It’s early and I’m sitting at my desk- I haven’t had much desk time recently but I have to prepare a safety presentation for all staff. On the 28th I’ll be talking about hurricane preparation and response. Right now, with the rain that’s been falling, I have been thinking about drains and how important they are. Below are photos of three important drains (at least to me). I’ll write more about each one later, but wanted you to think aboutRead more
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QuikPost-The Dire Wolf
If you have read the series of books or watched the show “Game of Thrones”, you have heard of a Dire Wolf. Several of us in the animal department are heavily into the books or show and wind up discussing it a lot of the time. So, the Dire Wolf is one of the major components of the story and I knew there once were REAL Dire Wolves, but didnt know much about them. Canis dirus translated to “fearsome dog”Read more
QuikPost:This year’s Red Wolf SSP meeting
In two weeks I’ll be in Florida for this year’s red wolf SSP meeting- Homosassa Springs is hosting this year’s meeting. Read up on past red wolf SSP meetings. I’ll have more news in August… will we have the two wolves below here next year… Will they have better luck having offspring… Read more
QuikPost: red wolf quarterly report
I get sent the red wolf quarterly report from USFWS. Here’s the link to the most recent report: RW recovery report. 3.13Read more
QuikPost: Bad news continues for red wolves in the wild
The shooting of red wolves in the wild continues- it’s very sad and troubling. Another article below. http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/extinction-countdown/2013/02/19/reward-red-wolf-killed/Read more
QuikPost: Red Wolf Quarterly Report
Check out the first Red Wolf quarterly report from USFWS for 2013: REDWOLF 1st Q report 2013Read more