Save the Owl Sanctuary

Fundraising campaign by Danelle Murray
  • US$315.00
    raised of $196,885.00 goal goal
0% Funded
10 Donors

No more donations are being accepted at this time. Please contact the campaign owner if you would like to discuss further funding opportunities

Show more
Show less

Realizing that there was a rapid decline in owl numbers and that owls had become one of the most common wildlife casualties brought into veterinary practices, Brendan and I decided ten years ago to focus all our efforts on conserving them. The organisation we founded, Owl Rescue Centre, now takes in more than a thousand owls every year through our rescue efforts. The owls are rehabilitated and when they can survive on their own in the wild, are released in the sanctuary – a farm which is located within a 12,000-hectare conservancy.

When we acquired the farm, now know as the Owl Sanctuary, we had a dream to secure a piece of protected habitat that would always belong to the owls. It would be a place where owls can be cared for and released within a safe environment.

We negotiated a Deed of Sale agreement with the owner in which we would pay the property off in installments of R 100 000 a month. We managed these payments for a few months, but the large amount became very demanding and harder as time went by. When we defaulted on our payments, we renegotiated a rental agreement which we are diligently paying each month. We continued to build the Sanctuary up with habitat enclosures, release enclosures and feeding platforms for the owls.

Our Landlord has now given us three months to raise the moneys to pay for the property. He informed us that he has a potential buyer and if we do not put an offer in, we may loose the property (and everything we have worked so hard to create) to another buyer who wants to use the property for pig farming.

Many owls have permanently settled on the property, are breeding in Owl Houses around the Sanctuary and owls that are finding it hard to cope due to injury are support fed in a controlled and protected area.

Please help us to save the Owl Sanctuary and realize our dream.

Thank you.


Rewards

You will receive an electronic owl photograph in high-resolution to print and frame

0 Backers

Organizer

  • Danelle Murray
  •  
  • ZA

Donors

  • Aileen Strumpher
  • Donated on Jul 15, 2020
$50.00
  • Lucy Bostick
  • Donated on Jun 10, 2020
$15.00
  • Kathleen Miritello
  • Donated on Jun 10, 2020
  • Wishing you the best in your work with the owls!

$25.00

No updates for this campaign just yet

Donors & Comments

10 donors
  • Aileen Strumpher
  • Donated on Jul 15, 2020
$50.00
  • Lucy Bostick
  • Donated on Jun 10, 2020
$15.00
  • Kathleen Miritello
  • Donated on Jun 10, 2020
  • Wishing you the best in your work with the owls!

$25.00
  • Val English
  • Donated on Jun 10, 2020
  • Good luck!

$25.00
  • Anonymous
  • Donated on Jun 09, 2020
  • Alex sent me.

Amount Hidden
  • Dark Owl
  • Donated on Jun 09, 2020
  • you are doing a wonderful, thank you and i wish you the best.

$100.00
  • Susan Solimini
  • Donated on Jun 09, 2020
Amount Hidden
  • Katherine Kyger
  • Donated on Jun 09, 2020
$10.00
  • Stephen Hines
  • Donated on Jun 09, 2020
$10.00
  • Charity Schmidt
  • Donated on Jun 09, 2020
  • Happy to help , I am sorry it’s not more .

$10.00
Show more donors

Followers

1 followers
Blair Allen

Support Campaigns

campaigns

Create a support campaign in seconds!

Support campaigns allow you to get your own fundraising page dedicated to 'Save the Owl Sanctuary'

You'll have your own unique link that you can share, and all funds raised will go directly to 'Save the Owl Sanctuary'. It's the ultimate way to show your support!

Create support campaign
US$315.00
raised of $196,885.00 goal
0% Funded
10 Donors

No more donations are being accepted at this time. Please contact the campaign owner if you would like to discuss further funding opportunities