The Mountain View Telegraph reports that the city of Edgewood, N.M., may buy the property on which the Wildlife West Nature Park animal sanctuary sits, just off Route 66.
The owner thinks having it municipally owned would mean a more stable long-term situation for the park’s operations.
The 122-acre park is owned by a group of private partners who each own a percentage and have a vote in what happens to the park according to how much they own. Alink owns 15 percent.
He said he’d rather see the land owned by Edgewood.
“Any private partnership is subject to change,” Alink said.
Alink works for the New Mexico Wildlife Association, the nonprofit organization that leases the land.
The nonprofit has an option to buy the land for $2 million, a set price that can be changed in August 2009. Alink thinks the price may triple at that point.
“It’s a good deal to exercise that ($2 million) option,” Alink said.
The story goes on that anyone can assist the wildlife association in purchasing the land. A lobbying firm has been hired to help find money to buy the land.