A date is set for me to pick up our new male red wolf, #1369. I leave on Sunday November 2 and will return with him Monday afternoon/evening. If you want to be the first to see him, stop by the Museum on Tuesday November 4…after (or before) you vote of course. Click here to see a photo of him. Our new female, #1227, will be arriving by plane. Date TBD, but sometime during the first two weeks of November.Read more
Posts tagged: #museum
Pool party
Once a year, when the stars align, our animal keeping staff performs a ritual task that keepers have done since the beginning of time– we clean the bear pool! This is a pretty big undertaking (made bigger because we didn’t do it last year due to the drought) and to get it done (plus all of our regular work for the day) it took 5 keepers, 1 director, 1 volunteer, 2 other museum staff (shout out to Grover and Courtney),Read more
I was cleaning the goat yard this AM, and took a break for a minute to check over the goats and scratch them for a few minutes. After a bit, I figured I should get back to raking and leaned over to give Rocky a final pat and a hug around the neck. To which he responded by burping loudly in my ear. I think this face says it all.Read more
Apples and Honey
It’s been a pretty busy few days. We’ve shipped off our two wolves early this morning for their new home. Kristen is away at the AAZK conference and I need to go shopping. I go shopping whenever Kristen isn’t here. The first thing on the list is “100 apples”. Our bears eat a lot of apples, especially at this time of year. This is when my family eats a lot of apples too, as we are getting ready for theRead more
Our new red wolf male
This is a photo of our future red wolf male- #1369. He is about 4 years old and he has spent the last 2.5 years at the Wolf Conservation Center in New York. He weighs an impressive 75 pounds. (our current wolves weigh about 55 pounds). Arrangements are being made for his arrival (I’ll likely drive up to NY and get him the end of October) as well as our future female, #1227. She’s about 6 years old and you’llRead more
Our Wolves are leaving!
About a month ago I wrote about the red wolf master plan meeting and the possible wolf transfers to be taking place. The plans are now just about official. Sunday we’ll catch up our boys and give them their physicals so they can be cleared for heading out to their new home. Monday we’ll drive them to Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge. Our brothers will be held in an off site holding area at the refuge and remain part ofRead more