Safari's Sanctuary In Broken Arrow Provides Safe Place For Exotic Animals

Things are getting wild here on Wednesday! Safari's Sanctuary in Broken Arrow has been providing a safe place for exotic animals that can't be released into the wild for nearly 30 years now.

Founder Lori Ensign joins us on the Arca Continental Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages Porch to talk more about it.

Ensign said Safari's Sanctuary has saved her life. She said she was diagnosed with Multiple sclerosis (MS) back in 1996. She adopted a bob cat, which began her journey of adopting exotic animals.

Years later, she said she has exceeded the life span initially given by medical officials. She said she owes it to the animals she has had the honor to work with through Safari's Sanctuary.

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What does Safari's Sanctuary do?

"It's all rescue. So every animal out there was somebody's pet at one time or an overbred or a zoo that shutdown or something. And they had nowhere to go. Shelters can't take you know, exotic things. So it was us, or (the animals) get euthanized," Ensign said.

Does Safari's Sanctuary need volunteers?

"We need volunteers. You know, COVID hit and it just went down to nothing. And so you know, we have two or three that come a day now. But we need a lot more. And it's good for kids. It's good for seniors. You know, if you're bored, and you want to come out and cut some fruit and make food bowls. Kids can come out and scoop some poo and get them you know, away from the cell phone for a little bit. So it's good for you," Ensign said.