Exotic Avian Sanctuary of Tennessee Inc. / EAST
Programs
Budget
$150,000.00
Description
Exotic Avian Sanctuary of Tennessee is moving to a five-acre site in Hermitage, Tennessee, just minutes from Nashville. With your support, we will add a number of enhancements to our current capabilities including a new facility for the birds under our care. The sanctuary will be a resource for the community in a variety of ways:* Students visit on educational field trips or come work with our birds to earn community service credits at their schools* Veterinary students spend time with exotic birds as part of their training* Volunteers of all ages find it therapeutic to work with our birds* Horticultural students can implement organic gardening methods as part of class projects
Program Areas Served
None
$150,000.00
Description
Exotic Avian Sanctuary of Tennessee is moving to a five-acre site in Hermitage, Tennessee, just minutes from Nashville. With your support, we will add a number of enhancements to our current capabilities including a new facility for the birds under our care. The sanctuary will be a resource for the community in a variety of ways:* Students visit on educational field trips or come work with our birds to earn community service credits at their schools* Veterinary students spend time with exotic birds as part of their training* Volunteers of all ages find it therapeutic to work with our birds* Horticultural students can implement organic gardening methods as part of class projects
Program Areas Served
None
CEO/Executive Director/Board Comments
| With millions of parrots produced by the pet trade each year, the population of captive birds continues to grow. This excessive breeding of parrots has become a heartbreaking tragedy. With life spans of up to 80 years, parrots have a built-in homeless factor which means almost every long-lived parrot will outlive its original guardian. None can be released to the wild because they do not have the skills to survive. EAST was established for the purpose of helping as many of these parrots as possible. Here, these highly social animals, who thrive in each other's presence, can find both a "forever" home and a community. Our one and only purpose is that of a safe haven for birds to live out their lives in a happy and healthy environment.Kim HannahExecutive Director |
