sanctuary wildlife

Sassy’s Grown-Up Baby

You may remember a while back when the former resident tapir, Sassy, came through the sanctuary late at night with her new baby. Sassy is one of the 5 tapirs that we’ve successfully released through our wildlife rehabilitation program and she’s been in the wild for about 2 years. ...

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Guillermina and the Foxes

The daylight hours are shorter and shorter lately due to the change in seasons, so oftentimes it’s dark not long after elephant dinner time. So though this video might look like it was taken in the middle of the night, it was actually just about an hour after the evening…...

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Sunday Smile: Looking For a Nest

As you may have witnessed when we released a bird into the sanctuary recently, our land here is filled with macaws – both the blue-and-gold and red-and-green. As Scott narrates in this Sunday Smile video, we appear to have a couple who appear to be looking for the right place…...

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Lady and the Anu

We’ve talked before about the little anu birds that love to fly around the elephants in search of the bugs that are always hanging around. In the male Asian yard, Lady was joined by a few smaller juvenile birds while she was having her snack. They seemed to be checking…...

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A Rehabilitated Macaw Release

Recently SEMA, the state environmental agency, asked us if we could do what is called a “hard release” of a blue and gold macaw on the sanctuary property. The macaw had been previously rehabilitated and simply needed to be let go into a protected area where other macaws of the…...

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Sunday Smile: Parrots and Parakeets

For this week’s Sunday Smile, we take a minute to introduce you to the parrots and parakeets that live in the large palm trees near the male Asian barn. While Lady enjoys some of the grass in the male habitat, Scott shows off a quick view of the landscape. You…...

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