You know our male wolf, 1414, died unexpectedly about one month ago. Today was the day our new male red wolf arrived. His studbook number is 1784 and he is the son of our beloved 1414. He sired three pups this past year while at the NCSU College of Veterinary medicine. (Yup, they are a cooperator and part of the Red Wolf SSP program too). We’ll post photos of him soon. Today was also the day that 1287,Read more
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Sad Owl News to Report
Seems like I am writing a bunch about not-so-great news these days. It’s definitely affecting my mood. It’s not so much that “misery loves company“, but rather that when we started this Blog, our goal was to share with readers what’s going on in the animal department at the Museum. So, with that said, I have bad news to report. Brooklyn came to us with a lump on her wing and we just learned that the lump is cancer- andRead more
Dan is doing fine…
… but it looks like he had a run in with a branch and the branch won. Katy noticed that Dan was missing fur and had a cut on his leg earlier this week. It’s a pretty big laceration that needed to be stitched up. Dr. Vanderford came in and took care of things and Dan was back with his family a few hours later. Read more
Behind the Scenes bear program tomorrow
I’m leading a behind the scenes member-only program tomorrow at bears. Every program I tend to share some bear tattoos with the kids. I challenge the adults to don the tats and send me a photo so I can post it. Gretel Guest and her family sent me this photo after they attended a behind the scenes program. Thanks Gretel for sharing! Read more
Creature Feature: The Killdeer
This is the first Killdeer I have had the pleasure to work with. Killdeers are a type of shorebird that you can see usually running around in shorts bursts, stopping, peeking around and bolting off again. You’ll see them in freshly cut fields,golf courses etc…, occasionally you will see them at the shore.They have really skinny long legs and can be heard shouting KILLDEER. I personally have not heard anything like that except for a few screams once in aRead more