About Minton Farm
Minton Farm is non-profit, voluntary rescue centre...
Minton Farm Animal Rescue Centre located at Cherry Gardens in the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia, is a non-profit, non-government organization run entirely on community goodwill and volunteer time. The centre has been running successfully since its inception in 1992. Through the tireless efforts of Bev Langley, the centre's owner and manager, Minton Farm has been recognized internationally for the work at the centre with
an IFAW award. In 2005 alone the centre was responsible for 597 rescues of animals in need and to date overall has rescued over 11,500 native animals.
Here in South Australia it is incredibly rare to find a funding body that will support both animal rescue work and conservation education.
The centre manages to scrap through financially through donations, fund-raising and small grants that we have received in the past from local councils (see below). We are continually applying for new grants in order to gain funding for some much-needed materials associated with our rescue work and also funding to develop a more comprehensive education program that will compliment our rescue work. In 2018 the Centre won the Fund My Neighborhood $25,000 to build a circular bird of prey flight to rehabilitate injured raptors. Funds are being directed towards this exciting project from Sponsorship, fund raising and donations.
At our centre our primary objective is to educate and enrich the lives of community members through the rescue and care of injured and orphaned native animals. We believe that all of us can help to save Australia’s unique wildlife. At Minton Farm Animal Rescue Centre we strongly believe that through education we can help to change attitudes and bad habits so that generations to come can appreciate the natural world that here in Australia we are blessed to have at our doorstep.
At Minton Farm, we are a voluntarily community organization and feel that it is our responsibility to combine our rescue work with community education. We strongly believe that the two go hand in hand because without educating the community and changing attitudes towards nature, then the rescue work that we do would all be done in vain!!!!
The centre attends numerous fund-raising events each year, has school groups come through the centre and does presentations at schools and
at community groups such as scouts, rotary and other similar clubs. However being a non-government, not for profit organization the material we have for education is minimal. However with a strong need for education in our community and with the manager/owner (Bev Langley) having a background in primary school teaching we believe that conservation education is an area that we can better utilize to our advantage.
an IFAW award. In 2005 alone the centre was responsible for 597 rescues of animals in need and to date overall has rescued over 11,500 native animals.
Here in South Australia it is incredibly rare to find a funding body that will support both animal rescue work and conservation education.
The centre manages to scrap through financially through donations, fund-raising and small grants that we have received in the past from local councils (see below). We are continually applying for new grants in order to gain funding for some much-needed materials associated with our rescue work and also funding to develop a more comprehensive education program that will compliment our rescue work. In 2018 the Centre won the Fund My Neighborhood $25,000 to build a circular bird of prey flight to rehabilitate injured raptors. Funds are being directed towards this exciting project from Sponsorship, fund raising and donations.
At our centre our primary objective is to educate and enrich the lives of community members through the rescue and care of injured and orphaned native animals. We believe that all of us can help to save Australia’s unique wildlife. At Minton Farm Animal Rescue Centre we strongly believe that through education we can help to change attitudes and bad habits so that generations to come can appreciate the natural world that here in Australia we are blessed to have at our doorstep.
At Minton Farm, we are a voluntarily community organization and feel that it is our responsibility to combine our rescue work with community education. We strongly believe that the two go hand in hand because without educating the community and changing attitudes towards nature, then the rescue work that we do would all be done in vain!!!!
The centre attends numerous fund-raising events each year, has school groups come through the centre and does presentations at schools and
at community groups such as scouts, rotary and other similar clubs. However being a non-government, not for profit organization the material we have for education is minimal. However with a strong need for education in our community and with the manager/owner (Bev Langley) having a background in primary school teaching we believe that conservation education is an area that we can better utilize to our advantage.
Donations are gratefully accepted and assist with feeding animals and veterinary care.
You can quickly, safely and easily help by clicking the Donate button below. Thank you!
You can quickly, safely and easily help by clicking the Donate button below. Thank you!
Donate to Minton Farm via PayPal
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Donate by Direct Deposit to Minton Farm's bank account
Account Name: Minton Farm Rescue Centre
BSB: 105 078
Account Number: 056 591 840
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Account Name: Minton Farm Rescue Centre
BSB: 105 078
Account Number: 056 591 840
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Animals can be sponsored at $35 a year to allow funds allocated for their food to be used for facility improvement.
Recent Awards and Grants
The latest grants received were from:
- Govt Water Grant for installing 6 rainwater tanks throughout the property to collect & use rainwater to maintain the animal enclosures and to water revegetation projects.
- City of Onkaparinga Community development grant - Funding for a digital camera for the educational program activities.
- Office of the Ageing for updating the volunteer kitchen area
- Seaworld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund for purchasing food and medical supplies, plus drainages works and hay.
Released to fly again! Rescued Black Falcon chick
Many animals that have been rescued have been rehabilitated and re-released into their original habitat successfully. One such case was a Black Falcon chick rescued 80km north of Marla and brought in to Minton Farm Animal Rescue Centre late last for care.
It had been taken from its nest by some children and hadn’t learnt how to look after it self well and was malnourished. A teacher from Marla rescued the Falcon chick and brought it to Adelaide to get some help. The chick was hand raised in Minton Farm Animal Rescue Centre's hospital facility. Once it was mature and strong enough the Falcon was introduced into our 4m long, shade cloth lined, flight enclosure to spread it’s wings and learn how to fly and hunt. As soon as she was ripping up her own food and flying to a small degree, she was then introduced into our longer, higher shade cloth lined flight enclosure, funded by the City of Onkaparinga. |
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