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.

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.

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

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.

“G” the Gibbon is getting so big! This photo was taken today right after he got his morning bath. He gets daily interaction, and he loves to hang out with our Squirrel Monkey, Leila! They are practically inseparable. “G” the Gibbon, is very laid back and sweet; he still has much more growing to do, so keep checking back on his progress! To view more photos of G then please visit G’S Gallery.

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.

We recently had two new visitors here, Naima and AJ! They are friends of ZWF and had a very wonderful experience interacting with “Titan” our bengal tiger. All of us at ZWF hope they enjoyed their visit here. Interacting with animals is an amazing experience, at the Zoological Wildlife Foundation, you are able to be up close and personal with the animals and have an experience like no other. We do private tours here, and now we also offer parties on location here at our facility! To view more information about our tours, then visit our tours page. For more info on our event services, then visit our animals for events page.

Nabha is a big girl now! Nabha is our Tiger Cub. She spends her time in an enclosure with our two lion cubs “Simba & Abu”.  Nabha is growing more and more each day! She is a magnificent creature and you can see her in person! To meet Nabha then come by for a private tour at our facility. Visit our Tours page for more info on our tour packages.  To view more photos of Nabha then visit Nabha’s Gallery.