximizing donations, recruiting volunteers and partnering with community agencies comes down to one thing: increasing the shelter's exposure. And that means consistent marketing and public relations. Public relations and marketing are the foundation of all a shelter's activities and their success. To do all these things well, the shelter must be in the public eye.


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9. Volunteers

Volunteers are a dedicated "army of compassion" and the backbone of a successful No Kill effort. There is never enough staff, never enough dollars to hire more staff, and always more needs than paid human resources. That is where volunteers come in and make the difference between success and failure and, for the animals, life and death.


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10. Proactive Redemptions

One of the most overlooked areas for reducing killing in animal control shelters are lost animal reclaims. Sadly, besides having pet owners fill out a lost pet report, very little effort is made in this area of shelter operations. This is unfortunate because doing so-primarily shifting from passive to a more proactive approach-has proven to have a significant impact on lifesaving and allow shelters to return a large percentage of lost animals to their families.


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11. A Compassionate Director

The final element of the No Kill equation is the most important of all, without which all other elements are thwarted-a hard working, compassionate animal control or shelter director not content to regurgitate tired cliches or hide behind the myth of "too many animals, not enough homes." Unfortunately, this one is also oftentimes the hardest one to demand and find.


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