At "Discover the Oasis 2012" 0n May 12, 2012, Julie Dyson, our Associate Director of Administration, told the following story. It was so well received that we wanted to share it with all. This is the story of Haley, a…
By Sybil Erden, with Jean Gauthier and Janet Trumbule - December 16, 2010 The hardest part of running or working at an animal sanctuary is not the tedium of cleaning and feeding…it is not fund-raising or business stresses….it is when one…
By Sybil Erden, Founder - August 2, 2008 As most of you are aware of by now, since April 6, 2008, The Oasis been working almost daily to get an abandoned American Macaw named Gulliver back to the US. He…
By Pat and Neal Rudikoff In October 1998 we brought a sweet Male Umbrella Cockatoo, Zeus into our family. Our very first bird! We fell so in love, that a year later we got him a girlfriend to keep him…
By Sybil Erden, Founder - December 29, 2002 Brenda and her mate Bob are two of the Rainbow Lories who came to us 1½ years ago. They were part of the Oronoco Rescue, a court ordered confiscation of 60+ birds,…
By Ruth Ann LaRue Have you ever had that more-than-special companion animal? Perhaps you have. He or she is the one who always brings a smile to your face or a tear to your eye; the one whose spirit stays…
By Sybil Erden, Founder Skippy, a Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, was bounced through seven homes and caregivers during the first nine years of his life. At one point, his alcoholic owners threw him - cage and all - into a trash…
By Sybil Erden, Founder - December 14, 1999 Tiki is an 18-year-old Blue and Gold Macaw. She arrived at The Oasis shortly before Thanksgiving in 1997. Tiki had lived the first sixteen years of her life with one family. The…
By Sybil Erden, Founder - August 22, 1992 I bought Clovis early in 1992 from a local back-yard breeder. Clovis was 11 months old. I already had several other birds, but. I wanted a hand-fed, hand tamed bird. When I…
