The Road to Utopia by Nancy Parker-Simons

The Road to Utopia by Nancy Parker-Simons

Noah had it easy. On any given day at the Utopia Animal Rescue Ranch in Medina, Texas, Nancy Parker-Simons, her husband Tony Simons, and a willing crew of employees and volunteers care for at least sixty rescued dogs, not to mention numerous cats, chickens, pigs, horses, wild mustangs, donkeys, and a rooster named Alfred Hitchcock-and Kinky Friedman, the rescue ranch's “Gandhi-like figure” who brings Nancy and Tony stray and abused animals, raises money for the rescue ranch, and makes sure no one leaves the ranch without a dog or two. In this entertaining book, Nancy Parker-Simons tells the heartwarming, often hilarious story of the Utopia Animal Rescue Ranch. She describes how a series of “it must have been fate” incidents brought her together with Tony Simons and Kinky Friedman, and how, in 1998, the three of them decided to create a no-kill haven for homeless and abused animals in the Texas Hill Country. Since their first rescue—the “magnificent seven” which were, in fact, forty-one dogs liberated from local animal shelters—“Cousin Nancy” and her crew have rescued over one thousand animals. Parker-Simons tells the fascinating stories of several dozen fortunate dogs, cats, and other animals that have come to the rescue ranch, either to be adopted by new owners or to live out their days in the ranch's “utopia.” She also pays tribute to the many supporters who have helped keep the ark afloat, including First Lady Laura Bush, Willie Nelson, Jerry Jeff Walker, Dwight Yoakam, Robert Earl Keen, Molly Ivins, and Don Imus. Everyone who cares about animal welfare will find The Road to Utopia hard to resist.

Nancy Parker-Simons has co-managed the Utopia Animal Rescue Ranch with her husband Tony Simons since 1998. According to Kinky Friedman, "her secret, as far as I can tell, is a special combination of love, dedication, and a really wicked sense of humor, the last being an absolute necessity for anyone who runs an orphanage, a half-way house, or a hospice of the two-legged or the four-legged variety."

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ISBN 13	9780292714885
ISBN 10	0292714882
Title	The Road to Utopia
Author	Nancy Parker-Simons
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	University of Texas Press
Year published	2006-09-01
Number of pages	224
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