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A SRAS resident, Hazel
framework from which she would approach
all animals in her life, then and now, and the
foundation in which SRAS was built on. Jen’s
experience with horses and a background in
nursing gives her a unique perspective
needed to properly care for the animals at
SRAS.
After raising two children, Dave and Jen left
the city and purchased property in
Temecula’s wine country to fulfill a lifelong
dream to offer refuge to animals in need. In
searching for their first horse to bring to the
ranch, they were shocked and saddened to
learn of the overwhelming abundance of
abandoned and neglected horses in their
area. In addition, they also learned that many
farm animals, due to the close proximity of
dairy farms, were also in need of refuge. Jen
and Dave’s deep love for all animals, made it
impossible to ignore this need and Sale
Ranch Animal Sanctuary was born.
SRAS Growth
SRAS has grown from the first horse they
rescued; a Mustang named Second
Chances...AKA Chancie. He was an extreme
case of neglect. Starving, skinny, and horribly
overgrown hooves, he was living in a very
small coral with manure up to his belly.
Animal Control was called, so to avoid
charges and seizure, his former owner
unbelievably rode him over 10 miles in his
poor condition down the road where he was
dumped at a friend’s ranch, luckily found his
way into Jen’s life, and heart. Since Chancie’s
rescue, SRAS has grown to provide forever
refuge for eleven more horses that all have
equally heartbreaking pasts but now live a
happy life full of care and love.
The ranch expanded into rescuing farm
animals, in addition to horses, after Jen
learned of a dozen goat babies, just days old
and barely alive, were found in a trailer
behind a local slaughter auction. Barely alive
in a pile of other babies that were already
dead. Too young, too cold, and without the
much-needed colostrum from their Mom
proved too much for their tiny bodies. Of
those handful of babies clinging to life, only
five survived, and two of them, Kid Rock and
Clover, found their forever refuge at SRAS.
Both babies were very sick, and their lives
hung in the balance for several weeks. After
weeks of bottle feedings, diapers, sleeping
inside with Jen and Dave, and a multiple vet
visits, both Kid Rock and Clover beat the odds
that were stacked so cruelly against them and
became the catalyst for major changes in how
Sale Ranch Animal Sanctuary is ran.
Since then, SRAS has become home to residents of all types, not just goats and horses. Since Kid Rock and Clover’s rescue, SRAS has become a refuge for goats, sheep, donkeys, horses, pot belly pigs, market pigs, and dogs, most of them were rescued from deplorable and unbelievable conditions. These animals have gone from hopeless to healed, and now in turn help heal members of the community including foster and at-risk children with SRAS’s foster child program. These children get to come out to the ranch, meet the animals in person, learn about our food industry, specifically how farm animals are treated in the industry, and decompress and feel the healing energy the residents of the ranch have to offer. It is a special offering that Jen feels is very important to share with the children that need it most.