For the animal’s protection, the gates are kept locked and visitation is by appointment only. Please be sure someone will be at the gates to meet you before you drive all the way out. We can’t hear you when you’re at the gates, hoping for an intercom someday, and our phones are hoomaned by off site volunteers so we won’t get a call from you right away. So sorry, we hope to someday have a docent at the gate to meet you during operating hours!