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3-legged, 1-pound kitten has 8 lives left after surviving emergency surgery
Thursday, February 19th, 2015BRIGHTON, 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...
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Creative Acres receives tribute from the House of Representatives
Thursday, April 12th, 2012BRIGHTON, 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...
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Pooch + Pacemaker = Merry Xmas
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
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...
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Animal sanctuary asks for help
Wednesday, March 7th, 2007The 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...
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Big snow comes as a bigger surprise
Saturday, December 30th, 2006By 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...
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Animal sanctuary seeks help
Wednesday, December 27th, 2006
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...
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In unlikely pairing, chicken sees pig through tough time
Monday, July 25th, 2005
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...
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Creative Acres settles into new home
Saturday, December 7th, 2002By 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...
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Developer forces shelter to seek sanctuary
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2002By 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,...
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Shelter’s moving day is smooth ride for animals
Monday, October 28th, 2002By 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...
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Animals are between rock, hard place
Wednesday, August 21st, 2002By Berny Morson, Rocky Mountain News
The owner of an animal sanctuary said Tuesday she has three days to find a new home for her 140 beasts.
Maxine Mager lost a bitter...
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Class’s pet project teaches students to think of others
Tuesday, May 21st, 2002By Berny Morson, Rocky Mountain News
Tony Goldsby hesitated when Maxine Mager handed him the kitten. “Do you like cats?” Maxine asked the 12-year-old sixth-grader from Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School...
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Shelter a warm, fuzzy place
Monday, August 6th, 2001By George Lane, The Denver Post
Maxine Mager has made a home for a blind dog and a deaf dog, a one-eared sheep, a small drift of pot-bellied hogs (which used...
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A Real-Life Dolittle
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2001By C. K. Reporter Anna Lieb, The Denver Post, Colorado Kids column
Do you ever wonder if there really is someone like Dr. Dolittle; someone who can talk with animals, as...
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Creative Acres – A unique shelter dedicated to saving animals
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2001by Vicki Smith, The Brighton Standard Blade
Have you ever visited a local pound, pet shop, or humane society and felt sorry for the creatures trapped in such small areas? You...
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