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3-legged, 1-pound kitten has 8 lives left after surviving emergency surgery

BRIGHTON, Colo. – A kitten found when she weighed less than a pound and had a terrible infection has only eight lives left after surviving emergency surgery.

Maxine Mager, the president of Creative Acres animal rescue, said she heard a …



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Creative Acres receives tribute from the House of Representatives

BRIGHTON, Colo. – Considered the longest running sanctuary of its kind, for nearly 25 years, Maxine Mager has founded and operated the only quality of life no-kill, free-roam animal sanctuaries, saving thousands of animals and having so many services for …



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Pooch + Pacemaker = Merry Xmas

Pooch + Pacemaker = Merry Xmas

Guido got a heartfelt treat this holiday season.

Meet Guido. He is quite possibly the luckiest dog in all of Adams County — because of all the costly and peculiar gifts people lavish on their pets this time of year, …



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Animal sanctuary asks for help

The owner of a local no-kill animal santcuary that is home to hundreds of animals says a December snowstorm buried fundraiser plans and that foreclosure proceedings are under way.

Maxine Mager, who has owned and operated Creative Acres for nearly …



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Big snow comes as a bigger surprise

By Stephanie Simon, Los Angeles Times

Just after Thanksgiving, climatologist Klaus Wolter released his long-term forecast for this region. The next few months, he said, would be warm and dry. No big snows until at least late February.

Oops.

Denver …



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Animal sanctuary seeks help

Animal sanctuary seeks help

By Monte Whaley, Denver Post

Many of the 350 or so animals at Creative Acres sanctuary east of Brighton are in a struggle for survival after last week’s blizzard. Owner Maxine Mager, hugging Howie the emu Tuesday, has been toiling …



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In unlikely pairing, chicken sees pig through tough time

In unlikely pairing, chicken sees pig through tough time

By Joseph Garcia, Rocky Mountain News

Anthony and Cleopatra. Romeo and Juliet. Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes.

Junior and AKA.

“It was like love at first sight,” said Maxine Mager, who owns both Junior, a 15-year-old potbellied pig, and AKA, …



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Creative Acres settles into new home

By Kevin Denke, The Brighton Standard Blade

Moving, in itself, is no easy task as many people would attest, but try moving with over 100 animals.  That was the task facing Maxine Mager at the end of October as she …



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Developer forces shelter to seek sanctuary

By Robyn Lydick, The I-70 Scout

Maxine Mager never gives up. She never gives up on an animal and she never gives up on her mission and dream.

Mager runs Creative Acres, a free-roam, no-kill sanctuary. Only when an animal …



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Shelter’s moving day is smooth ride for animals

By Mike Patty, Rocky Mountain News

Maxine Mager said Sunday she felt like Noah.

Together with about 15 volunteers, Mager moved more than 100 animals to their new home about a dozen miles east of Brighton.

“We have been moving …



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