Have Money, Will Give

We all learned from Patrick Dempsey that you Can't Buy Me Love, well that also applies to the love of your four legged friends. Even so, local multi-millionaire Bernard Aptaker has thrown caution to the wind and is donating 60 acres near George Bush Intercontinental Airport for creation of the Freedom Farm refuge to the Houston SPCA.

The refuge will releave overcrowding at the current Portway St. 5 acre shelter that has been home to the organization since 1994. Currently there are only 35 horses, as well as other poultry animals and hundreds of cats, dogs and rabbits - with the expansion though Freedom Farm will be able to house over 1000 horses and will later provide long term care for orphaned animals, meeting areas for youth animal camps and a caretaker's cottage.

Don't think that Aptaker has been resting on his laurels and just earning interest all these years, check here to read more about his journey to America from Nazi concentration camps, poor days in New York and his ever respect for the value of a dollar in the height of his wealth. Way to go Bernard - Nothing like rewarding those around and the things you love. Don't have Daddy Warbucks kind of money? Find out how you can help your local Houston SPCA.

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