{"id":304402,"date":"2024-02-26T10:37:37","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T09:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=304402"},"modified":"2024-02-26T10:37:40","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T09:37:40","slug":"animal-sanctuary-woes-not-caused-by-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=304402","title":{"rendered":"Animal Sanctuary Woes Not Caused by Climate Change"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"723\" data-attachment-id=\"304413\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=304413\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-377.png?fit=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-377\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-377.png?fit=723%2C723&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-377.png?resize=723%2C723&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-304413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-377.png?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-377.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-377.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-377.png?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-377.png?resize=800%2C800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-377.png?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-377.png?resize=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-377.png?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-377.png?resize=450%2C450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-377.png?resize=60%2C60&amp;ssl=1 60w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-377.png?resize=550%2C550&amp;ssl=1 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/2024\/02\/25\/animal-sanctuary-woes-not-caused-by-climate-change\/\">Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New Brief by Kip Hansen \u2014 24 February 2024 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seldom does the NY Times cover any story that I can physically fact-check.&nbsp; In this case today, the object of the story is \u201cclose enough\u201d for me to visit and take photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sad tale is recounted in this piece in the&nbsp;<em>NY Times<\/em>:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/02\/22\/nyregion\/climate-change-animal-sanctuary.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sanctuaries Can Protect Animals From Abuse, but Not From Climate Change<\/a>&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;<\/strong>A growing number of animal refuges are being forced to move in the face of extreme rainfall, droughts and hurricanes caused by the planet\u2019s warming.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It deals with an animal refuge of the type known (officially) as a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Animal_sanctuary#Farmed_animal_sanctuaries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Farmed Animal Sanctuary<\/a>&nbsp;[FAS]:&nbsp; \u201cFarmed animal sanctuaries (FAS) provide care, shelter and advocacy of farmed animal species such as chickens, cows, goats, fish, horses, pig, turkeys, and sheep.\u201d&nbsp; The specific FAS is called the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/casanctuary.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Catskill Animal Sanctuary<\/a>, though it is not in the Catskill Mountains but rather down in the valley closer to the Hudson River.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The claim is: \u201cClimate Change is Driving Animal Sanctuaries to Relocate\u201d \u2013 according to &nbsp;the official title of this article which is found in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mailchimp.com\/resources\/meta-tags-and-the-head-section-of-a-website\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">meta-data<\/a>&nbsp;for the webpage as \u201c&lt;title data-rh=\u201dtrue\u201d&gt;<strong>Climate Change Is Driving Animal Sanctuaries To Relocate \u2013 The New York Times<\/strong>&lt;\/title&gt;\u201d&nbsp;This claim is false in general and false in the specific instance of the Catskill Animal Sanctuary.Let\u2019s see how the author of this NY Times piece makes this yet another \u201cevery story is a climate change story.\u201d&nbsp; First, this article is \u201cnarrative journalism\u201d.&nbsp; Narrative journalism: &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It looks at intriguing people, human emotions, and real situations. It provides the private story behind the public story.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It reaches past the ordinary by blending the reportage of facts with the writing style of fiction.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But, in addition, it is meant to \u201ccontain accurate, well-researched information\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our&nbsp;<em>NY Times<\/em>&nbsp;journalist,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/hilary-howard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hilary Howard<\/a>, &nbsp;seems to have understood the first two, but fails on the last requirements of \u201caccurate\u201d and \u201cwell-researched\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why do I say this? Let\u2019s see what Howard had to say about the reason this animal sanctuary has to move:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"571\" height=\"720\" data-attachment-id=\"304403\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=304403\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-372.png?fit=571%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"571,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-372\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-372.png?fit=571%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-372.png?resize=571%2C720&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-304403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-372.png?w=571&amp;ssl=1 571w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-372.png?resize=238%2C300&amp;ssl=1 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>CLAIM:<\/u><\/strong><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;\u201cIncreased rainfall \u2026. has finally forced the sanctuary to search for a new home\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;<em>Times<\/em>&nbsp;says&nbsp;<em>\u201cClimate change has resulted in warmer and wetter weather across New York, where annual precipitation jumped 10 to 20 percent over the past century, according to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nysclimateimpacts.org\/explore-the-assessment\/new-york-states-changing-climate\/nysc-precipitation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a state report<\/a>. The study projects that the largest precipitation increases in coming years will be in New York City, the Catskill Mountains region and the Lower Hudson Valley.\u201d<\/em>&nbsp; Similar to the error of applying Global Warming to every locality, the Times author apparently thinks that a state-wide statistic applies everywhere in the state and\/or that future predicted weather can cause current-day problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>This sanctuary property is located in the Glenerie area of &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ulstercountyny.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ulster County, NY<\/a>, and was purchased in August of 2002.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong>\u201cWe only had a small number of animals, it was August, the grass was lush, I didn\u2019t ask about soil composition.\u201d The&nbsp;<em>Times<\/em>&nbsp;quotes Kathy Stevens, the 150-acre sanctuary\u2019s founder and executive director, as saying.&nbsp; Why does she say that last part?&nbsp; Keep reading, I\u2019ll get to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Has Ulster County, NY, thus this sanctuary, see \u201cincreased rainfall\u201d?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here\u2019s the graph:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/usafacts.org\/issues\/climate\/state\/new-york\/county\/ulster-county\/?endDate=2023-09-01&amp;startDate=1900-02-01#precipitation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wattsupwiththat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Animal-Sanctuary-rainfall.jpg?resize=720%2C348&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10280305\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The little box in the lower right points to 2002.&nbsp; The property was inspected and purchased in the drought year of 2002, after which local rainfall returned to a more normal range.&nbsp; There were two very wet years a decade ago, 2011 and 2012.&nbsp; Otherwise, rainfall amount are variable, but generally constrained to the range of 40 to 60 inches per year.&nbsp; Now, that a pretty wide range \u2013 20 inches.&nbsp; At the top end we have a wet year and at the bottom end, a dry year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, let\u2019s look at Monthly Rainfall.&nbsp; Has Ulster County seen very wet months?<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"345\" height=\"720\" data-attachment-id=\"304406\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=304406\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-373.png?fit=345%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"345,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-373\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-373.png?fit=345%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-373.png?resize=345%2C720&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-304406\" style=\"width:376px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-373.png?w=345&amp;ssl=1 345w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-373.png?resize=144%2C300&amp;ssl=1 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I don\u2019t really like illustrations of \u201cdifference from normal\u201d but this shows \u201cdrier\u201d and \u201cwetter\u201d month by month since 2002, the lifetime of this sanctuary.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are not many \u201cwettest\u201d months (darkest green) and visible but not obvious is that 2021 had a wet summer (four greens stacked up).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And though 2017-2018 appear in the Total Precipitation graph as a wet year, we don\u2019t see many very wet months that year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is one more way to look at this data provided by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/usafacts.org\/about-usafacts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">USAFacts<\/a>, which attempts to make government produced data available and visible to the general public. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The graphs I have used here are available in interactive form on the USAFacts\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/usafacts.org\/issues\/climate\/state\/new-york\/county\/ulster-county\/?endDate=2023-09-01&amp;startDate=1900-02-01#precipitation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cClimate in Ulster County, New York\u201d page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"320\" data-attachment-id=\"304407\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=304407\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-374.png?fit=720%2C320&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"720,320\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-374\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-374.png?fit=720%2C320&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-374.png?resize=720%2C320&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-304407\" style=\"width:760px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-374.png?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-374.png?resize=300%2C133&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I don\u2019t like using a graph of standard deviations, but that is what is available \u2013 they use this&nbsp;<em>\u201cWe defined all monthly temperature and precipitation values to be average in comparison to the 20th century average if they fell within two standard deviations of the 20th century average. All values that fell below or above two standard deviations are defined as climatic anomalies\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, over the lifetime of this sanctuary, in the latest decade we see four or five anomalously wet months \u2013 but not as anomalous as those in the first decade of the sanctuary\u2019s life.&nbsp; Further, the latest decade has been less variable than the first decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>VERDICT: &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/u><\/strong><strong>There has not been increased rainfall in Ulster County, NY where this sanctuary is located over the last two decades.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, you may ask, if there has not been increased rainfall, why are their pastures and fields soggy?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cAt the Catskill sanctuary, flooding and constant dampness have resulted in soil erosion and a loss of trees. Animals\u2019 hoofs often sink into saturated ground while members of the sanctuary\u2019s staff undertake flood mitigation efforts, installing culvert pipes and curtain drains, among other tactics, to no avail.\u201d [ NY Times article ]<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>\u201cBasically that property is in a bowl,\u201d said Jake Wedemeyer, the executive director of the Ulster County Soil and Water Conservation District, a government agency that advises farmers on agricultural practices.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Another problem, Mr. Wedemeyer said, is that the valley\u2019s clay soil retains water and drains poorly.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><em>[ NY Times article ]<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"327\" data-attachment-id=\"304411\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=304411\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-376.png?fit=300%2C327&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,327\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-376\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-376.png?fit=300%2C327&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-376.png?resize=300%2C327&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-304411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-376.png?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-376.png?resize=275%2C300&amp;ssl=1 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We see in this topographical map from USGS that the Catskill Animal Sanctuary is located between two ridges (of solid rock, by the way) with the only outlet for water being the tiny stream at the south end of the bowl, but the creek is not reliably downhill from the fields and pastures, it has negligible slope and is seasonal. &nbsp;&nbsp;(I confirmed by physical inspection).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The whole area between the foothills of the Catskill Mountains and the Hudson River in this part of the Hudson Valley&nbsp;<em>has so much clay<\/em>&nbsp;that it is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.huttonbrickyards.com\/history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">famous for the number of historic brick kilns<\/a>&nbsp;which used the abundant clay to manufacture bricks which were loaded on barges and floated down the Hudson to build NY City.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When purchasing the property&nbsp;<em>\u201c<\/em><em>Ms. Stevens remembers when she first bought the Catskill property in 2002. \u201cWe only had a small number of animals, it was August, the grass was lush,\u201d she said. \u201cI didn\u2019t ask about soil composition.\u201d\u201d&nbsp;<\/em>[<em>NY Times<\/em>&nbsp;article]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the drought year of 2002, the property looked oh-so-nice with lush grass and dry fields, not boggy-wet fields.&nbsp; It hadn\u2019t been used to pasture many animals.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>VERDICT<\/u><\/strong><strong>:&nbsp; Agricultural land purchased without any regards for soil type, soil composition, and without seeking any expert opinion on what purposes for which the property was suited and without considering the well-known effects of variable rainfall.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Viewed in the moment, the property looked great \u2013 but there was a failure to take into account long-term weather patterns and physical geography.&nbsp; Previous owners or neighbors could have told them the property was boggy in wet years, as is much of the agricultural land in the valley portion of Ulster County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>CLAIM: &nbsp;&nbsp;\u201c<\/u><\/strong><strong>A growing number of animal refuges are being forced to move in the face of extreme rainfall, droughts and hurricanes caused by the planet\u2019s warming.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the use of the words \u201cgrowing number\u201d, the article only cites two instances of animal refuges moving at all, and BOTH moved to New York State\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Finger_Lakes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Finger Lakes region.<\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quoting the Times:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetfarm.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sweet Farm<\/a>, an animal sanctuary that also grows produce and supports climate-related technology, moved 140 animals from Silicon Valley in California to New York\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fingerlakestravelny.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Finger Lakes<\/a>&nbsp;region in 2022 after a close call with a wildfire.\u201d&nbsp;<\/em>&nbsp;[I need not point out that wildfires are not climate change, especially in California, which wishes it was back to drier conditions after two very wet years.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Note that&nbsp;<em>Sweet Farms\u2019&nbsp;<\/em>website makes no mention of being forced to relocate due to climate change, wildfire or anything other than simple personal choice of the owners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/happycompromisefarm.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Happy Compromise Farm + Sanctuary<\/a>, which moved from Oregon in 2021. &nbsp;&nbsp;\u2026.&nbsp; Trading drought concerns in the Northwest for New York\u2019s extreme rainfall presents its own set of challenges, the owners said. But it was a trade they were willing to make.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cWe do have to deal with an overabundance of water here in New York,\u201d said Eryn Leavens, a founder of Happy Compromise. \u201cBut climate change affects every corner of the planet, and you really have to pick and choose your battles.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The owner\u2019s quote of \u201cextreme rainfall\u201d can not be verified \u2013 they are in Tioga County, which has been&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/usafacts.org\/issues\/climate\/state\/new-york\/county\/tioga-county\/?endDate=2023-09-01&amp;startDate=1900-02-01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">drier than normal since 2021<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Note that&nbsp;<em>Happy Compromises\u2019s&nbsp;<\/em>website makes no mention of being forced to relocate due to climate change, drought, or anything not simply personal choice of the two co-owners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cThe exact number of relocations is hard to pinpoint. The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sanctuaryfederation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries<\/a>, an accrediting agency, does not track the reasons for such moves. But the nonprofit group did report an increase in sanctuaries strengthening their disaster preparedness plans from 2022 to 2023, said Valerie Taylor, the executive director.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cSanctuaries which did not previously have to worry about wildfires, severe flooding or extreme heat and cold are now faced with these new challenges,\u201d Ms. Taylor said. Last year, about a third of all sanctuaries seeking accreditation reinforced their disaster plans, a 4 percent increase from the previous year, according to the federation. (Some 186 animal refuges in the United States are accredited by the group.)\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let\u2019s be clear, there are two animal sanctuaries that are known to have moved, both moved to New York State, neither mentioning climate change as the reason for their moves, not even the one that labels itself as a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetfarm.org\/our-story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cClimate Sanctuary\u201d<\/a>.&nbsp; According to &nbsp;Ms. Taylor, of&nbsp;<em>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sanctuaryfederation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/em>wildfires, &nbsp;floods, heat and cold are uniquely new weather phenomena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>VERDICT:<\/u><\/strong><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;The claim that \u201c<\/strong><strong>A growing number of animal refuges are being forced to move in the face of extreme rainfall, droughts and hurricanes caused by the planet\u2019s warming.\u201d is&nbsp;<u>not supported<\/u>&nbsp;by facts presented by the&nbsp;<em>NY Times<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Bottom Lines:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1.&nbsp; The featured Catskill Animal Sanctuary has found that it made a poor choice in its property purchase in 2002 \u2013 failing to inquire about how &nbsp;long-term weather conditions might affect the land. If the owners had asked the local experts, advice is provided free by various levels of government, they would have known that land would be boggy in wet years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2.&nbsp; The reason they have to move is not down to Climate Change \u2013 the local climate has not changed.&nbsp; They must move because of Geography and Geology \u2013 both of which they should have studied in school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3.&nbsp; It is false that \u201cincreasing numbers of animal sanctuaries\u201d have been forced to move because of climate change.&nbsp; That idea seems to have been entirely invented by the&nbsp;<em>NY Times&nbsp;<\/em>journalist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4.&nbsp; This essay illustrates the ongoing trend, pushed by Climate Crisis News Cabals, to \u201cmake every story a climate change story\u201d \u2013 even if they have to make things up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong># # # # #<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Author\u2019s Comment:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;A silly little story, blown out of proportion to sell the specious climate crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I write about it to show something about journalism, the misapplication of, leads readers astray giving them seeming true stories that are not factual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is a fact that if the Catskill Animal Sanctuary wants to have many hooved animals, it will have to move.\u00a0 The property is not suited for that use and never was.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why?\u00a0 Geography and Geology. I am sympathetic that these well-meaning people who have worked so hard for 20 years are now realizing that their poor property choice is not \u201cfixable\u201d. I once put just five years into an ambitious project that I finally came to realize was not going to get done, a least by me. Luckily, I realized it before we sunk our life savings into it \u2014 and was able to unload at a handy profit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I admit that I do not understand the whole \u201canimal sanctuary movement\u201d \u2014 at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Using large area statistical weather trends to explain local phenomena is a bad idea.&nbsp; National, state and county lines don\u2019t apply to the natural processes that produce weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks for reading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seldom does the NY Times cover any story that I can physically fact-check.\u00a0 In this case today, the object of the story is \u201cclose enough\u201d for me to visit and take 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