About the Ranch

Spirit Vulture Ranch was founded in 2023 by Brett Mundy and Johnathon Harbour.  Brett lived at Jumping Jack Dog Ranch in Manchaca Texas when the vulture that would change it all arrived.  Brett and her neighbors discovered an injured Vulture who had been shot in the wing and was hiding under a house for two days.  They were able to coax her into a box, and took her to the Austin Wildlife Center where she was rehabilitated and released near the ranch several months later. After her release, we began to see her often in her vulture pack that flies over the ranch. Although she is missing several feathers from her left wing that will never grow back, she continues to soar over the ranch and taught us the lesson of resilience.  The story of the vulture brought Brett close to her neighbor Jim Foley, who owned the 20 acre ranch nextdoor to where Brett & John lived.  Jim loved hearing the stories of the neighboring dog ranch, and would call her when he would see the vulture over his house.  Jim told Brett she was resilient and that the bird was her Spirit Vulture.  Jim was concerned about all of the housing developments that were slowly eroding the neighborhood ranches that he loved, and Brett shared his concerns. Jim sold the land to Brett &  Spirit Vulture Ranch on her birthday in 2023 to help Brett pursue her dreams of hobby farming and homesteading. Sadly Jim passed away a few months later, but we honor him by maintaining the land for agriculture and by vowing to never allow a housing development to be built here.