点评:I’m confused about the allure of this place. I support animal rescue and education but this place seemed to miss the point. There were so many people, we were allowed in 30 min intervals groups of 30-40 people in each group. I asked a volunteer if it was usually this crowded and he said because today was so windy there were much less people than usual! There were 50+ in the cow area at a time with a line of 50 more waiting..hundreds on the property. At one point a man came in saying there are too many people around the cows in the barn.. I agree- their tails and feet could have easily been stepped on.. but how is the crowd supposed to self monitor with that many? Isn’t it the organizations mission to first ensure animal safety? It was dusty and sad, similar to a bad petting zoo. It didn’t seem like the animals had enough room to ever freely roam. I’ve been to the Farm Sanctuary in NY which was amazing- beautiful lots of land and way less people allowed to visit at a time.. they also do a great job of educating during your tour which was lacking at Gentle Barn as well. The volunteers here are mostly friendly, will give you info if you really ask a lot but you are squeezed in with so many it’s difficult. Horse area was just stalls.. they did not want to be pet just fed carrots which were $6 for the equivalent of half a carrot. Overall seems to lack organization, safety, and I left feeling sad not happy. Would not return.
翻译:我对这个地方的吸引力感到困惑。我支持动物救援和教育,但这个地方似乎没有抓住重点。人太多了,我们被允许以30分钟为一组,每组30-40人。我问志愿者平时是不是这么拥挤,他说因为今天风太大所以人比平时少了很多!奶牛区一次有 50 多头牛,还有 50 多头在排队等待……农场里有数百人。有一次,一名男子进来说谷仓里的奶牛周围有太多人。我同意——它们的尾巴和脚很容易被踩到。但是这么多人应该如何进行自我监控呢?首先确保动物安全不是该组织的使命吗?那里布满灰尘,令人悲伤,就像一个糟糕的宠物动物园。这些动物似乎没有足够的空间自由漫步。我去过纽约的农场保护区,那真是太棒了——美丽的大片土地和一次允许参观的人少得多。他们在你的旅行期间也做了很好的教育工作,这也是 Gentle Barn 所缺乏的。这里的志愿者大多很友好,如果你问得很多,但你挤在这么多的地方,这很困难,他们会给你信息。马区只是马厩..他们不想成为宠物,只是喂胡萝卜,相当于半个胡萝卜6美元。总的来说,似乎缺乏组织性、安全性,我离开时感到悲伤而不高兴。不会回来。