The Animal Rescue Site is having a contest. They are awarding grants to pet shelters. You vote for your favorite animal shelter and they might just have enough votes to “win” some $. You can vote for whatever you want, but if you’d like to honor PIG or MISS PIGGY, you could vote for Pig Pals of NC. (Miss Piggy came to us from Pig Pals). Want to vote? Click here: help an animal shelterRead more
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thanks
Thanks everyone for all your nice thoughts about Pig. I’ve worked out in the farmyard twice now since last Thursday, and it’s been weird without him there. One of my favorite stories about Pig happened around this time a few years ago, when we got a huge truckload of pumpkins donated to us. We didn’t have much room to store them, so kept them right behind our fence in the farmyard where we keep all of our tools. We knewRead more
Pig is not well.
Bad news- sorry to share, but I assume you would want to know. The Keepers found Pig Friday morning not putting any weight on his left front foot. This is not good because Pig has extensive arthritis in his back legs. Dr. Cannedy came out Saturday morning and checked Pig out and give him lots of drugs to hopefully help him feel better. He was no better by Monday morning, so I spent much of yesterday at the Vet SchoolRead more
Spotlight: Kim Wheeler
This is Kim Wheeler on the left. (She’s with Diane Hendry, the Outreach Coordinator for the Red wolf Recovery Program- I’ll spotlight her a different month though). The photo of the wolves is one of the most famous red wolf photos ever taken and it is of red wolves born right here at the Museum of Life and Science! Kim would rather not be the center of attention, but if that’s what it takes to help out red wolves she’llRead more
Wolf Awareness Week
We’re excited about the upcoming Wolf Awareness Week. The focus of this week is on wolves and their value and importance. You’ll get a chance everyday to meet a keeper and talk about our wolves and wolf conservation. We’re especially excited to have Kim Wheeler, the executive director of the Red Wolf Coalition here, Wednesday afternoon. She’ll be set up down at the wolf exhibit all afternoon with some neat items and great conversation. Kim was just honored with theRead more
It’s fall, the bears are eating more…
…and I have found yet another fascinating artifact from the bear yard: They get whole ears of corn in their diet weekly and we usually find random pieces of cob and husk around. This empty cob, however, looks like one of the bears delicately devoured it end to end, manual typewriter style. I’m betting it was Mimi!Read more