I guess it would be of interest, for historical review purposes.So I'm a little late to the party here... but would there be any interest in recent (circa. 2019) photos of what's become of Mountain View? I visited as part of a tour of the Northern Spotted Owl Breeding Program, which is at the far back of the property, and thus passed along many abandoned/repurposed enclosures. I'd be happy to upload them if folks would like!
Also, for those curious, the only conservation going on at the property now is the aforementioned Spotted Owl breeding program. IIRC Gordon, the property (and former facility) owner, leases part of the land to the program, but they have no other direct connection at this point.
This season's young owls are just starting to hatch and goodness are they cute!
(Photo sourced from the program's official Facebook page)
Two queries around the animal welfare debacle 2009-2010 ... which seems to have never come to a conclusion on this thread:
I do think Mountain View has exploded into the billiionaire Gordon Blankenstein's face! Did he or any of the "Directors" of the facility ever got prosecuted through the Courts and gotten proper sentencing, were fined retrospectively for all damages done and served prison centences for clearly large scale animal abuse and mismanagement?
If not SPCA it is another public services' debacle ...... as well!!!
How has it even been possible for the animal collection to go to another private facility - Marcella Leone bought everything!(Lionshare Farms CT) - where much of the collection was on breeding loan from collections further south in the US and zoos would be rightfully claiming their animals on loan back from the facility.