MEET the real-life Doctor Dolittle who shares her home with over 175 rescue animals — spending almost $100,000 on their care every year. Adri Rachelle , 36, lives in a 200-year-old farmhouse on 200 acres of land in Atlanta, Georgia, alongside her massive menagerie. Her mom, Cynthia Selby, 65, and a family friend, Shannon, 39, also own 15 acres and live in houses nearby — while her sister, Andrea, 32, soon plans to tend to some of Rachelle's exotic animals.
Rachelle saves around five animals a month from the slaughter trade, frequently undertaking 14-hour drives across the US to bring them to her animal kingdom. The animal lover keeps 30 chickens, 22 rescue pigs, 12 dogs, 14 cats, 13 horses, 10 goats, nine parrots, nine geese, eight ducks, eight cows, eight alpacas, seven donkeys, six peacocks, and five sheep. She also has four ferrets, four rabbits, three mules, three tortoises, three emus, two geckos, two cockatoos, two pythons, one bearded dragon lizard, and one tegu lizard.
A Lord of the Rings fan, Rachelle has decided to name the majority of her animals after characters from the books. Some monikers inspired by the trilogy include Bilbo Baggins the mule, Gandalf the goat, Frodo the spaniel, and two cats named Boromir and Faramir. Rachelle runs the whole site as a non-profit sanctuary and documents her day-to-day life caring for the animals on social media.
Mom-of-two Rachelle, a part-time dog sitter and full-time sanctuary owner, said, "I think we've got over 175 anim.
