It's not just humans that go to the Riverview Park & Zoo, animals do too. On Thursday (February 5th), the zoo staff captured these photos below and video of a fox at the zoo. (Apparently, it's a regular visitor.)
Fleming Student Administrative Council welcomed Jungle Cat World Wildlife Park to Fleming College's Sutherland Campus on January 27th at The Steele Centre—which was packed with students excited to see and meet the animals. Fleming's videographer used a GoPro to film the animals on stage. Watch the wild results below...
Well not exactly. But he is playing with with a big ball made of fire hose at the zoo. The hose was generously donated by the Peterborough Fire Department, and the adorable photo was taken by the Zoo's Animal Care Tech, Sarah Law.
OMG -- too cute!
Read MoreThe Lakefield Animal Welfare Society (LAWS) is a wonderful non-profit organization that rescues stray, injured and abused animals in the Lakefield area. Take the case of "Autumn", a severely injured dog that recently came to them. As they posted to their Facebook page, Autumn "was rescued from a backyard where she's been tied up for WHO knows how long! Her owners either didn't notice or didn't care that her eye infection had caused her eye to rupture." The photos below—via their Facebook post—are utterly disturbing to look at but this is the kind of horrific stuff they deal with, and why their role is vital in saving animals.
Autumn
Autumn has had her eye removed and is safe in a foster home until she's ready for her new forever home, LAWS says. She has an amazing personality, even after all she's been through. If you're interested in donating to help with the medical costs, contact LAWS. Every amount counts in large amounts.
UPDATED post: And here is what Autumn looks like now after love and care...
The Riverview Park & Zoo is excited to announce they have successfully hatched a Sulawesi Forest Turtle, which is a critically endangered species. There is a worldwide effort to manage a sustainable captive population to preserve the species but successful hatchings are extremely rare. Check out the stunning pictures below of "Skippy" entering the world in Peterborough...
The egg is incubated under carefully controlled conditions for 152 days...
And the hatching begins...
The zoo team was very nervous as there was no sign of movement at first...
The shell membrance is carefully removed...
Skippy's first look at the world...
Well hey there little guy, welcome to the world...
Skippy in an incubator to monitor...
Skippy moves to his new habitat...
Skippy weighs in at about 27g and his shell is about 5 cm in length...
[via Riverview Park & Zoo Facebook page]
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