Hello to all readers!!!
January was an extremely eventful month. To get the sad news out of the way first, Sonny our thirteen year old female Asian Short Clawed Otter died at the start of the month. This being an exceptional age for an Otter, she was found in the morning with her partner Raymond who was still cuddled up to her.
Raymond is now very much enjoying bachelor life with his two sons; Biggy and Smalley, who have welcomed their dad as a play mate. He like Biggy and Smalley was also hand reared by staff at the centre as a cub, after his mother’s milk dried up.
Our little Joey was staying in a temporary enclosure at the centre, after his mother had a Joey early this year and kicked him out. He is now enjoying the freedom of the entire park and has settled back in very well, after a couple of weeks of TLC.
We received a female British Otter cub from the Dorset Wildlife Rescue on the 31st January, “Ellie” had been taken very good care of by them but needed a permanent home. She has settled in very well and is spending the day at the park so that she can exercise and learn to swim but has to go home with a Keeper at the end of the day as she still needs feeding before bedtime. Our aim is to rehabilitate her and if all goes to plan release her back out into the wild in the future.
Some of the owl aviaries have had minor changes applied, with a few new boxes here and there, being placed in more convenient places.
That being all I have to say make sure to keep an eye out for your February update.
