by Leslie Layton
posted Sept. 8
Not everyone gets to retire at age 26, and not everyone gets to retire at Bella Vista Farms west of Cottonwood in Shasta County.
But the consensus is that Grizzly, a pack mule who worked for the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) for some 22 years, earned what are now his days of leisure in the animal sanctuary that is “nestled amongst huge oak trees and rolling hills,” according to founder Chic Miller who describes her project on this Bella Vista Facebook page.
When we at ChicoSol saw photos and video of Grizzly after his recent arrival at Bella Vista, we thought we should share a little of his story with our readers. We don’t have a lot of details yet, but we know that Grizzly was known as “Griz” by his USFS companions.