Friday, December 26, 2008

Home for the Holidays! (a glider relocation project in the works)

SITUATION:
Due to a major unforeseen life event, it has become necessary to rehome several sugar glider rescues located near Orlando, Florida. All of the sugar gliders are healthy, and the males have been neutered.

NOTE: Updates to this entry can be found in this link.

Since I am involved with the All 4 Gliders Rescue Project, I decided to step up and see if I could lend a hand. I did a search of anyone who had completed the Rescue Application (from FL all the way to NC), and I reviewed each application and sent e-mails to see if those applicants were still available to lend a hand, either by offering a permanent placement, fostering, or "transportation-only" assistance. I sent out over 20 e-mails, and the response has been good. We have at least three homes able to take in these gliders on a permanent basis.

Now the trick is, how to make it happen?
We have the gliders ready to go, we have homes ready to adopt these neutered males, but we need some major intervention to get everyone lined up so the trip is as stress-free for the people and the gliders as possible.

Since I'm from the north, I'm not familiar with distance and drive times down south, but a quick Google search shows an approximate total drive-time of about 10 hours.

That's too much of a drive for anyone, and it's certainly far too long of a drive for rescue gliders. So, we need to break this trip into sections.

I'm placing the Google Map here for ease-of-reference for those involved. Our goal is to place these gliders before the first of the year, if at all possible.

For any questions, please send me an e-mail. I'll reply as soon as I possibly can.

Here's the map:

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UPDATES TO THIS POST CAN BE FOUND IN THIS LINK!

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