Last year, we took in over 1,000 pets and placed 96% in loving homes. The rest are still here, as we also have no length-of-stay limits. While dogs and cats make up the highest percentage of our intakes, during 2017, 97 of the animals we took in were classified as exotics.

His appearance “caused quite a sensation,” according to The Bear Paw Mountaineer, a Big Sandy, MT., newspaper, which kept tabs on Coburn and his family.

He sold one kitten for $10 in gold dust, the other six for $15 each and kept the mother cat for himself. Furthermore, he sold his 100 pounds of tobacco at $5 a pound, thus confirming that cat houses and the fine old tradition of “mining the miners” were, indeed, the best ways to get rich in a gold camp.

Up to 50 percent of the center’s food acquisition dollars are spent on Montana farmers. Local farmers also reap the benefits of using the food center’s kitchen as a place to affordably process and package their produce––something that adds significant sale value to what they grow.

Working through local Community Teams in rural and tribal Montana communities, StoryMakers offers parents of 11,000+ children 0-5 resources, support, and networks to build strong early learning home environments.

John Heminway is is an author and award-winning filmmaker, having produced and written more than 200 documentaries on subjects ranging from travel, to brain science, evolution, and natural history.