May 15, 2009 12:00 AM
The founder of Animal Rescue Team Inc. said Thursday she might be forced to leave her Santa Ynez location because the property owner is apparently being forced to sell.
Julia Di Sieno said in an e-mail that she has been informed the property may go for $850,000 to $1 million.
Ms. Di Sieno said she hopes to raise enough for a down payment, and qualify for a loan in order to purchase the 1.4-acre site.
“Had we known (about a sale) earlier on, we would have held off on the expense of building the (eight) $20,000 … enclosures that the Santa Barbara News-Press Holiday Fund donated, and where the (mountain lion) cubs were kept safely for the first hour (on April 3) after ART captured them,” she said.
“My heart is broken,” said Ms. Di Sieno, noting she had moved nine times in eight years.
The property, she added, fulfills her nonprofit group’s every need.
A fundraiser is set for Sept. 26
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