If you have been reading the blog for a while, you may remember back in March of last year when we constructed an outdoor playpen for our indoor animals to exercise in. More recently, you may remember a post about us receiving two new baby opossums. Well, the opossums (named Sonny and Cher) have grown fast and today was their first time getting to use the outdoor playpen! Now that the weather is nice, we like to give our indoorRead more
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EnrichBits: Keepers’ favorites
EnrichBits: A monthly look at animal enrichment This month, we thought it’d be fun to ask around and see what the keepers enjoy best in terms of animal enrichment. “What’s your favorite enrichment to watch or give?” got these responses: Marilyn: I really like when the bears get a box-in-a-box-in-a-box. (This is where we hide a yummy treat in a box, put that box in a bigger box, and that box in a bigger box, in order to create aRead more
Creature Feature: Red Wolf Surgery Part 3
This video is the third and final part of a three part series. Watch the first and second part or see all three in the same video. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUhf6ciwZ1E] Well, a lot has happened with red wolf #1227 in the last week or so. Yesterday’s video showed you the procedure of the mass being removed, and today’s video will allow you to see what happened to #1227 after the surgery and how she is doing now. #1227 arrived at the museumRead more
Creature Feature: Red Wolf Surgery Part 2
This video is the second part of a three part series. Watch the first video here. WARNING: This video contains graphic images of surgical procedures that may not be appropriate for all viewers. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo_ejS8Zcmc] In yesterday’s post, I said that I would tell you more about red wolf #1227 for the second part of the video. However, we received the pathology report yesterday afternoon, and I didn’t want to wait until tomorrow to share the results with you. So IRead more
Creature Feature: Red Wolf Surgery Part 1
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R38zibjhaok] You may have read a post last week, or possibly heard about it on twitter, that our female red wolf (#1227) had surgery to remove a large mass from her chest. That was last Monday, and now we have a terrific video of the surgery to share with you! The video has been broken down into three 2-minute parts, which will be posted over the next three days (Tuesday through Thursday). The surgery was a great success, and theRead more
Red Wolf pups- lots of pups born to wild wolves
I mentioned a few posts ago about red wolf births. Not that many pups were born in the captive population although I have not heard a final report yet. The numbers are looking much better for wild red wolves. As of May 15, there have been 11 liters with 41 pups, plus the 4 pups that were fostered. I head out for the red wolf SSP master plan meeting in Tacoma the end of July, and will report more specificRead more