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Why Your Donation is Important
Each month, our animals require over 1,400 pounds of meat weekly, $2,000 a month for medications and veterinary care, over $200 per week for produce, plus utility bills, habitat, grounds, and building maintenance.
Without the thoughtfulness and generosity of donors and the animal advocate community, the level of care the animals receive at Black Pine Animal Sanctuary would not be possible.
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A former bait bear
Cinny
Cinny (b.2007) is an American Black Pear that became an official permanent resident of Black Pine Animal Sanctuary in May 2020. The Ohio Department of Agriculture confiscated her from a private owner who used Cinny to train hunting dogs. She is highly anxious and agitated easily. When frightened, she wants to climb as high as possible, which was part of her training as “bait.” The term is a vertical bear, meaning the owner trained her to climb trees to escape the hunting dogs, making an easier shot for the hunters. This is why she has a roof over her habitat. Cinny receives an anti-anxiety medication daily. Keepers spread out her food to encourage foraging to help reduce her pacing. Cinny now has a safe home at Black Pine and never has to fear dogs and hunters again.
Check out Cinny munching on a melon and enjoying a peaceful day.
Unnecessary Dental Work
Lucy & Goober
Lucy (b. 2001) is a Long-Haired Spider Monday. Goober (b.1995) is a Black-Handed Spider Monkey. Both came to Black Pine Animal Sanctuary in 2013 from a primate rescue center where private owners had surrendered them. Both monkeys had all of their teeth removed by their original owners because the owners were afraid of being bitten. Now, all vegetables and some fruits served to them must be steamed to soften them for ease of eating. For their protection, the duo’s names were changed to Lucy and Goober when they arrived at Black Pine to protect them. Both are on the endangered species list.
Not lost but found
Evaki
Evaki (b.2019) is a bobcat who became a resident in the fall of 2019. She was born in southern Indiana and found as a baby by a construction crew. The crew was about to begin work on a rock wall. But saw an adult bobcat wandering in the area. Being responsible, the crew canceled work for the day and tried again the next. No bobcat was in sight the next day, so workers searched the wall in case she had a nest in the area. She did. Her two babies were the construction crew taken to a rehab facility nearby. The male cub was in good shape and returned to a safe spot near where they were found. Evaki, unfortunately, has rear legs that don’t quite work correctly and could not be released. Wonderful as the intentions were, people tend to act too quickly whenever wildlife infants are alone. The mama was likely hunting and returned to heartbreak as her babies were gone and the nest destroyed.
Watch Evaki enjoying her catnip.