We had a great birthday part for Mattaha White who turned 8 years old - Old and Young had a great time.  We started with the trolley ride to the Zoo, gave personal tours to all guest and then pizza and cupcakes in the picnic gardens with animals around to interact with:  bearded dragon, tiger, wallaby joey and a kinkajou ending with the trolley ride back to the gift shop for shopping.  see pics:

      


    

Wow - we had some awesome submissions and it took our pannel a week to decide - but her new name is "Nakita", which is Russian for "unconquerable".  We felt the name fits her nicely since she is Siberian and is a ball full of energy.  We have had many tourist take advantage of the hands on with Nakita, unfortunately this will be ending soon - due to her increase weight.  So do not hesitate if you want the opportuity to pet Nakita at the Zoo. 

     


      

Wow - YES this is Florida - what a challenge for us and the animals.

          


      

Zoo Day was a hugh success - we had overwhelming attendance and many request for another Zoo Day - so check back for a new date soon.  Here are some pictures of Zoo Day 1/31/09:

     

            

          

            



     


       

REMINDER:  January 31, 2009 is the deadline to enter the "name the tiger" Contest.  We offer some great prizes for only $1.00 cost.  Go the the website www.dadecityswildthings.com and enter through the buttom labeled "Name the Tiger Contest"

Good Luck

We just learned we will be featured in the "Florida Monthly" magazine in March, 2009 - so go by a copy and let them know what you think of the article - share with your friends. . .

REMINDER - Zoo Day coming Jan 31, 2009

April 9th 2009 - we will be having a  beauty Pageant to search for spokespersons who will represent Dade City's Wildthings.  You can go to the website and click on the Pageant button for details and application.  Good Luck

 

Cypress Gardens closed the animal section of their facility and we were lucky to be in a position to take in some of their animals needing homes.  We already told you about their female black jaguar - Sheba.  A few weeks later we were asked to take on some other animals.  We adopted:  5 mountain coatimondi's, wallaby's including a 10 month old baby albino wallaby, possum's, turtles and a sweet kinkaju named peanut.

We are blessed to have these beautiful animals and can not wait to share them with you.  Hopefully you will be able to come see them on a tour in the near future. 

We are offering hands on experiences with the baby tiger and baby albino wallaby.  Will be adding pictures soon.

With the economy down and less visitors we could use your help with donations for food and caging.  Please consider helping us.  We have set up a new donation button on our website for your convenience to donate through paypal. 

We are also in great need for volunteers to help with the animals care and if you are not comfortable working with the animals we have great needs with food preperation and work with our beautiful botanical gardens too

Please HELP > > >