A zoo for rescued animals, beneath a Key West jail
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 เม.ย. 2024
- The Monroe County Sheriff's Office Animal Farm, a small zoo on the grounds of a detention facility in Key West, was started by accident in the mid-1990s when word got out that the sheriff had rescued some ducks from a nearby road. Since then, many animals - abandoned, abused, confiscated or donated - have been brought to the farm, which is maintained by a small team of people incarcerated there. Correspondent Conor Knighton reports on a zoo that is making a difference in the lives of those incarcerated as well as the more than 100 animals currently residing there.
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I hope that these men continue to work with animals when they are released from jail.
I was thinking this. It is giving them a new skill and would make them more employable at the plethora of animal parks throughout the state of FL or beyond.
Nah I been here seen and done it. They just gonna do it while in the joint. Everyone finds Jesus while locked up. The moment the outside world is back at their fingertips they cave in and go back to
This is what true rehabilitation is all about. You can’t lock people away in cement boxes and think they’re going to know how change.
Well it's quite telling that America has the highest rate of incarceration. 🙄
Thank you for allowing me to be in the interview and also both farmers to allow me to be a part of the farm. It definitely is a huge role that got me through me hard times. Animals are the best! Loved every part of this. Staff and inmates were all a great refresh to get out too. Thank you for allowing me to be a part of the interview and for people to see this great sanctuary.
Your welcome dabagman! Please do your best to not steal.
@@mr.iforgot3062 I don’t steal but keep up the words of wisdom tho!
Animals are fantastic and you guys took such great care of them. Thanks for that. Shut down the haters (like mriforgot3062 👆) and allow the animals to heal you. They really do have that to give.
Keep up the good work 🎉
Animals are the best, and so are the people who care about them. Good luck to you!
These people are doing something RIGHT. God bless them all. From the top down.
As a local here in Key West I tell you Jeanne is so knowledgeable, kind and the perfect fit for this position.
We consider Jeanne a regional treasure.
The inmates, for perhaps the first time in their lives, learn responsibility, reasoned cadence, and how to provide and accept love.
Our exceptional Sheriff, Rick Ramsey started the program and is extremely supportive of this community gem.
Love Laura
Jeanne is a real TREASURE for sure and I bless her compassion and caring nature.🥰
Bless Sheriff Ramsey too!👍🥰
She seems so lovely and kind and compassionate. You are lucky to have her! I'm certain she has made an impact on many, many lives. ❤❤❤
Stories like this is why I love watching CBS Sunday morning . As someone that lives in Florida it’s good to see a great story like this. This would be awesome to see more jails do this if possible to make a difference in the lives of both inmates and also rescued animals.
Rescued animals and troubled humans can connect and help for each other. Great program.
This is absolutely WONDERFUL people doing something right for animals and human souls GREAT WORK
Thank you to the guys helping the animals.
Caring and love is the best rehab you can have ,she is doing a great job at both !
I love people who care about our animal friends and find themselves becoming better humans because of it. I once lived in Florida and loved going to Key West, too.
Keep up the good work CBS Sunday Mornings, your positivity gives me hope and a relief from all the negative things that are always on the news.
What an awesome program for the animals and the inmates!
Awesome way that a fluke and lack of animal shelter evolved to this bimonthly zoo. Animals are beautiful ,exotic ambassadors for the betterment of mankind.
This is wonderful! Animals have the ability to heal our hearts if we allow it. Blessed are the beasts!
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if every city had a Zoo under their jail to help rehabilitate those who are low level offenders!
CBS Sunday Morning, This is amazing! I subscribed right away!
Interesting and a FEEL GOOD story. We need more of this.
Please, more encouraging stories like this👏
Beautiful story showing wonderful Humans helping Animals in trouble.🥺🐾👍🤗💓 This has ALWAYS been one of my favorite News programs & unfortunately channel 2 in Chicago doesn't always come in very well and I can't afford cable TV. Thank you for sharing this beautiful story!👍🐾🤗🥰
I love this story and this place of hope ❤
We need more programs like that
what a great program for the inmates.
That's great. Maybe they can do work with the kitties at the Hemingway House too ❤
Fantastic idea. Good for the inmates and the critters they help care for. Instilling healthy morals, empathy, kindness and communication skills. Maybe other prisons could follow suit.
That would make me want to go to jail and get assigned to animal duty!
❤You deserve a Trillion likes ! 😃👍
What a great program, and wonderful lady. It's refreshing to see a correctional facility's leaders be willing to try something like this. Good for the animals, the inmates, and the public.
Good humans did this ❤ Thank You 😊
This should be done more often... its crazy to think that the inmates that get to participate in this program will look back and see that the best job they ever had in life was at one of the worst times in their lives....
What a wonderful gift for these men, the animals and the public. Ma'am, you ARE making a difference. You are inspiring and a blessing. 😊
What a wonderful way to rehab. This sort of plan ought to be incorporated into jails and correctional facilities all over the country. Animals have a natural calming effect on us, and providing a non-threatening companion. We definitely need more of this.
Thank you ❤God Bless you and your endeavors🤩
Bravo! Well said! Many thanks for making a difference in the lives of the people and the animals!
Perfect! This works on so many levels.
Outstanding idea! Thank you for the "out of the box" concept!
Awesome, very beautiful, inspiring, moving. Thank you to all of you, humans and non humans!
This is great. Taking care of Animals are a great way to get people back on track
Life is wonderful !! A God blessing story
What a lovely person that lady is
I think animal centered programs should be implemented in more jails/prisons around the country, if not around the world. Incarcerated people often do community service as a part of their sentence, but for many it doesn’t feel like truly fulfilling work emotionally. But by working with animals, they get that emotional connection to what they’re doing and get to experience guilt free empathy and affection. Jackson Galaxy visited a prison with a foster program and it was amazing! Whether it be fostering dogs, cats, rabbits, reptiles, birds, etc. or caring for these exotic animals, it’s a mutually beneficial experience for all involved. And once the inmate is released, they have experience with that line of work and can possibly get jobs. They can also have a positive impact on their community to promote animal welfare. Great story, I hope we see more of it.
Thank you for covering story
GOD BLESS this Beautiful program. How healing and therapeutic for both.💚🐾
Animals make everything better ❤
Awesome stuff.. God bless you guys. ❤💪❤
Sad that low level nonviolent drug offenders are in prison to begin with.
"Yeah, Bonnie, you wanna do me a favor and open up the Yellow Pages and uh under the section for 'Correctional Facilities, Animals...'"
👍 What a great and beautiful idea! We should copy this to other prison program facilities! 🐦🐢🐖🐐
What a great program! Great idea!
Maybe we should have this at every jail. It's great for the people and the animals.
Awesome story. Love it!
pairing inmates with animal care is always a win/win situation. then training dogs is also great program!
It's good for children visiting the Zoo to developing good skills and knowledge about different kinds of animal's 😊
Love this!!!
Everyone needs a purpose, and putting your concerns on another being is the best way to better yourself, alleviate grief, and learn something.
Animals can heal people
What a story!!!
Wow!😃what a great idea. It brings back the human side that drugs take away. Why not try this everywhere?
Wow
MAN JUST A GREAT STORY .
That is amazing!
Awesome story!
That’s nice😊, glad to see something “refreshing” good job👍😊👍
So many of these people have seen and dealt with the brutality of humans. It must be therapeutic to deal with other beings for a while.
I think that is awesome. It’s a win win for everybody and every animal. I can only pray that the inmates use this time to enjoy and look at what they can do and be when they get out. That there are better things in life. God bless them all. 🙏🙏🙏😇😇😇❤️❤️❤️
Hope they're safe in hurricanes.❤
Wonderful💖
Excellent ❤
The zoo is the jail, for the animals.
Question: What happens with this zoo, animals, and inmates when a hurricane rolls by?
All Animals are moved into a different safe area depending how severe of a storm plays part as well and accompanied by one of the farmers. Inmates are moved to mainland, sometimes all the way up to Broward.
Itd be awesome if they set it up as a work program ,to where they can leave jail and go to a job taking care of other animals in zoo's or something like that. Like an apprentice gig with a solid job opportunity and help with education so they can get the certification needed to continue it professionally. Alot of inmates would do better when released if they had hope when leaving and a chance to do better with a solid support system
We NEED more stuff like this for prisons. A lot, (not all) …of prisoners can be rehabilitated, if given purpose and confidence. They are human, I think a lot of people forget that.
YES! I love this.
Great story.
Brilliant idea! Very therapeutic for prisoners and gives them work to do . Vegetable gardens would be great too!
Even if they did not commit a crime they get to enjoy life still and the inmates get to learn how to take care of them also
This is great!
Why don’t all prisons have zoo’s???
They might unite and rebel
Where this farm is?
Rehabilitation and restitution. Win, win.
Awesome ❤😊
LOVE THIS!
This is a wonderful idea
Wonderful 👏👏👏
All zoos should be rescue sanctuaries.
Wonderful woman.
Alright!❤
I wonder what would happen if the animals were human and we were the animals.
There are hundreds of thousands of pythons in the glades, don’t need that one either
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Great idea!
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Probably hard to find cheap land for animal rescue in Key West.
Rules for thee not for me
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What happens when a hurricane comes?
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Alcapone Is the jungle😂
Love
The skunk's name is Pepe Le Pew.
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We muat outlaw pet stores; there are too many animals who need help already.