[VIRAL] Woman Spends $50,000 Per Year to Give Shelter to 200 Abandoned Animals

A real-life Dr. Dolittle says she has rescued almost 200 animals who were once neglected or mistreated.

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Her menagerie consists of cows, pigs, ferrets, and alpacas among many others.

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Adri Rachelle, 33, of Athens, Georgia, rescues from her farm in the Deep South any animal who needs her assistance and runs the Wild Stuff Sanctuary.

She says she spends over $50,000 per year ensuring that the animals she cares 'thrive, not just survive' and that her house has turned into an animal menagerie.

After spending years saving animals and discovering it was no longer a passion for her but a calling, Bored Panda reported.

Adri praises her parents, Larry Jacobs, a retired natural resources expert, and Cynthia Selby, a former nurse, for her animal-loving personality.

She told the publication: "Broken and endangered animals have always seemed to cross my path."

Being a fan of J.R.R. Tolkien, who calls most of her animals after characters in the trilogy of the author's Lord Of The Rings, added:' Understanding that I offer them a healthy place to recover gives my life a meaning and that satisfaction far outweighs all the time, money, and sorrow that an animal sanctuary can bring.'

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Heavy Responsibility

Every day, Adri takes care of the animals, not having holidays, and works from morning to night, but says she enjoys every minute of it.

She said they may be afraid of her at first as animals come to the shelter, but they hear from others that the home is safe.

Adri said, 'A dog may be scared of me at first, but it finds out by those here that this home is safe, and it takes warmth and pleasure from other pets. A wild pig does not have to face its human terror; its social needs are absolutely fulfilled by the other pigs.

The parrots will spend a whole day chatting with other parrots and engaging with them, which is more than satisfying their natural needs.'

She said she didn't simply want to fulfill her basic needs but said she still surpassed her basic living conditions, preferring to spoil them and 'thrive rather than just survive.'

Satisfaction

Adri said, 'It's my earthly paradise... Technically, though, it is rather demanding. This is particularly true because residents are typically often abused, aged, overweight or untreated.' During the past year, she spent around $50,000 on supplies for the sanctuary, including an estimated feed bill of $1,300 a month and regular veterinarian treatment of about $10,000.

Yet, she said that she will not be opening her sanctuary to the public despite being a source of money because she feels it is traumatic for the animals.

Adri wants to post them on social media so that people who fell in love with them will be encouraged to donate any amount for the animals.

Why is adopting important?

Every year, in the United States alone, it is estimated that more than one million adoptable dogs and cats are euthanized, mainly because too many animals come into shelters and too few people consider adoption while searching for a pet.

If more individuals rescued dogs instead of acquiring them, the number of euthanized animals may be significantly decreased. When you adopt, by making them part of your family, you rescue a caring animal and free up shelter space for another animal that may urgently need it.