I walk into the vet room and find 6 keepers in the dark all staring at a blue bottle with the fluorescent light from our tortoise’s tank. Whipping out my camera to catch the action before I even know what’s going on, I realize that they are all attempting to determine whether the water sample before them is reading positive or negative. Every month we do water testing, and our wolf pool gets tested for e. coli. The test isRead more
Posts filed in: Wolves
Crazy busy and Goodbye (to a wolf)
Things have been so busy here I don’t even know where to begin. Many staff have been off- (on vacation, at a wedding, at a Bar Mitzvah, presenting at the AAZK conference) and just as we were taking Cassandra off of the critical watch list (she’s been doing great), our female wolf, 1227, was found in bad shape two weeks ago and has been recovering from her injuries off exhibit. (She appears to have suffered some abuse from her mate-Read more
Tick Magnet
There are many joys to being an animal keeper, but as with any job it also has its downfalls. Pesky little bugs and bloodsuckers would be one of those downfalls. When working outside in the summer, we obviously deal with an onslaught of these critters. We become fantastic meals for mosquitoes, ticks and chiggers while we are diligently doing our jobs and not paying attention to what might be joining us as we work. I am known to have aRead more
Red Wolf Transfers
I told you last week I would let you know about wolf stuff that happened at the wolf meeting. Thanks for being patient. On the second day of our Red Wolf SSP (Species Survival Plan) Master Plan meeting we look at all the wolves in the captive population (there are 178 at 40 different institutions). You can get a general idea of where the institutions are on the map below. The goal is to make sure every wolf has aRead more
I’m back from the Red Wolf meeting
I am back, a day later, and much more tired then expected from the red wolf SSP master plan meeting. I know you likely just want to hear about wolf stuff but I am going to make you listen to my travel woes and show you some non-wolf photos. I arrived in Illinois with little issue. I found it interesting to see this vending machine at the hotel. Almost all the items were sold out too! I met up withRead more
QuikPost: red wolf article
A lengthy and inclusive article about red wolves and the issues they face was in the Charlotte Observer Sunday. Click here to read it, or click on the link below. http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/07/10/1555761/gunshots-put-a-rare-species-atRead more