The Ranch Menagerie

A non-profit animal rescue and adoption organization for animals including cat, dogs, birds, reptiles, and barnyard animals of all varieties.

The Ranch Menagerie Animal Sanctuary

Yellow Springs, OH

Hear us on the radio? We're happy to have you stop by! Please email us if you have any questions.

The rooster you heard on air was Smoothie. When he was younger he didn't always get to spend the winter in a warm coop. It got cold enough to give his comb frostbite and when he finally thawed out the tips fell off leaving only a smooth comb behind. He doesn't notice anything is missing, and it sure makes it easy to spot him in a flock. We'll get a good photo of him up soon!

In the meantime, here's Mae, the Australian Shepherd, trying to figure out why the rooster wants to cross the road:

Our blind pony, Sugar, was also mentioned on air. She's pictured on our How You Can Help page. Originally she entered the rescue world in Montgomery County with many other neglected horses. Due to her extreme mistrust of humans she was the last one of the seized horses to still be looking for a home. She found her way to one of our foster homes and into our care. Roxy and Wanda are our other two horses. Wanda is a chestnut Quarter Horse in her upper twenties. On the other end of the age scale, Roxy is under ten years old. She's a bay Standardbred and hiding behind Wanda in the photo.

Wanda is soon to be evaluated for participating in a riding for the disabled program. Some of our volunteers have helped such programs before and we're excited for the possibility of having one of our horses bringing smiles and independence to children and adults with disabilities.

Everyone at The Ranch Menagerie would like to thank Virgil Hervey of A Yellow Springs Blog for his articles about the animals and his interest in their wellbeing.