Big Bird is our Cassowary Bird, and has grown since the last time we blogged his arrival! If you see his previous photos when he had arrived here, you will notice that he did not have that casque on top of his head yet. A casque is a gray, helmet-like growth of tough, rigid yet elastic skin. This is one of its most distinguishing features and what gave the bird its name - in Papuan, ‘Kasu-weri’ means ‘horned head’. Dominant birds generally have larger casques. When the bird runs, it lowers its head and uses the casque as a sort of battering-ram to clear out everything in its path. To view more photos of Big Bird, then please visit Big Bird’s Gallery.

Lola, our King Vulture, is doing fantastic in her beautiful and new enclosure! She shares her enclosure with Sid & Susie the Sloths, and Demetrius the Giant Anteater. Lola the King Vulture has no toes from frost bite when she was just a young bird, but she moves around constantly in her new enclosure and has no problem getting around from the floor to the perches! To view more photos of Lola, then please visit Lola’s Gallery.

We recently finished building a brand new enclosure for our Lions “Abu & Simba”. Abu & Simba shared their old enclosure with our Snow Tiger “Nabha”. Well, between the three of them, they definitely outgrew that cage! We are still not fully done with the cage, as it needs some more work and additional modifications to it, but it looks like all three of the cats are sure enjoying the enclosure as is. They haven’t stopped running with all the new space they have! We will post a video up soon too, so keep checking back! To view more photos of Abu & Simba, then Visit Abu & Simba’s Gallery, or to view more photos of Nabha the tiger then visit Nabha’s Gallery.

Sabrina, and her husband went on a private zoo tour here at ZWF! Sabrina surprised her husband for his birthday with our general tour, plus our primate encounter, and tiger encounter package mixed in! They enjoyed every moment of the tour and wanted to share the photos they took from their experience! To view more photos of this tour then please visit our Zoo Tour Gallery.

Indah is a baby Binturong that is a new arrival here at ZWF! Indah is an Indonesian name that means “beautiful”. She sure is a beautiful animal, and we can’t wait to see her grow up into an even more magnificent animal! She has a prehensile tail, and they are native to Asia. They are also known as “bear cats”. To view more photos of Indah, then please visit Indah’s Gallery.

The Zoological Wildlife Foundation was part of a Moroccan themed event at Agadir Moroccan Cuisine Restaurant! We brought Larry the camel with us for the event, and everyone loved him! Larry was the star of the event and was the perfect addition for their Moroccan inspired party.  If you would like to view more photos from this past event then please visit the Agadir Morrocan Event Gallery.

Nabha, our snow tiger, was part of a music video this past Thursday! She went with two of our handlers (Chelsea & Morgan). Nabha did a fantastic job, and had fun while doing it! She got to play and walk around, since that is what they wanted for the video. There is some behind the scenes footage of Morgan and Chelsea working with Nabha. You can view the video on our Facebook fanpage! http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=2685460139133#!/ZWF.MIAMI

A few guests that had a recent tour here at The Zoological Wildlife Foundation, decided to share their photos and thoughts of the experience they had at our facility! Click the photos below to view them larger.

Gigi commented and said:

“We had an amazing tour!  The kids were absolutely thrilled, as were the adults. It is such a fabulous place, and one of Miami’s undiscovered gems. Chelsea is fabulous and so great with the kids. Thank you so very much for an an absolutely amazing day!”

Thank you Gigi and we are so glad you enjoyed your tour here at ZWF! We look forward to seeing you next year, and thank you for the kind words and sharing these awesome photos!

-ZWF Staff

Donnatella and Antoinette are the monkeys shown in the photo above Donnatella is a 3 year old Tufted Capuchin, and Antoinette(to the right) is a 5 month old tufted capuchin. They were playing together and even sharing snacks! Antoinette loves photos and as you can see gave a big smile for the camera. To view more photos of Donnatella, then please visit Donna’s Gallery or to view more photos of Antoinette, then please visit Antoinette’s Gallery.

Everyone meet Lola!

Lola is a King Vulture. She is a recent new addition to the ZWF Family. Lola was donated from a zoo and when she was younger she got frost bite on her “feet” so she has no claws! That doesn’t stop Lola one bit. She loves to follow you around and she actually walks pretty fast when on the ground. Whenever we approach the enclosure she is the first one to run up and greet us! She is a beautiful and amazing creature and is definitely enjoying her time here at ZWF. To view more photos of Lola then visit Lola’s Gallery.