http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo-volunteers/ This is a list that will be used to allow volunteers from different zoos to interact with each other. I hope this will become Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:16:35 GMT EVELYN REIS http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo-volunteers/message/840 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo-volunteers/message/840 Barbara,   Since you have an aviary and numerous birds, perhaps you might want to consider turning the aviary into a lorikeet or parakeet and cockatiel Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:55:06 GMT Dawn http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo-volunteers/message/839 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo-volunteers/message/839 Barbara If you have the proper staff and enclosure situation or your if your zoo is planning on doing so in the future- why doesn't the zoo get a natural ( Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:27:49 GMT Barbara http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo-volunteers/message/838 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo-volunteers/message/838 Thanks to all of you who replied , either here, or to me at my email. I appreciate all the responses. After careful consideration, our Board has decided Sun, 21 Jun 2009 04:15:41 GMT docentrep http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo-volunteers/message/837 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo-volunteers/message/837 ... priority since this is a recessive genetic trait and therefore, many zoos are moving away from breeding and exhibiting them. Second the above. [Non-text Sat, 20 Jun 2009 23:44:56 GMT Dawn http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo-volunteers/message/836 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo-volunteers/message/836 We started a local wildcat rescue center in Panama. We have 4 ocelots and an oncilla. Right now the ocelots are in what used to be large aviaries. This Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:02:52 GMT EVELYN REIS http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo-volunteers/message/835 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo-volunteers/message/835 If your keepers have the skills to care for smaller animals, and have worked with cats they should be able to learn how to care for tigers.  I would suggest Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:09:43 GMT Stacey G Nathanson http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo-volunteers/message/834 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo-volunteers/message/834 If you have an aviary area, why not do something like a lorikeet or budgie feeding exhibit? It is interactive and that makes people excited about it. You can Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:59:58 GMT Barbara http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo-volunteers/message/833 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo-volunteers/message/833 thanks for your reply. we do have an adequate exhibit. it is a large walk through aviary which currently only has a few birds in it,and it cna be adapted for Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:58:05 GMT EVELYN REIS http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo-volunteers/message/832 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo-volunteers/message/832 White tigers do draw people.  However, they are not a conservation priority since this is a recessive genetic trait and therefore, many zoos are moving away Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:47:32 GMT Barbara http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo-volunteers/message/831 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo-volunteers/message/831 I am on the board of a small zoo in the Caribbean. Our focus has always been animals of the Caribbean and neo tropics. We have no large zoo animals. We rely Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:04:51 GMT Jamie Leblanc http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo-volunteers/message/830 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo-volunteers/message/830 Hello I am looking for a zoo in the Midwest who have a tropic building with HUGE ceilings . We had a Citrus tree and a Avocado tree in pots donated for our Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:49:44 GMT docentrep http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo-volunteers/message/829 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo-volunteers/message/829 Stacey, May I suggest looking at this question from a different angle? In considering whether you are asking for a reasonable number of hours, what are the Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:26:29 GMT Dawn http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo-volunteers/message/828 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo-volunteers/message/828 Stacey I have volunteered at big cat rescue facilities in the past. I usually flew to these places and the travel cost came out of my pocket so they were Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:47:59 GMT Jim McKay http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo-volunteers/message/827 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo-volunteers/message/827 My title is: Docent Docents must complete 100 hours, of which a minimum of 15 must be done in jobs specifically marked as Education Related Hours/ Posting Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:15:30 GMT Stacey Goldsmith Nathanson http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo-volunteers/message/826 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/zoo-volunteers/message/826 Hi- I am trying to see if we are asking for something reasonable. What is your volunteer job title and how many hours are you required to complete in 1 year?