I really havent posted many updates of White Oak.
We've had several births this year including Giant Eland, Bongo, Addra Gazelle, Nile Lechwe, Gerenuk, Lesser Kudu, an Okapi calf, MS Sandhill Crane, 4 cassowary chicks, and a litter of cheetahs. We will also be expecting Giraffe, Roan Antelope, Gerenuk, Addra, Giant Eland, Grevy's Zebra, and another Okapi in the next year.
White Oak suffered some damage from Tropical Storm Fay...we continue to clean up from this storm after loosing dozens of trees and much fenceline. And the flood waters finally receded a few weeks ago. We also continue to watch our Red Bay trees die as the range of the invasive Ambrosia Beetle (who burrow into the trees and allow for fungus to invade the tree's core) spreads south from South Carolina.
A male Somali Wild Ass arrived from Marwell this summer and has been introduced to our herd of 0.4 that we acquired last fall from San Diego Wild Animal Park.
Two juvenile Andean Condors (our newest species) arrived last winter and they will temporarily remain at White Oak until their eventual release into the Andes Mountains.
As for the Okapi, our young calf is doing well and growing quickly. We recently finished moving some animals arround to allow for our next round of breeding. I do have another female pregnant that is due this winter.
Last winter our two elderly tigers passed away. We received two young male tigers from a tiger rescue facility in May.
And finally this summer we indentified a bat colony on our property as a rare population of Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat. We have started observations on these bats to provide important data to bat conservationists.
We've had several births this year including Giant Eland, Bongo, Addra Gazelle, Nile Lechwe, Gerenuk, Lesser Kudu, an Okapi calf, MS Sandhill Crane, 4 cassowary chicks, and a litter of cheetahs. We will also be expecting Giraffe, Roan Antelope, Gerenuk, Addra, Giant Eland, Grevy's Zebra, and another Okapi in the next year.
White Oak suffered some damage from Tropical Storm Fay...we continue to clean up from this storm after loosing dozens of trees and much fenceline. And the flood waters finally receded a few weeks ago. We also continue to watch our Red Bay trees die as the range of the invasive Ambrosia Beetle (who burrow into the trees and allow for fungus to invade the tree's core) spreads south from South Carolina.
A male Somali Wild Ass arrived from Marwell this summer and has been introduced to our herd of 0.4 that we acquired last fall from San Diego Wild Animal Park.
Two juvenile Andean Condors (our newest species) arrived last winter and they will temporarily remain at White Oak until their eventual release into the Andes Mountains.
As for the Okapi, our young calf is doing well and growing quickly. We recently finished moving some animals arround to allow for our next round of breeding. I do have another female pregnant that is due this winter.
Last winter our two elderly tigers passed away. We received two young male tigers from a tiger rescue facility in May.
And finally this summer we indentified a bat colony on our property as a rare population of Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat. We have started observations on these bats to provide important data to bat conservationists.
