MY NAME IS BETHANY. I WAS BORN IN CAMBERLEY, SURREY, ENGLAND. DURING MY CHILDHOOD MY MOST MEMORABLE TIMES WERE SPENT IN ZOOS, PETTNG ZOOS AND AQUARIUMS.

I LOVED TO FISH, LOOK FOR TADPOLES AND NEWTS, VISIT NATURE EXHIBITS AND CREATE INSECT HABITATS. I WAS FASCINATED WITH ANIMALS AND NATURE. I WOULD PERFER TO READ ON ENCYCLOPEDIA OVER FICTION.

I MOVED TO ONTARIO FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA AT 18 TO PERSUE A CAREER IN SOCIAL WORK. I SPENT 10 YEARS WORKING THE HUMAN SERVICES FIELD AS A CHILD AND YOUTH CARE WORKER AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICE WORKER. THIS CAME TO AN END WHEN I HERNIATED DISCS IN MY LUMBAR SPINE WHICH REQUIRED SURGICAL INTERVENTION AND COULD NO LONGER LIFT OR TRANSFER MY CLIENTS.

AT THE TIME OF MY ACCIDENT, I HAD A PASSION FOR TAKING IN FARM ANIMALS WHO WERE REALLY NEEDING HOMES, A SUGGESTION FROM A FRIEND TO OPEN THE FARM TO THE PUBLIC IN ORDER TO SUPPORT ANIMAL RESCUE WAS THE VERY START OF THE FARM WE SEE TODAY.

MY HOPES ARE TO CONTINUE TO COMBINE THE ETHICAL STANDARD AND PRACTICES IN THE SOCIAL FIELD WITH THE GENTLE, NON-VERBAL KINDNESS THAT ANIMALS SEEK AND SHARE. THESE TWO GO HAND IN HAND, AND BOTH CREATE A SAFE, FUN AND INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE LIKE NO OTHER!