21/12/2022
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Handsome Byron is still waiting for his forever home. He is an Australian Shepherd with one eye. He is a lovebug with people of all ages. Byron is around 10 years. He is ok with other animals but he is bossy. He currently lives with other dogs and cats though he would be happy to be the only pet. He loves his head rubbed and nuzzles everyone he meets. To adopt go to www.libertyacresunited.com and submit your application.
Dear friends,
We have been so grateful for you and all our fans and supporters since this unique sanctuary was founded. Our founder, Gary Sigler, purchased this property with the express purpose of creating an animal sanctuary. Since 2017, this vision has come to fruition and grown to serve hundreds of animals, placing most in forever homes, offering refuge and safety for others, and saving many destined for euthanasia. We currently are home to 36 senior and special needs dogs, 15 cats, 10 kittens, 3 pigs, 2 goats, an urban rooster, and rehabilitated wildlife.
Since Gary’s passing, the sanctuary’s future has become unsettled. He had told our executive director and board members that our organization could continue operation on the site and merely take over the payments for the moderate balance of the mortgage (around $80,000), in the event of his death. However, Gary did not have a will or a transfer on death deed or anything in writing at the time of his sad passing. This has left us in the position of dealing with a small group of heirs who are not direct descendants. Most have visited the sanctuary and expressed their wish for Gary’s vision and the sanctuary’s mission to continue. However, now it turns out, not all the heirs have agreed to donate their share of the equity in the property. This would require the property to be sold at market value; it has appraised for $206,000.
In order to continue in our mission of serving our senior and special needs animals we have 3 options:
1. In order to stay where we are:
a. Best Case Scenario: we find a guarantor to help us secure a loan for paying
off the current mortgage plus buy out the one heir; the cost of this option
is about 105,000.
b. Second Best Case Scenario: we find a friendly landlord to purchase and
rent us the property; the cost of this option is $206,000.
2. The property sells to someone else, and we move the sanctuary. We would need
to find a friendly landlord to purchase and rent us property OR someone with
land who is willing to rent us space. Costs depend on what’s available.
3. The property sells to someone else, and we move our operations to foster homes. This would result in some of our sanctuary citizens to be tragically
euthanized. We have a few individuals who are completely un-fosterable and unadoptable with literally nowhere else to go.
Please contact us! Your support, ideas, and input are welcomed and needed as we navigate this critical time in our efforts to continue to exist and provide sanctuary for the neediest animals.
Thank you so very much from the board of directors of Liberty Acres and all the animals!
Contact information
[email protected] 765-994-9058
[email protected] 765-969-4782
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