Thanksgiving is coming so it’s important to remember and send out our gratitude to our volunteers. We’ve got lots of people who help us get our work done- we couldn’t get our work done without volunteers. We’ve got regular animal department volunteers, like Annie and Donald. We’ve got interns, like Jill and Katie (who are still helping out), or Jessica and Jamie. We’ve also have groups that come. For the most part they are here 2-4 hours. We set upRead more
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She’s here.
United flight 1086 from Chicago to Durham ran early yesterday, so female red wolf 1794 arrived earlier than expected. We off loaded her while it was still a bit light! We’ll get better pictures soon, but here’s a first glance:Read more
Halloween Costume Update
So, Franklin dressed as a shark. Ro dressed as me. I dressed as Gus. And Nora, who loves Max, paid tribute to our bovine Read more
1784 QuikPics
Katy snapped a couple of photos of the new male wolf, 1784. We’re learning about him a little at a time. So far: he buries food (but eats it); slinks around a bit, walking slowly when nervous (but also jumps when nervous or surprised); has “weak” back legs that come and go seasonally (we’ll likely add some Cosequin supplements for him). Greg got some great photos of him in the exhibit too- here are some stolen from Greg: We shouldRead more
Wolf changes…
You know our male wolf, 1414, died unexpectedly about one month ago. Today was the day our new male red wolf arrived. His studbook number is 1784 and he is the son of our beloved 1414. He sired three pups this past year while at the NCSU College of Veterinary medicine. (Yup, they are a cooperator and part of the Red Wolf SSP program too). We’ll post photos of him soon. Today was also the day that 1287,Read more
Sad Owl News to Report
Seems like I am writing a bunch about not-so-great news these days. It’s definitely affecting my mood. It’s not so much that “misery loves company“, but rather that when we started this Blog, our goal was to share with readers what’s going on in the animal department at the Museum. So, with that said, I have bad news to report. Brooklyn came to us with a lump on her wing and we just learned that the lump is cancer- andRead more