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Showing posts with label Wildlife Sanctuary. Show all posts
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Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban Are Converting Their Tennessee Farm into a Wildlife Sanctuary: Following in the Footsteps of Steve and Terri Irwin


Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are known for living a quiet life outside of Hollywood in their Nashville mansion.

And now the notoriously down-to-earth couple are reportedly set to become even more anti-Tinseltown - by converting their Tennessee farm into a wildlife sanctuary.

According to the latest issue of New Idea, the twosome are keen to follow in the footsteps of Steve and Terri Irwin, and want their daughters, Faith and Sunday, to be raised around nature like Bob and Bindi were.





“It was Nicole's idea to create the wildlife sanctuary for their girls,” New Idea quotes grocer Bobby Saucier as saying, who manages a local restaurant that Keith reportedly buys sandwiches from.

He continued,” Nicole liked what the Irwins’ did for Bindi... Spending time in a down-to-earth place like this, in the country, is important to them.”
The happily married couple's 16-hectare farm sits in Leiper's Fork and is worth $3.5 million. It's located just 25km from their luxury $4.9 million dollar mansion in Nashville.

The stars currently split their time between their Nashville home, L.A. for work, and Nicole's sprawling luxury farmhouse in rural New South Wales.





New Idea reports that when in Nashville, Keith and Nicole regularly come into town and mingle with the locals, and can often be spotted getting ice cream with their kids or riding around the countryside on Keith's motorcycle.

The 48-year-old country singer's work schedule is about to become a lot less busy soon with the final season of American Idol, set to wrap up in the next couple of months - giving him more time to focus on the wildlife sanctuary.

Another celebrity couple with a home in Tennessee's Leiper's Fork is Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake, who own a $4 million dollar estate on 126.63-acres.

Timberlake is also known for his love of wildlife, and has previously visited the Irwins' Australia Zoo during his 2014 Australian tour and even donated $100,000 to the zoo back in 2007.

Back to nature: Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are reportedly planning to turn their Tennessee farm into a sprawling wildlife sanctuary.



Following in their footsteps: According to New Idea, the Aussie couple were inspired by Steve and Terri Irwin.



"Nicole liked what the Irwins did for Bindi... Spending time in a down-to-earth place like this, in the country, is important to them," grocer Bobby Saucier told New Idea.


Livin' large! The 16-hectare farm is located just 25km from Nicole and Keith's $4.9 million dollar mansion in Nashville.


In good company: Nicole and Keith's farm is located in Leiper's Fork, where fellow wildlife enthusiast Justin Timberake also happens to own a multi-million dollar estate.

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Monday, May 4, 2015

In Honor of the Princess's Birth, the Australian Government Will Donate Aus$10,000 (US$7,826) to a Victorian State Wildlife Sanctuary to Support Research into the Mountain Pygmy-Possum


Sydney, Australia -  The Australian Government sent a fine woolen blanket embroidered with yellow flowers to Britain's new princess. She will also be honored with a more unusual gift. A donation of Aus$10,000 (US$7,826), to support the Mountain Pygmy-possum (Burramys parvus), a rare possum, thought extinct until 1966.

Fervent Royalist Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the blanket made from Tasmanian merino wool and stitched with the nation's floral emblem, the wattle, would be sent to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge after their new baby arrived on Saturday.

The donation amount of Aus$10,000 (US$7,826) will be sent to a Victorian state wildlife sanctuary to support research of the Mountain Pygmy-possum.

"The Mountain Pygmy-possum is Australia's only hibernating marsupial. There are fewer than 2,000 left in the wild," Abbott said of the endangered animal which can fit into the palm of a human hand and weighs only 45 grams.

The animal-themed gift chimes with Australia's presents to older brother George on his birth in 2013, when the baby prince was given a crocodile which hatched on the day his conception was announced.

The princess, who is fourth in line to the British throne, was born in London on Saturday, triggering global interest including in Australia where her great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth II is head of state.

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Saturday, February 7, 2015

A Family Rescues What They Think is a Puppy…What Was It?…


When a family in Canada came across what they thought was an abandoned puppy, they brought it to an animal rescue center for help. The newborn "pup" was just one week old.

When wildlife officials tried to find a surrogate mother for the animal, they discovered that it wasn't actually a dog. At first, it was believed that it might be an otter or even a wolverine. Now, since the animal has had more time to develop, officials think it's a fox because of a white tip at the top of its tail, which is an early development pattern of young foxes.

Since the little animal has been fostered by humans, it won't be released into the wild anytime soon, but will instead be raised in a wildlife sanctuary.

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