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Styx, Ted Nugent, REO Speedwagon rock Alpharetta

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  • Where can you find a bear playing with a tiger, a lion confiscated from a drug dealer, a monkey named Elvis and more than a thousand other animals?
  • All of them call Noah's Ark Animal Sanctuary home.
  • Noah's Ark Sanctuary is a 250-acre nonprofit facility that dozens of different types of animals call home. It originally opened in Ellenwood in 1978, before moving to its current location in 1990.
  • It's not a zoo -- staffers don't breed animals. It's a place where rescued animals come to live out the remainder of their lives.
  • The sanctuary is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday from 12 to 3 p.m. The picnic area, playground and welcome center are open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  • The walking tour of the animals is only open a few hours a day because it's a sanctuary for the animals where they can relax. Staffers believe it's important for the animals to spend most of their days without a lot of people.
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  • Doc the Bengal tiger was rescued from an overcrowded breeding facility. When he went to Noah’s Ark, the staff temporarily put Doc and Little Anne together so they could have the company of other animals. Then something strange happened. One night, before falling asleep, Anne climbed on top of Doc and began sucking on his ears, making a humming noise that soothed her right to sleep! The pair is now inseparable. Here they are pictured when they first came to Noah's Ark.
  • The sanctuary is looking for volunteers, too. They currently have about 250 volunteers, but they are always looking for more.
  • The sanctuary's next event is the third annual Zebra Dash on Saturday, April 6. The course takes runners around the different habitats at Noah's Ark.
  • And yet, the organization doesn't charge to tour the facility. Noah's Ark only asks for donations. To donate, either monetarily or with an in-kind donation, check out Noah's Ark on the web.
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