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A LARGE BARN
The barn would be used as an infirmary with bathing racks, birthing stalls (many rescued jennies are pregnant at capture), and general feeding areas during foul weather.
Psylluim Pellets
these are essential for the diet of the burros. It helps them to keep their systems cleaned out and helps prevent sand cholic. We need the pellets not the powder form!
PORTABLE SOLAR POWER SYSTEM
To provide power for a computer and lighting for shelters, remote areas of the sanctuary and during rescue missions in desolate desert back country.
SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS
Our computer, computer operator and internet web-site are over 100 miles away from the sanctuary at this time. Internet access and networking are vital to the success of WBR. Satellite telephone could easily mean the difference between life and death especially during the inferno of summer when water trapping rescue is employed in the most remote and rugged areas of Death Valley National Park.
NEW ROOF
Trying to sleep in the ranch house a night we are deafened by the munching of termites in the 37 year old tin and 2x4 roof, terrified that the next gust of wind will have us in the open air.
WORK CREWS
Enthusiastic volunteers or paid workers are necessary for clearing rocks from our pastures, building stone walls, landscaping, road improvements and making room for new burros. Crews will require a place to sleep; bunk bed for our bunk house or tents for our (planned) campground, blankets or sleeping mattresses, pads, etc.
MORE MONEY
No one gets paid at WBR ranch. There is no health, dental, or retirement plan. All of out assets are debts. We eat beans by candle light and carry our water. Nearly all of our time is spent caring for the animals. Without more funds there is no time for labor-intensive improvements and quality time with the burros, horses and mules’ we are often too tired for burro snuggling , our hobby! More money means more room for our burros and better living conditions for our animals and our volunteers.
VOLUNTEERS
Brave, trustworthy, hard workers who love and respect the burros as well as all life. Laboring for food, shelter, love and fun.
ATV
so that we can attach a small flat-bed to it in order to haul hay around to the various stations near the corrals!
Flat-bed trailer
This would save us so much time and not to mention wear-and-tear on our truck if we had a small flat bed trailer to haul hay with. A good size for us would be an 18' narrow flatbed with double axels. It needs to be narrow so that it can fit through the narrow bridge that is over the aquaduct.
2" potable grade poly pipe @ 80 PSI
an estimated 10,000 feet is needed.
We currently have plenty of jolly balls, ear nets and blankets for the burros!
Thank you to all who donated these items!!
The barn would be used as an infirmary with bathing racks, birthing stalls (many rescued jennies are pregnant at capture), and general feeding areas during foul weather.
Psylluim Pellets
these are essential for the diet of the burros. It helps them to keep their systems cleaned out and helps prevent sand cholic. We need the pellets not the powder form!
PORTABLE SOLAR POWER SYSTEM
To provide power for a computer and lighting for shelters, remote areas of the sanctuary and during rescue missions in desolate desert back country.
SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS
Our computer, computer operator and internet web-site are over 100 miles away from the sanctuary at this time. Internet access and networking are vital to the success of WBR. Satellite telephone could easily mean the difference between life and death especially during the inferno of summer when water trapping rescue is employed in the most remote and rugged areas of Death Valley National Park.
NEW ROOF
Trying to sleep in the ranch house a night we are deafened by the munching of termites in the 37 year old tin and 2x4 roof, terrified that the next gust of wind will have us in the open air.
WORK CREWS
Enthusiastic volunteers or paid workers are necessary for clearing rocks from our pastures, building stone walls, landscaping, road improvements and making room for new burros. Crews will require a place to sleep; bunk bed for our bunk house or tents for our (planned) campground, blankets or sleeping mattresses, pads, etc.
MORE MONEY
No one gets paid at WBR ranch. There is no health, dental, or retirement plan. All of out assets are debts. We eat beans by candle light and carry our water. Nearly all of our time is spent caring for the animals. Without more funds there is no time for labor-intensive improvements and quality time with the burros, horses and mules’ we are often too tired for burro snuggling , our hobby! More money means more room for our burros and better living conditions for our animals and our volunteers.
VOLUNTEERS
Brave, trustworthy, hard workers who love and respect the burros as well as all life. Laboring for food, shelter, love and fun.
ATV
so that we can attach a small flat-bed to it in order to haul hay around to the various stations near the corrals!
Flat-bed trailer
This would save us so much time and not to mention wear-and-tear on our truck if we had a small flat bed trailer to haul hay with. A good size for us would be an 18' narrow flatbed with double axels. It needs to be narrow so that it can fit through the narrow bridge that is over the aquaduct.
2" potable grade poly pipe @ 80 PSI
an estimated 10,000 feet is needed.
We currently have plenty of jolly balls, ear nets and blankets for the burros!
Thank you to all who donated these items!!
Here is our "wish list" !
all photos on this page are by Clay Myers
Many of you are asking about our mailing address if you plan on sending us anything from our 'wish list' using UPS/FedX! Here it is:
Wild Burro Rescue
c/o Olancha RV Park
2351 State Highway 395
Olancha, CA 93549
this site is maintained by Karen Gilligan, volunteer/webmaster for WBR
Wild Burro Rescue
PO Box 10
Olancha, CA 93549-0010
email: wildburrorescue@gmail.com
cellular/voicemail : 760-384-8523
e-fax : 760-875-6076
We are planning our project in phases. Here is what we need for our phase one:
1) 4000 feet of 1 1/4" poly pipe at 200 psi.
2) We need 900 sprinkler heads (Senninger X Cel wobbler heads) low pressure aerial emitters. Here is the link to the product:http://www.senninger.com/pages/ss-main.html
3) We need 900 rigid risers: 3 foot lengths, 3/4" schedule 40
4) A solar submersible pump - http://www.pvsolarpumps.com/lorentz-pumps.html the Lorentz model # PS1200
5) We need Kyocera solar panels ( 8 ) at 135 watt http://www.kyocerasolar.com/products/ksimodule.html
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A view of our sanctuary from "Jack Mountain"
photo by Erin Briggeman
your help would be welcomed!
Thank you for your donation to
Wild Burro Rescue!
WBR is NOT government sponsored!
Wild Burro Rescue!
WBR is NOT government sponsored!
We love burros!
Diana Chontos and friends
Photo by Clay Myers
A map on how to get to our sanctuary in Olancha!