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Show Menagerie Makes Motel 'Paradise' By John C. Speer . Associate Editor If the humane society ever complains about conditions for animals in South Central Utah, it won't be able to blame the John Jacobsens of Salina. When the Jacobsens bought the Safari Motel and cafe 3V years ago, the motel property near the 1-70 interchange already had a pond, a black bellied ram named Bandit, ducks, geese and rabbits. Since that time the Jacobsens have bought or been given a mule, sheep, goats, a wild swan, two turkeys, a pea hen, peacock and a pet skunk. The menagerie has grown with births in captivity, but the This goose seems haughtily at home in his motel and cafe surroundings. The owners of the Safari net growth is lower since the pea hen flew off and the skunk was stolen from his cage, Mrs. Jacobsen says. The wild swan was brought to the menagerie with a broken wing 1xk years ago. Fish and Game officials have allowed the swan to stay and so far, the Jacobsens report, he is doing quite well. The Jacobsens are originally from Elsinore where Mrs. Jacobsen's father, Byron Barney, still lives. They own and operate the motel and cafe with the help of their son and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Jacobsen, daughter, Judy Duc-nan and her two children, Lyn-nette and Brett. nBSSSSSSSSSSSSjBHSHBB ' li&fflffi 4t' '-BSBKftVwIfa'" HHBSSBSSSBBSSSsV ILfliBflHflRilHlHKIlffHHBHBU isSSSSSSSSSSHSstsSSSS lissilslSSIBiiKDsSSSslS IbSbSSSSbBSSSSSSSSSSSSSbv BSSSifllBra9jKBBSffllsS0BmjPx jJtwflNBSSBBSSSSSSSHMflK&Hl jMpft. lfflHPljBifiiH iissssBsssssssssssssssal BSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSk IbSSSSBSSbIaS SSWSBSSiBHBslKBSSSSSSSBSSHBBfflwlBSSSSSSSSSSSsV BSSBSSSSSSSSSSSSBh YtfmlSwImrKFKIKKSwBnKnM HlSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSBliflBSSslBSflEBfiBSSlflBSBJBS Motel and Cafe say the geese were here before they bought the complex. i Lynnette's class was invited to help name the menagerie's mule. The winning..name was. "Chocolate" which won a hamburger for the nominator. Not only do travelers and their children enjoy the mini zoo, but the Jacobsens say many local residents bring their children out to see the animals. "We have a petting zoo where the children can come right in and pet some of the animals," Mrs. Jacobsen explained." The goats and sheep are all tame and let the kids go right up." Most of the ducks, turkeys, peacock and some of the rabbits will eat out of the children's hands, the owners say. Since the area around the complex is well-lighted, people can enjoy the animals at night. Not just any animal can be brought to the Safari, the Jac-bosens warn. "Some people think they can bring their animals out here, but strange ones are not accepted by the others," Mr. Jacobsen explained. She said one person brought in a rooster which killed theirs in a cock fight. "The same thing happens when strange rabbits are brought in," she said, adding that animals born at the complex are safe. Lynnette Duncan, the Jacobsen's granddaughter, was quite taken with the menagerie when she first arrived. A traveller staying at the motel at that time asked her what she thought of her new surroundings. "It's a paradise," she answered, "a perfect paradise." |