We don't publicize it enough perhaps, but Home At Last provides sanctuary for many more animals than you might think.  Nearly 200 acres of beautiful woodland and streams, home to thousands of forest dwelling animals is an important part of the Home At Last mission.  The forest is home to indigenous animals like white-tailed deer, wild turkey, raccoons, gray and red foxes, coyotes, opossums (this country's only marsupial), rabbits, turtles (including snapping turtles, the largest reptile in North America), skunks, frogs, snakes, groundhogs, squirrels, chipmunks, migrating water fowl, and countless birds like the glorious pileated woodpecker, beautiful eastern bluebird, orchard oriole, goldfinch, and junco.  Watching the magnificent turkey vultures, with their nearly eagle-sized wingspans, soar above the Kentucky River valley at the edge of Home At Last is a mesmerizing sight indeed.  Oh, to fly like an eagle.  It reminds me of walking through Angel Canyon, home of Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, and watching the golden eagles soar over the red rock cliffs.   
         
We feel that protecting these primal occupants of the land and the land itself is more important than ever as large tracts continue to fall to economic pressures and a growing human population.  By staying in touch with wilderness and not losing our place in the natural world, we will remain creatures of the earth, not creatures apart from it.  Our completeness as humans will be understood and preserved.  It may only affect us subconsciously, but it is a vital part of our being.
     
You are invited to visit the dogs and cats and pigs and cows of Home At Last.  But while you're here, please take some time to discover the beauty and serenity of the other Home At Last.  If you're lucky, you might be around when one of our wildlife rehabilitator friends releases a family of raccoons or possums back into nature.  They're a part of the great circle of life, and so are we.