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Tara Rosenblum

NatPakCatsRanch

The sun'll come Bet your bottom dollars that tomorrow the connection with my animals here is amazing. They'll be so. And it just shifts me from darkness into light. This is Prue who they were putting a slaughter. She's an old mule. I started this about a year ago. This is my sister Catherine. She passed away. She's my angel now. Together we're gonna make a change for all these kids out there that need some help. So we're gonna feed the goats. Cat's Ranch is a foundation where we rescue animals that have been thrown away and neglected and gone to slaughter. And let's go and we call in the community of autistic people who's gonna groom them today? Other special needs cancer children she just needs to feel safe like all of us, and we have them be part of the process and give her hugs like this for some reason when they. Show up and see the animals. This is Daisy Daisy. They come right up to them and they can't believe they're they're right there and and the animals we save save them. I'm really nothing without them. All these kids resonate with these animals because these animals have been caged and silenced. They were being abused they were being neglected. And a lot of these kids feel ostracized from the community they feel socially awkward they feel they need a second chance. And I see the love when they look at the animals in the face, how much they feel hope you're adorable. It's an unbelievable transformation. I chased them around the pen the other day trying to groom them and I finally got them and the feeling was just so liberating. It's like, oh my gosh, I did it and then you're finally brushing them and it's so therapeutic and it's really nice. You can't imagine what it's like to take care of 40 huge animals a day and 15 autistic kids with no money. It is so challenging. It's so challenging. The cost just to feed every month is like 15,000. It's like I'm doing everything myself and I'm tired. You know. But I'm doing it and I love these animals. I love these kids. These animals really do understand and get us for who we are. Oh, I. Tomorrow you're away. Days, a day away.

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