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We’re Making Progress!

February 22, 2017 By Karen White

Gabby’s Sanctuary ARK and the Lancaster ISD have been working on the Roy Crawford Agricultural Complex and facilities. The barns and stall bars have been painted, improvements have been made, and necessities installed.

You Can Help!

If you can swing a hammer or saw lumber, we could use your help us install wooden panels in the horse stalls on Saturday mornings at 9:00 a.m. at the Roy Crawford Agricultural Center, 2415 Sunny Meadows Rd., Lancaster, TX. We need 13 stalls to accommodate the current GSA horses. There are 24 stalls in total that must be finished.

You Can Give!

Another way you can help is to sponsor a stall. A donation of $250 will pay for the paneling for one stall, thanks to a generous discount from Home Depot. A plaque showing your name will be attached to the stall that you sponsor. Additional monetary donations will help us to install the rubber mats needed to protect the horses’ hooves from the concrete floors, and add a few other items to make it safe and comfortable for the horses and LISD students.

A New Direction for a New Year

January 7, 2017 By Karen White

Roy Crawford Agricultural Center entrance.

Gabby’s Sanctuary ARK and Lancaster ISD are working together to bring FFA and agricultural sciences back to Lancaster, Texas. Within the next few weeks, the Gabby’s Ark family will be moving to the Roy Crawford Agricultural Complex, which used to house FFA and the agriculture classes for the district, but hasn’t been used for several years.

We will work with the teachers and their curriculum to help educate the students in age-appropriate hands-on work with the animals in our care, help with students’ FFA projects, and continue our mission to rescue, rehabilitate, and reintegrate animals in need.

The complex includes a large arena, classrooms, large stalls for the horses (holds up to 24), small stalls for smaller animals being raised by the students, and 10 acres of grazing land.

Repair and Maintenance Funding Needed — Repair & Maintenance Funding Needed

Repairs, changes to accommodate horses instead of cattle, and improvements are still being made prior to the move. We hope to get started during the Spring 2017 semester, but do need more funding to reach that goal. If you can help financially, please send a tax-deductible donation through PayPal at our Virtual Feed Store.

GSA Featured in Southwest Now!

January 6, 2017 By Karen White

Southwest Now magazine, published in the Southwest Dallas County area, featured an article about Terry Ottley and Gabby’s Sanctuary Ark in their January 2017 issue. Thank you, Southwest Now!

You can navigate the article with the toolbar at the bottom of the page and you can zoom in to read! Just hover your cursor over the picture and the toolbar will appear.

Southwest Now Magazine

Squeaky – GSA’s Smallest Rescue

November 12, 2016 By Karen White

Gabby’s Sanctuary ARK generally concentrates on horse welfare, but animals of all sizes need to be rescued, rehabilitated, and reintegrated into society. On that note, meet Squeaky.

What Happened to Squeaky?

When he was about 3 – 4 weeks old, Squeaky was living in a barn with his Mom and brothers and sisters. One night, when the barn door was closing, he tried to run outside. He didn’t quite make it and his back legs/back were caught and severely damaged. He has been mostly paralyzed since then.

Our Founder and Executive Director, Terry Wade-Ottley, bottle fed him and has been working with him since. Squeaky is now 4 months old. He drags his back legs, although he has some feeling and a little movement in them.

Even when he turns, his back legs stay still.

You Can Help!

Squeaky had a consult with a neurologist last week. The options were not very promising: laser treatment, hyperbaric treatment, physical therapy, and wheelchair.

For now, we are trying to obtain by donation or make a wheelchair for him.

You can make a secure DONATION here.

His front legs are very strong (he likes to climb and jump off the bed), and when we performed a test by lifting his rear end with a cloth, he took off running.

A Special Thanks…

We want to thank the Cedar Valley College Veterinary Tech students, Dr. Monica Fann, and Chairman Roberts for taking a special interest in Squeaky and for taking care of him while Terry was out of town.

Addy’s Awards

October 28, 2016 By Karen White

A Little Background.

Do you remember Addy? She came to Gabby’s Sanctuary Ark at the end of April, 2015 from a feedlot in Oklahoma. Her future was bleak as she was intended to go to the slaughterhouse the next day.

Gabby’s Ark stepped in and brought her to Texas and things really started looking up for Addy. Staci Hamilton has been caring for her and training her since then under the guidance of Terry Wade-Ottley.

A Little Competition.

Addy recently competed in her first show since coming to Gabby’s Sanctuary Ark. It took place at Hidden Lake Farm in North Texas.

A Little Recognition!

Addy participated in the walk/trot crossrails division and the walk/trot/canter crossrails division, winning 7 ribbons: 5 third place, 1 fourth place, and 1 fifth place.

Well done, Addy and Staci!