{"id":756882,"date":"2019-04-26T08:59:33","date_gmt":"2019-04-26T12:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=756882"},"modified":"2019-04-26T08:59:33","modified_gmt":"2019-04-26T12:59:33","slug":"they-give-me-a-reason-to-live-truck-drivers-passion-is-saving-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=756882","title":{"rendered":"\u2018They Give Me A Reason To Live\u2019: Truck Driver\u2019s Passion Is Saving Animals"},"content":{"rendered":"\t
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MIKE STURA: We try to save them. And they save us. Trust me. I\u2019m telling you straight out. We give them a home, a place to live and they give me a reason to live.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\n

CBS NEW YORK:<\/strong> ‘All animals need a home. Even livestock escaping the slaughterhouse have found a new lease on life. One man has turned a farm into a sanctuary… For all New York City provides for us, an hour northwest you\u2019ll find a sanctuary that caters to animals. Mike Stura isn\u2019t a farmer. He\u2019s a truck driver who defends the defenseless. \u201cI love them. I love them. My whole life has changed because of them. I see everything in my world differently because of them,\u201d Stura said…<\/em><\/p>\n

Five years ago, he opened the Skylands Animal Sanctuary in Wantage, N.J. \u201cThey\u2019re not my pets. They\u2019re not here to make me happy. They\u2019re here to live life on their own terms. So that\u2019s what we try to let them do,\u201d Stura said. Along with a small staff and volunteers, the 230-acre farm has changed the course of life for more than 100 animals. Some are even \u201ccelebrities.\u201d When an animal escapes captivity on the way to the slaughterhouse, Mike and his team become their saviors.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cOftentimes we get a call if its a big animal, before Animal Control even gets a call about it. We\u2019ve become synonymous with big animals that are loose. Especially cows,\u201d Stura said. Instead of being sent to their doom, the nonprofit facility gives them a home and allows them to find their own personality…<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI like to think there\u2019s a myth that goes around that if they fight for their lives and get out somehow, there\u2019s a long haired guy who will give them a place to live,\u201d Stura said. \u201cI\u2019m a truck driver. I\u2019m a truck driver who loves these animals and always roots for the underdog. So if I can help somebody who\u2019s struggling to help themselves, and I can give them a good life. That\u2019s good for me. I\u2019m nothing special, trust me. I\u2019m just a truck driver.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

It takes about $700 a day just to feed the animals. It takes about $700 a day just to feed the animals.\u00a0Donations<\/a> keep the nonprofit alive, and more than just the animals are rescued…. \u201cWe try to save them. And they save us. Trust me! I\u2019m telling you straight out. We give them a home, a place to live and they give me a reason to live,\u201d Stura said’.<\/em> SOURCE…<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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