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Sid The Sloth Goes For A Swim!

Friday, February 3rd, 2012

Sid our Adult Sloth, decided to take a swim! We managed to catch him as he was getting out of the water. Its not everyday you see a swimming sloth! Check out the video in this link below. To view more photos of Sid then visit Sid & Susie the Sloth’s Gallery.

“Sid The Swimming Sloth” Video!

Recent Visitors @ ZWF share their experience!

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

Sharon and Shannon were recent visitors to the Zoological Wildlife Foundation, here is what they had to say about their experience here!


“This was the most amazing experience, I would love to visit again, certainly take you up on that.

And I’m non stop telling everybody about your home and my adventure.”

“Most Grateful, especially for the loving care your family exudes on all these beautiful creatures. I’ve never seen Big-Cats look sooo happy and energetic.”
- Sharon & Shannon
Thanks to the both of you for the kind words, and all of us here are glad you loved the facility!
In the photos above, they are playing with our new tiger cub “Namah” to view more photos of Namah then please visit Namah’s Gallery.
If anyone is interested in having an experience like this, then please review our tours page and see our many different packages to choose from! its an experience of a lifetime!

Rocko!

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

Meet Rocko! One of the few new arrivals to ZWF! Rocko is a Bernese Mountain Dog. He currently shares his space with a tiger cub named Namah! Photos of Namah the new Tiger Cub will be coming shortly.

Update on Leila the Squirrel Monkey!

Monday, January 30th, 2012

Leila has grown up! Leila is a Squirrel Monkey. She lives indoors and is a very curious monkey. She loves to play with our dwarf cat “Persia” and sometimes her curiosity gets the best of her, and she gets in trouble! She gets daily interaction, and is very friendly! to view past photos of Leila and see the difference in how much she has grown, then please visit Leila’s Gallery.

Capuchin Mommy and Baby!

Monday, January 30th, 2012

We wanted to share this wonderful photo of one of our adult black and white Capuchin females, with her newborn baby Capuchin! This is a wonderful site to see. She seems to be taking great care of the baby so we will keep and eye on her and make sure the baby is doing fine and is healthy.

ZWF (Behind The Scenes) Tiger Training Session!

Friday, January 27th, 2012

We had a training session with a few of our Tigers, and wanted to share a quick clip and some photos from the session! Morgan, one of our Animal Trainers/Caretaker is the one in the photos training and interacting with Titan our Bengal Tiger. To view more photos of Titan (our Bengal Tiger in the video clip) the visit Titan’s Gallery. Check out the video clip of our behind the scenes training session here:

click the link –> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VSxmONq_Io&feature=youtu.be

Angelina our Tufted Capuchin

Saturday, January 21st, 2012

The above photo shows Angelina our Tufted Capuchin posing for a photo! This photo shoot was for the cover of a book being worked on. Angelina is one of our smartest Capuchins we have and she has done multiple photo shoots and commercials! Angie is a ZWF Animal Actor! To view more photos of Angie, the please visit Angelina’s Gallery!

Patrick Reynold’s Retirement Party @ ZWF!

Saturday, January 21st, 2012



FFWC Lt. Patrick Reynolds had a retirement party thrown in his honor here at our ZWF Facility! There was many FFWC and wildlife officials at the celebration. It was a very special honor for us to host this event at our facility. We had our tiger cubs and primates out for photo ops, and everyone had a great time! It was a wonderful party, and we were glad to have been a part of such an important event. To view more photos from this event then visit Pat Reynold’s Retirement Party Gallery.

Leila decided to hitch a ride!

Saturday, December 31st, 2011

Leila our Baby Squirrel Monkey, found a convenient way to travel around the house by holding on to and riding on our Newly Born Tiger Cub “Thrace”! This is definitely one odd duo, but for now it works! They both enjoy each others company and spend the day together. They play all day and even take naps together! To view more photos of Leila then visit Leila’s Gallery, or to view more photos of Thrace then Visit Thrace’s Gallery!

We also have a short video clip of Leila riding on Thrace’s back as well! click this link to view the video clip!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2KrJ9OhN2I&feature=youtu.be

Thrace the Tiger Cub!

Friday, December 30th, 2011

Thrace is our newborn Tiger Cub! Thrace is a month old, and his birthday is November 29th. He was actually born here at our facility! He spends the day playing with our baby squirrel monkey (Leila). To view more photos of Thrace, then visit Thrace’s Gallery.