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Safaris Sanctuary

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About Me


Animal lover, soft heart, gets taken advantage of because I try to "save" everyone and everything! RESCUE ANIMALS, SAVE LIVES= SERENITY PEACE AAAHHHH... DEAL WITH PEOPLE=DRAMA=LIES=DECEIT....BACK TO ANIMALS ONLY!! Former model, starved myself for beauty and to make men happy. Ended up with Multiple Sclerosis, thought my life was over. Then INSPIRATION #1 hit me, thought, I love animals, my soul and heart beats for the animals. I had a bobcat for a pet -illegally. Thought, I'm gonna make this right. Sold my house in Tulsa, and moved to the country to save my soul!.... while saving animals lives. Now I live for animals. They love me old(er), not so perfect (ok chubby), and animal love is truly unconditional...
As Brigitte Bardot said " I gave my youth and beauty to men, now I choose to give my love and wisdom to animals". I love that!!! It is sooooo me. If you love animals, and haven't been to Safari's (my zoo), you haven't lived. You actually get to KNOW every animal, they are so smart, beautiful, and each one has a distinct personality. You will never get the feeling of safely "knowing" a tiger many other places in the WORLD. Check us out at www.safarissanctuary.org - and DONT use mapquest to find me -you'll never get here that way!! I used to race cars (champion by the way), dirt raced and road raced. Used to model (all cheesy bikini stuff- it traveled me all over -it was fun, but now old news.) Started Safaris in 1995 with a handful of critters -and now have over 200! Married to a perfect husband - finally! Animals will always be my relaxation, my love, my everything. Animals always tell the truth, love you unconditionally, and never get tired of hearing you chatter. :)
Guess what now? I just turned 40. INSPIRATION #2. A friend on myspace made me look deep into myself and my heart, and it sent me to a new depth of life and spirit. yeaaa me!!!! (anyone who knows me KNOWS that I was burned by religion really bad -so thoughts of a higher purpose is a total shock).
SAFARI MINISTRY?!Not of some organized religion-- crazed, give me money or God said we'd all die type. But just a non denominational place of love, sharing our troubles, saving lives (animals and human), BUT without all the drama, gossip & mumbo jumbo. I just want to be there to help. Share some of my experiences (and I've had alot!). And maybe help animals and nice humans.... as the sign on my Safaris front gate says " If all beasts were gone, man would die of great loneliness of spirit. For we are all connected." We'll see how the dominoes fall....

My Interests

PEACE, LOVE AND ANIMALS! it can happen. Do something profound with your life! MAKE A DIFFERENCE. SAFARI'S We've been soooo busy this past -well since the ice storm in December. We start to get caught up - then we get busy, just keeping things fed, holidays hit, my BIG birthday hit, and it took soo much of my time. eeeeek. I just want to get caught up and take care of the Safari stuff -and get some rest. Kurt (safaris vp) is soo tired, he covers the weekdays while I work my day job (7am-5pm). And NOW he's doing weekdays by himself. We've moved the interns out -they weren't working, just living there for free -and whining. Weekday regulars have things that have come up, another got a day job. WE NEED HELP. If you can come help -just 1 weekday from 9am till noon.... thats it! If you have that time available -we'll train you! You can't know how much help it would be.

I'd like to meet:

People who MAKE a DIFFERENCE. Oprah is inspirational. Even Ellen. People who use the opportunities they have to share what they believe in, whats in their hearts. Not what people told them they "should" believe in.... what deep down inside tell you to do. I've finally started listening to that voice, and I've found a true inner peace, it's surreal. Love to meet REAL people, not people who smile and love you to your face, then chatter behind your back... I'm a big girl, if there's something you don't like, tell me -not everyone else. Love to meet people who love animals, and want to work with them. I'LL TEACH YOU TO BE A ZOOKEEPER -IF YOU WANNA GET DIRTY. SAFARIS would love to meet grant writers, fund raisers, welders, plumbers, electricians, & builders -who have spare time! :)

Music:

Rock and roll! Alternative! No country... eeeeek, no depressing country, ran over my dog, grandma died, husband left me, bla bla bla - I'd rather have head banging Metallica, or old rock Motley Crue, Guns n Roses, even slower rock like Elton John, and Queen... just NO Country! oooh depressing.

Movies:

Gory scary stuff... Interview with a Vampire, Silence of the Lambs, to Pirates of the Caribbean, Gladiator... Rocky Horror Tulsa Style...if you haven't seen their live production HERE Tulsa PAC every October... they are fabulous! incredible! the most entertaining show I've been to in quite a while. Well since the Lion King production.

Television:

Don't have cable/satellite... so Channel 2 Works for You, Fox 23, and videos of Nip Tuck, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Medium, ...Looking forward to this new Vampire TV show... anyone know anything about it?? I love mystical stuff that takes me away from reality... there's too much reality some times.

Books:

Don't have time to read, but when I do.... Laurell K Hamilton, Christine Feehan, Anne Rice (vampire stuff).... I'd be a vampire if i could. You know -I could offer them a taste of the wild life, they could give me strength and immortality - - I could rescue animals FOREVER! wow what a thought.

Heroes:

ANIMAL RESCUERS! You know, they work 24/7 with little to no thanks, but the animals survival. They are true heroes. Anyone who gives of them self, without expecting in return -that is the definition of a HERO. ..Of course the usual animal guys -Crocodile Hunter, Jack Hannah, all the animal gods... AND my wonderful, handsome, loving husband, and no I'm not just kissing up.

My best friend's -who are kind, beautiful, and amazing, business women. Nothing is sexier than a confident smart woman... ask any of the men who chase them.

My Blog

scratch the wolf cub...

Scratch the wolf cub off.... the crazy girl dropped it off Wed night... then dunned me for $400-650 dollars Thurs morning (to cover her expenses in the wolf) -yea right!  We're not buying a wolf ...
Posted by Safaris Sanctuary on Fri, 09 May 2008 09:59:00 PST

Babies! I love my job! Come see!!!

Babies!  I love my job.  ..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />  Hi there.  Reporting in.  This has been the craziest spring& from flooding...
Posted by Safaris Sanctuary on Thu, 08 May 2008 10:18:00 PST

Animals never forget!

Below is a still photo.  The  attachment is a video.  There's no sound, but look at the picture first and then watch the video.    Th...
Posted by Safaris Sanctuary on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:47:00 PST

We’re going to see them - wanna meet us there? AWESOME


Posted by Safaris Sanctuary on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:42:00 PST

April Update ---new critters

Update at Safari's Well its the rainy season!  We're soggy, but walking areas are fine.  Some of the parking lot flooded, but the main drive/parking is gravel fine. New Animals!!!! 2 KOOKABU...
Posted by Safaris Sanctuary on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:38:00 PST

My Internet is down

Fate has struck again!!!!!  Loris Internet is down so she has asked me to check it now and then until she gets it going again.  She apologizes for not answering your comments, etc but she wi...
Posted by Safaris Sanctuary on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:50:00 PST

Flood damage at Safaris....can you help???

Well we got hit again in this last flood.  Part of our fence is down, alot of cleanup to do...can you help????   Parking lot has alot of creek washout in it...driveways need some work.....
Posted by Safaris Sanctuary on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 06:37:00 PST

Closing Safaris Sanctuary today

April Fools!  We’ll be back open tomorrow. Anyway, I’ve gotten sooo many emails, calls, wanting, dreaming of doing what I do... wanting to start and own their own sanctuary....etc.&nb...
Posted by Safaris Sanctuary on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:05:00 PST

Easter Egg Hunt at Safaris -Easter Sunday 2pm

Come to our Easter Egg  Hunt on Easter Sunday at 2pm http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k139/ladysafari_2006/easte r2007/HPIM0242.jpg ...
Posted by Safaris Sanctuary on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:38:00 PST

New pictures -wolf cubs & lemur baby

Check out my new pictures of our new wolf cubs rescued yesterday from a woman SHOOTING her pet wolves because she was evicted and couldnt take them.  CRAZY!  The adult wolves werer killed, a...
Posted by Safaris Sanctuary on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:58:00 PST