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Wish
List
We
could use a microwave for the office as the one we have
now seems to be leaking and not safe to use any longer.
The Nature Store could use some lumber to build shelves. About 26 boards - 1”x8”x8’-
pine should cover everything. They also need Indoor /outdoor carpeting, about
600 sq feet and 12 feet of indoor/outdoor turf.
If you have any extras
that you’re
willing to donate Please call Jan Bussey at 254.897.2960
x 209.
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Itsy
Bitsy Spider crawls up the Nature Store!
Come
to the Nature Store during the month of October and receive
20% off
all Halloween Merchandise. We have a wide
selection of spiders, webs and other decorations for
your home. Stop in and see what's gnu! |
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& A
Be one
of the first of 10 to answer this question and we’ll
send you a t-shirt.
Be sure
to send your first and last name, t-shirt size and your
mailing address. Good luck.
Q: What
is the gestation period for the Cheetah?
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Turning
leaves are turning heads
Greetings,
Fall has
arrived and it is time to watch for the leaves to change. The
beautiful fall leaf colors seem so much more vivid when viewed
amid our bright green Ashe Junipers. Come witness this fantastic
yearly phenomenon while observing our animals become more and
more frisky as the weather cools down.
I’ll
be looking for you,
Jan
Bussey
Education
Specialist
About
Jan |
 What's
Gnu?
New
kids on the block
• Baby Giraffe male
born September 22
• 3 Addax calves
• 1 Sable
• 1 Waterbuck
• 1 Gemsbok
• 1 Wildebeest
New
Residents
• One
adult Nubian female and three male Nubian kids. The three young
goats will eventually be added to the Children's Animal Center.
The adult female will hopefully be our new surrogate mother
to any neonates that are pulled.
• We are still scheduled to receive a male giraffe bull from the San Diego
Wild Animal park in the Spring.
Guys
and Gals Moving on
• Six
wildebeest females
• One gemsbok male
• Three male Grants Zebra
• Three female aoudad and one male
• One female Black Rhino to the Milwaukee Zoo
• 26 Attwater Prairie Chickens were sent to the Attwater Prairie Chicken
(APC) National Refuge for acclimation and release. The APC National Refuge is
located in South Texas – Eagle Lake. Check
here for more information
• One waterbuck male |
 Meet
Kasey Cain, Our Chef
Recently
Kasey did a lecture about Herbs for the Glen Rose Garden Club
at our Safari Camp. Kasey prepared a fabulous meal for the
ladies’ lunch as she does every day for all of our Overlook
Café and overnight lodging guests.
Enjoy 10%
off at the Overlook
Café through November.
• Bring
this coupon to receive your 10% off at the Overlook Café |
 Moose & Bruce
Join Parents
Bruce and
Moose, who have left the Vet Clinic and have joined their
parents at the Robert Haas Conservation area on Cheetah Hill. |
 Learning
to Read & Write with Shadow
by
Haily Summerford, Fossil Rim Volunteer
As the plane
landed in Cape Town, South Africa, I was as excited as the
first time back in 2001. I was eager to see my friends at Cheetah
Outreach and the cheetah ambassadors, especially Shadow. As
soon as I arrived and greeted my friends and Shadow, the volunteer
work began.
The first
week was filled with teacher workshops. The purpose of the
workshops was to get feedback on a book about a cheetah family
written by teachers in the Western Cape and ask teachers to
plan some literacy lessons around chapters in the book. This
was to help build the foundation of Cheetah Outreach’s
next project, an elementary curriculum that links literacy
and environmental education with a central component of the
curriculum being a children’s book on a cheetah family.
Grantham
Jansen, the teacher fellow you met in the last article,
lead the workshops using new literacy concepts he learned
while visiting the Smithsonian and Fort Worth.
Continued>>
Journey
Scrapbook>> |
 The
Nuts & Bolts of Fossil Rim
No organization
could exist without a number of people who keep everything
running. Here at Fossil Rim we call that our Support Services.
In this area of Fossil Rim located behind the White Rhino facility
we have a building that houses a wood shop, metal shop, paint
shop, mechanic’s garage as well as offices and storage
space. The great crew of six people who work here are responsible
for the upkeep of all our physical property. They work on fences,
buildings, plumbing, electric, construction, painting and anything
else needing repair. Darryl Morris is the Director of Support
Services and his crew consisting of Jerrad Turner, Drew Wilson,
Steve Cummings, Roy Kinnard, and Mickey Rhodes make sure that
your visit is as pleasant as possible. |
How
We Came to be Fossil Rim Wildlife Center - Tracing Our Progress
from the 60's
Fossil Rim
traces this property back into the ‘60’s when it
was owned by a Dallas corporation and used as a hunting ranch.
In 1973 Tom
Mantzell, an oil man who had moved to Fort Worth from Austin,
bought this property, stopped the hunting and re-named it Fossil
Rim Wildlife Ranch. He started to bring some of his friends
down to show off his new-found bit of heaven. Some of these
friends were on the Fort Worth Zoo board and suggested that
he ought to share this with the public. That led to the paving
of a 9 1/2 mile road meandering through the property that we
still use today.
Continued>> |
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