Recent interesting emails

I received two emails on Tuesday/Wednesday that I thought I would share with you. One was from a coworker who forwarded a link to the National Zoo’s report on what the animals there did during the earthquake:   http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Publications/PressMaterials/PressReleases/NZP/2011/earthquake.cfm   Keeper Jill happened to be at our wolf exhibit during the earthquake and while she did not feel anything she reported that the wolves stood up and started running around. The other email was from a fellow red wolf cooperatorRead more

Panda photos

I receive emails from a group of people within the zoo industry that care about bears: The Bear Taxon Advisory Group (TAG) of the AZA. I received an email this morning with some photos of pandas that were effected by the Sichuan earthquake that occurred just over two months ago. You can search the web to learn about the devastation and loss of life, but I thought I would share with you some photos of pandas doing wonderfully well.Read more