ENOCH — Dozens of people braved rainy weather and muddy roads to celebrate with Susan and Martin Tyner, their raptors and volunteers, as they opened the doors to the Enoch Wildlife Rescue Center — a facility the Tyners say they’ve waited decades for.

The Southwest Wildlife Foundation was founded in Cedar City in 1997, and the couple did much of the work in their Enoch home, Martin Tyner, the nonprofit’s CEO and co-founder, told Cedar City News. It is currently doing business as the Enoch Wildlife Rescue.

“I have been caring for sick, orphaned wildlife as a volunteer for 57 years,” he said. “This is not my occupation; this is my life’s work.”

The foundation owns Cedar Canyon Nature Park, where it focused its energy on multiple projects. But Martin Tyner said that due to issues between the nonprofit and Cedar City, it relocated to a 1.3-acre plot of land adjacent to the Enoch PetSafe Dog Park and Enoch City Animal Shelter in 2021.

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