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March 1, 2023
This year’s [Nebraska Passport] program will offer yet another chance for Nebraska travelers to experience our hidden gems while leaving a positive economic impact across the state.
Ben Jones / Read Full Article
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June 11, 2021
Residents of Gage County and visitors to the area can now go glamorous camping or “glamping” with goats and other animals, due to a local rescue shelter’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Monica Brich / Read Full Article
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March 27, 2021
The goat yoga class provided more than just a rewarding experience for participants. All money raised from the class will go to the Shepherd’s Rest Goat and Sheep Rescue, one of only three such rescues in the country, to feed and care for domestic goats.
Yousef Nasser, Channel 8 News / Read Full Article
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September 1, 2020
If you’re looking for a unique way to show your gratitude to your clients, consider an appreciation event that’s great for teambuilding and health and wellness—goat yoga…[we] gave it a try with friends and clients in our own backyard last year. It was more than just a good time; it provided meaningful time with clients and doubled as an opportunity to raise awareness for Shepherd’s Rest. It’s a win-win.
Strictly Business / Read Full Article
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August 10, 2020
Shepherd’s Rest Goat and Sheep Rescue and Sanctuary is a unique Harvest Hosts location with a very special mission. Anyone visiting nearby Lincoln or even the Omaha area of Nebraska should really consider stopping by. You’ll be grateful that you did!
Sam Leash, Harvest Hosts / Read Full Article
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February 10, 2020
These yoga sessions do not just help people, but they’re also provide an opportunity for the goats to socialize as part of their animal therapy training.
SARC Editorial Staff / Read Full Article
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February 8, 2020
UCLA Health has published several benefits to animal assisted therapy, including lower anxiety levels, reduced loneliness, elevated moods and relaxation, improved cardiovascular health, and lower blood pressure levels and overall physical pain levels.
Monica Brich, Beatrice Daily Sun / Read Full Article
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December 12, 2019
The organization wants to bring animals and humans together to provide healing for both.
Delana Lefevers, Only in Your State / Read Full Article
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November 30, 2019
Yoga is just one thing that Shepherd's Rest Goat and Sheep Rescue does. They also do something called "cubicle cuddles"
“We put them together with people in nursing homes, with children with autism, with people with disabilities,” said Jen Schurman of Shepherd's Rescue. “...We realized this might be a different way to get that animal assisted therapy to people.”
Madison Pitsch, KOLNKGIN / Read Full Article
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August 1, 2019
You can hold a yoga event at your office or as a retreat at their century old, 13 acre farm that has access to both meadow and woodland walking trails. If you can’t host a whole goat yoga event, Shepherd’s Rest does a “Cubicle Cuddles” program through which they bring one or a few goats to your office. They’ll take the goats around and say hi to your whole team! The goats are very clean, friendly, and guaranteed to bring a smile to everyone’s face.
Strictly Business / Read Full Article
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August 17, 2018
A three-legged goat, whose leg was amputated earlier this month, was rescued by Jen Schurman... Schurman originally had been saving up to make her farm a 501 (c)(3), but instead used the money to pay for the surgery. "If we're not rescuing, then what are we?" she said.
Emily Blobaum, Lincoln Journal Star / Read Full Article
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Fall 2018
They know their goats like old friends, and the rescue’s expansive grasses and woodlands provide a near-perfect terrain for the playful and peculiar animals.
Lincoln Animal Ambassadors / Read Full Article