I walked in step behind Anne as we made a beeline for the Red Barn. We had just locked up the gates after ushering guests from the main yard, and double checked locks for the turkeys and donkeys on the way back to lock up the doors for the goats, rams, and geese for the night. We headed through the large double doors and gave a quick head count ( Read more... )

Holy crap. I just slept ten hours and am still SO EXHAUSTED. I could sleep another several hours, seriously. I have to go to work, instead. And deal with my one teenage volunteer of the day, god help him. I am all kinds of tired and grumpy. Something tells me either he may go home early or I will. Heh. Anyway ( Read more... )

Hope everyone is having a lovely day!

Today I saw this news story about one of our rhinos from L.A. Zoo! I knew it was in the works, but now it's officially happening ( Read more... )

Okay, seriously, is this place like cursed or something?! Here is a news story that makes me think it most certainly IS ~~

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- A young zebra at the Virginia Zoo in Norfolk has died in a freak accident following a rabies shot ( Read more... )

I wish people weren't so horribly dumb when it comes to wild animals.

This article is quite sad. To sum up, a nine year old girl stuck her hand in to pet the meerkats, one bit her, so all of them were killed and tested for rabies, even though they had been vaccinated. So of course they didn't have rabies. The parents of the girl just didn't ( Read more... )