 Oh
Deer! What a Year!
Greetings!
Fall is approaching and that means rutting (mating) season
here
at
Fossil Rim. Expect the European Red deer to start bugling at
any time now. Antlers have lost their velvet and males are
ready to claim territory and mates. You will notice the Fallow
deer males have started staking out their territory already.
They hope to gain control of the best real estate, as that
is where the females will want to hang out. This assures the
strongest males of passing on their genetics to strengthen
future generations. Enjoy their beauty and grace then expect
to hear the clashing of their antlers.
I’ll be looking
for you,
Jan
Bussey
Education
Specialist
About
Jan
With
the devastation our nation has experienced with hurricane
Katrina our zoo community is reaching out to
our AZA family in New Orleans.
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 Wine
Safari on the Rim
Come
be part of our annual wine tasting and benefit auction.
This is one of our biggest events of the year! You can
wine, dine, and bid on a fabulous selection of wildlife
inspired goods and services under the stars at Fossil Rim
Wildlife Center.
Cost
includes wine tasting, fabulous buffet, auction, entertainment,
and a whole lot of fun. The cost
of $150 per person goes
a long way in helping Fossil Rim.
 Make
your reservation today by calling 254-897-2960 ext. 0
between 8:30-5 M-F. Or, send us an email.
**Please include your day time phone number in the
email.
If you
are unable to attend but would like to offer your help,
we will welcome your auction donations.
There will
be “big board” auction items as well as “silent
auction” items so donations of any type will
be greatly appreciated.
Get complete
event information here
 What's
Gnu?
• We
immobilized a female bison about 3 weeks ago and brought a specialist
in to look at her eye. We removed a sand burr,
gave meds, and sewed the third eyelid to protect the eye. About
a week later we immobilized her again to check the eye (which
looks pretty good) and give her some more antibiotics. We will
most likely do this at least one more time and possibly have
the eye specialist out again on the final knockdown.
•
We have captured a couple of the up and coming males in the Main
Pasture. An older gemsbok and waterbuck were removed
so they wouldn't fight with the herd bulls. They have a home
lined up already near Fossil Rim at Pony Creek Ranch.
•
One of the young wildebeest calves is limping on a left hind
leg. We are keeping an eye on him and hopefully he won't
need our help.
•
The kudu bull chipped a piece of his hoof off and we are treating
it in the field.
•
There is a Scimitar Horned Oryx in the Front Pasture that is also
slightly lame and we are keeping an eye on her.
•
The whitetail fawn that we removed from the Front Pasture
with a broken leg is in the clinic. He
had a cast on and we removed it this week and hope that
the break is healing
well. He will continue pen rest for a while longer and
then we hope to reintroduce him to the pasture. He is
not imprinted on
people so should do well back with the other deer.
How
Do You Ship a Rhino? Very Delicately.
By Adam Eyres
Hoofstock
Supervisor
Kalahari, our
youngest black rhino, was shipped out Thursday morning September
1, without incident.
About 6:45
the morning of the move, we gave her a drug to take the edge
off. She was then walked out of the
barn area
into the
corral where the crate was set. David, our rhino keeper,
and Julie, our rhino intern, had done a great job of getting
her accustomed
to the crate despite the short amount of training time we had.
Continued>>
Darnit,
Again!
by
David Thompson
In an
earlier offering, you were introduced to a capuchin monkey
with whom I shared the run of the house. His antics and miscues
lead to his accepting that the term “darn it” was
usually directed at him, and, hence, that was the name he
came to be known by. For about three years, Darnit was a
decent house guest (for a monkey). We could have very likely
worked out an even longer arrangement, but Uncle Sam had
other plans.
Continued>>
Morris
Bussey, Fossil Hunter of Glen Rose - Part 2
Morris
Bussey, or as his friends call him, Buzzy, lays claim to
being the Fossil Hunter of Glen Rose.
I find
new and special fossils at almost every hunt. There are so
many fossils in
Somervell County that sometimes it is
as easy as picking pecans off the ground! Some of the special
fossils I find end up in my own collection but most of the
time the prize picks are found by others who are with me.
I warn everybody that if I tell you that it is not a good
fossil
and then put it in my pocket … you best ask for it back!”
Continued>>
Read
part 1 here
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