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Welcome to the Wildlife Notes BLOG! This blog will be used by members of our staff to post information about animals inside AND outside of our Wildlife Center… Check back often to see what is going on…
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Yukon Helps Clutch Host “Critter Hour” on KGGO
Today Yukon helped host Clutch’s “Critter Hour” on KGGO at Merle Hay Mall at the Rock Star Satellite location. He was a big hit with the public – many of whom did a “double take” upon seeing him and asked “is that a WOLF?” Many other members of the public heard about him on the [...]
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Our Youngest Wildlife Assistant Trainer
It has been wonderful to watch the Wildlife Assistant Trainer Program unfold over the past two months. Every session brings a surprise! Since each person is coming in to the session to work with the Wildlife Ambassador’s trainer and learn about training the animals, they get a little more freedom and flexibility with what they [...]
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Training Notes from Kiowa and T.D.
Today Kiowa and T.D. had some new experiences! They discovered that one of the logs in the training room was being occupied by some ash borers. We had no idea ourselves but these little tykes have such a sharp sense of smell and hearing that they knew there was something interesting inside those logs. We [...]
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Tracking for Bear Signs in NE Iowa
We trekked to Bremer county to find signs of the bear that has been moving around North-East Iowa. Numerous sitings have been seen in the past month. We are interested in finding signs of the bear (tracks, hair and scat samples for DNA) so our staff of biologists, ecologists and anthropologists can determine if it [...]
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Pella Wildlife Company Visits Mines of Spain with Spaulding the Bat!
Today we traveled to The Mines of Spain to give an educational program about bats. The Interpretive Center at the Mines of Spain was beautiful! The room we spoke in overlooked the woods behind the center where families walked around enjoying the local wildlife and even some fresh wild raspberries. Oh how our baby bears [...]
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