Keynote Speaker

Friday, April 26, 2024 - 6:00pm

Address:
Ohio Bird Sanctuary
3774 Orweiler Road
Mansfield , OH 44903

Gail Laux, OBS Founder, Keynote Speaker

Ohio Bird Sanctuary is a private non-profit organization that was founded in 1988 by Gail Laux. (originally entitled the Richland County Raptor Center). The Sanctuary was operated from the private farm of Chris & Gail Laux. It began as three enclosures built adjacent to a barn that housed the first educational birds and the barn itself was used to condition birds for flight. Over the next 10 years, four flight cages were designed and built to condition recovering raptors for release and additional enclosures were constructed to house the growing educational collection. The first 10 years established the Sanctuary as serving an important need in the community.