![]() ![]() ![]() Today, her suburban home plays host to Pandemonium Aviaries, one of the largest avian rescue sanctuaries and endangered breeding facilities in the country, with a maze of fifty-four individual aviaries that house over forty species, fourteen of which are listed as threatened with extinction. ![]() Along the way she teaches us how conservationism is as much about saving ourselves as these rare birds.Įighteen years ago, Stanford MBA Michele Raffin pulled off the road to help an injured dove, a momentary impulse that ignited in her a fervent commitment to saving vulnerable bird species. Aviculturist Raffin introduced us to Sweetie, a special breed of quail with an outsized personality Oscar the inspiring disabled Lady Gouldian finch Victoria, Wing, and Coffee, sibling crowned pigeons ecstatic in reunion and other rescued feathered friends that have been her life's work. ![]()
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