On the interns’ last afternoon with Autumn and I, we used the extra sets of hands to do a big Spring cleaning of the bear compound. Jana decided she wanted to recycle some of the old enrichment we were tossing for her own pets. Mae offered to help her…and then hold her still for a photo op!Read more
Posts tagged: #trash
Trash anyone?
Anyone who has been in the animal keeping profession knows that part of the job includes the unfortunate task of pulling trash out of the animal exhibits. On some level it is expected that a random object will occasionally be found in an animal’s enclosure, due to a visitor accidentally dropping something and not being able to recover it (please don’t try to retrieve the item yourself!). However, we have noticed the amount of trash in the exhibits increase significantlyRead more