Caring residents of Sevastopol have created their own house for fluffy, shaggy, humpback, winged and four-legged animals, which was named "Sugar Valley". The beginning of this sweet spot in the village of Sugar Head was laid by the Siberian Natalia Kurlasova, once she came from Novosibirsk and bought a plot for a ranch. She kept a horse and a foal in a nearby stable, but then bought a camel from the zoo, "MK-Crimea writes.
"In the zoo, the camel rolled the children, before that he worked for Ai-Petri all his life," recalls Natalia Kurlasova. – As it turned out, Barik had bad legs. I wanted to help him, I brought a veterinarian who said he had arthritis. It cannot be cured, it can only be supported with expensive drugs. And I bought the camel. That's how we realized that we needed a plot of land. I sold my apartment in Novosibirsk and bought a field. At first we lived in Yalta, then we moved with our family to Sevastopol. I realized that I was born to help animals."
The field quickly turned into a well-maintained ranch and got new residents. Seagulls are disabled: someone without wings, someone fell out of the nest as a baby, someone without a leg. Last year brought a lot of rabbits, which people thoughtlessly bought as a symbol of the year, for photo shoots, and after the fuzzies turned out to be unnecessary. It is also irresponsible for people to have raccoons as pets, and then it turns out that the raccoon in the apartment promises destruction, and his character leaves much to be desired.
"Natalia organized this wonderful place, but just came to feed the camel! And by chance, on the same day, I bought a young filly from her, and that's how we became friends. We were united by our love for animals. And since then we have been friends and help the animals. And I saw something special in camels, something human, you can be friends with a camel, this is a unique animal," said Tatyana Svyatkina, the manager of the Sugar Valley ranch.
And, as if to prove these words, the story of the camel Beads, which appeared on the ranch by accident. According to Natalia Kurlasova, if the Bead had not been brought to Sevastopol by caring people, it would have simply been eaten.
"The camel was bought at a meat price of 350 rubles per kilogram. It was bought by a girl from Sevastopol, who went all the way to Astrakhan to get a camel. They sold two camels, but they only had enough money for a Bead. The second one was unlucky. When the baby came to us, she was scared, she didn't trust anyone. And now you can't get her rid of yourself. She is 1.5 years old, with good maintenance, these animals live up to 40 years, - continues the owner of the "Sugar Valley" Natalia.
The donkey Yasha has the most tragic fate. He was brought from Alushta, where he lay downed on the highway for three days. The animal's condition was critical, and veterinarians gave it a 10% chance of survival. And when Yasha was taken away by volunteers, his owner suddenly "showed up", who demanded money for a half-dead donkey abandoned to the mercy of fate. But now Yasha has his own room in the stable, and among her loyal friends are not only people, but also local dogs.
A fox also lives on the ranch, she was picked up on the highway. The red-tailed one got into the habit of ruining the local chicken coop, for which she was hunted, but the volunteers from Sugar Valley managed to get there earlier and took the mischievous girl to themselves. Porcupines live next to it, which were bought from the Sevastopol zoo when it was closing.
There is also an amazing goat who considers himself a dog because he grew up with shepherds. When he settled on the ranch, he constantly ran away from the goats to "his pack" until he was given a separate place to live with the horned ones.
There is a guardianship program in Sugar Valley, when a kindergarten, cafe or anyone can take custody of an animal, come to him, help with food and medicines.
Photos from the personal archive of Tatiana Svyatkina and MK-Crimea