{"id":407182,"date":"2025-11-27T00:45:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T00:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/407182\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T00:45:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T00:45:21","slug":"san-diegos-robins-nest-rescue-gives-animals-a-second-chance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/407182\/","title":{"rendered":"San Diego\u2019s Robin\u2019s Nest Rescue Gives Animals a Second Chance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kimber Williams has always been an animal lover. The Texas native and \u201cfifth generation country girl\u201d grew up riding horses<\/a> and counts among her childhood memories rescuing baby birds that had fallen from a tree and an occasional bunny that got lost in the fray. She had a dream of rescuing animals<\/a> as an adult, though her ambition first took her in another direction.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Williams studied hard and earned her J.D. from the University of San Diego in 2008. She went on to launch her own business recruiting\u00a0high-level\u00a0attorneys for international law firms. And though her hopes of working with animals temporarily took a back seat, she eventually saw the opportunity to make that dream a reality.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cA lot of people during, and right after the pandemic, kind of had this epiphany or these aha moments [where they realized] life is short and there\u2019s never going to be a perfect time. So, I bought this five-acre ranch in Ramona<\/a> with the vision in mind that it would be a rescue ranch. We started with a lot of cleanup because it was definitely a diamond in the rough,\u201d she says.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She\u2019d had a name in mind for a while, Robin\u2019s Nest Rescue<\/a> (Robin is her middle name), and officially began taking in abused, abandoned, and neglected animals four years earlier. Robin\u2019s Nest Rescue attained nonprofit status in 2023. She already had a trio of rescue chihuahuas\u2014affectionately dubbed the Three Chimigos<\/a>\u2014then added a trio of pet pigs rescued from a hoarding situation to the crew. More animals soon followed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt organically snowballed,\u201d Williams says.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"PigPhoto Credit: Kimber Williams<\/p>\n

Today, Williams runs the ranch with her mother, retired criminology and sociology professor Sue Williams, and husband, former Navy corpsman and physician assistant Nicholas Spear. Their menagerie<\/a> has grown to 25 animals, including horses and alpacas, two tortoises, and a mini donkey.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Robin\u2019s Nest helps rescue humans, too. Through its flagship program, Side by Side, the nonprofit offers no-cost therapeutic experiences aimed toward vulnerable populations\u2014veterans, first responders, at-risk youth<\/a>, exonerees, and others. Robin\u2019s Nest\u2019s motto is \u201cWe rescue them. They save us.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the benefits of working with animals is they don\u2019t judge,\u201d says Williams. \u201cYou can really see a lot of magic happen in those quiet moments where you\u2019re not talking to a therapist, you\u2019re not talking to another exoneree or a veteran, whoever that may be about what you\u2019re carrying, what you\u2019re going through, wherever you are in your journey. And it\u2019s pretty powerful.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"VolunteerPhoto Credit: Shelly Mullin<\/p>\n

And the Ramona community is rallying behind them. Though Williams has kept her day job\u2014animal feed and specialized veterinary care doesn\u2019t come cheap\u2014local musicians have stepped up to support the ranch\u2019s mission. In October, the rescue hosted its third annual Rockin\u2019 Robin Music Festival & Fundraiser<\/a> with a dozen acts performing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cSeeing the community come and support us and believe in what we\u2019re doing is just an amazing feeling,\u201d says Williams.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Robin\u2019s Nest also offers immersive farm tours<\/a> where guests can get up close and personal with the animals and even has an Airstream on the property for those who want to experience ranch life for a night.<\/p>\n

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