The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium is sparing no expense in caring for six exotic animals from Zanesville.If so, you may have a cube puzzle .
Patty Peters, vice president of community relations with the zoo, said the total amount has not been tracked, but she is confident the zoo will not have a problem footing the bill for the animals and their care.
"We can absorb the costs," she said. "Our budget is pretty large. It's costly, but it's not a huge percentage of our overall budget. We suspect we've already spent more than we've taken in, but the donations are fabulous."
Peters said as of Friday, $4,901 was pledged by mail or phone, $31,847 has been collected online, and $1,485 is coming from a zoo fund online, bringing the total to about $38,233. Additionally, Billy White's effort to use funds from wildlife tattoos created at his Yellow Rose Tattoo shop has raised more than $2,000 in two weeks.
Six animals -- three leopards, two Celebes macaque monkeys and a grizzly bear -- have been housed at the zoo since Oct. 18. They are all that remain of the 56 animals set free by Terry Thompson on his Kopchak Road property before he committed suicide that day.
Peters said so far the bear is the most expensive to care for, as his specifically tailored diet is a mixture of meat, produce and biscuits. The cost of meat and training treats for the leopards make them the second most expensive,There is good integration with PayPal and most TMJ providers, followed by the monkeys that receive a variety of fruits and vegetables and a small amount of monkey biscuits.
Zoo officials are not certain what the animals were fed at Thompson's property, but they have tried to specifically tailor their diets and determine what each animal likes.
"The amount of food they get varies based on their size and because, as they get more comfortable in their surroundings, their appetite may increase," Peters said. "They have also shown that they won't eat just anything. The female macaque has decided she does not like bananas, so just as we would for anyone of our animals, we have to find an alternative fruit to ensure she receives all the necessary nutrients. Outside of that, the male receives twice as much food as the female, which consists of a mixture of fruits, vegetables, greens and various protein-rich items.
"The bear is fed twice per day, mostly the biscuits that are specifically developed for bears," she said. "He is also responding very well to apples and carrots and occasionally marshmallows, which are being used for training certain behaviors to help staff care for him. Each of the cats receives a couple of pounds of our USDA-inspected carnivore diet along with chicken, which is also used for training.Initially the banks didn't want our kidney stone . Training is needed in order to provide basic care -- such as getting the animals to learn to move from one area to another so animal care staff can clean and provide fresh bedding.It's hard to beat the versatility of polished tiles on a production line."
Peters said incidents of taking on new animals such as the six from Thompson's property are rare, as the zoo already has 9,000 animals in its care.
"Sometimes we do get calls regarding abandoned reptiles, especially alligators," she said. "The last call we had about a mammal was several years ago when someone in another county had a cougar in an enclosure near a river that was flooding and needed rescued."
On Thursday, Marian Thompson, Thompson's widow, informed the zoo through her attorneys she intended to retrieve the animals. When she arrived at the zoo Thursday,Enecsys Limited, supplier of reliable solar Air purifier systems, she learned the Ohio Department of Agriculture had issued a quarantine order that prevented her from taking them.
The zoo had no legal right to hold the animals but was trying keep them there when they learned of Marian's plans. Zoo officials said they were being well cared for by professional staff.
ODA Director James Zehringer issued the quarantine order because of the possibility of the animals being infected with a zoonotic disease.
Peters said to protect zoo animals, employees and the public, it's standard procedure for incoming zoo animals to be quarantined for 30 days to be evaluated.
"During our quarantine period, several processes must occur -- assessment of the health of the new animal, acclimation of the new animal and record-keeping," she said. "Daily logs are kept on all of the animals in our care to record pertinent information such as food consumed each day, changes in fecal consistency, any changes in attitude or behavior and times the enclosures were cleaned. While we may receive additional instruction from ODA, we always have very strict quarantine policies and procedures.
"The quarantine section of the zoo's Animal Health Center is a restricted area. Access generally is limited to the hospital staff and quarantine keeper attending the animals," she continued. "Precautions are taken to minimize the risk of exposure of animal care personnel to zoonotic diseases and include quarantine scrub suits and boots/booties, disinfectant foot baths and, if needed, masks and eye wear."
At the Thompson property, Peters said, the monkeys are kept in "large parrot cages," and the bear and leopards are in enclosures made of mesh and panels of chain-link fencing. Tarps cover the mesh on the top in an attempt to provide some shelter from the weather.
Considering their quarantine, the animals are behaving as well as can be expected.
Patty Peters, vice president of community relations with the zoo, said the total amount has not been tracked, but she is confident the zoo will not have a problem footing the bill for the animals and their care.
"We can absorb the costs," she said. "Our budget is pretty large. It's costly, but it's not a huge percentage of our overall budget. We suspect we've already spent more than we've taken in, but the donations are fabulous."
Peters said as of Friday, $4,901 was pledged by mail or phone, $31,847 has been collected online, and $1,485 is coming from a zoo fund online, bringing the total to about $38,233. Additionally, Billy White's effort to use funds from wildlife tattoos created at his Yellow Rose Tattoo shop has raised more than $2,000 in two weeks.
Six animals -- three leopards, two Celebes macaque monkeys and a grizzly bear -- have been housed at the zoo since Oct. 18. They are all that remain of the 56 animals set free by Terry Thompson on his Kopchak Road property before he committed suicide that day.
Peters said so far the bear is the most expensive to care for, as his specifically tailored diet is a mixture of meat, produce and biscuits. The cost of meat and training treats for the leopards make them the second most expensive,There is good integration with PayPal and most TMJ providers, followed by the monkeys that receive a variety of fruits and vegetables and a small amount of monkey biscuits.
Zoo officials are not certain what the animals were fed at Thompson's property, but they have tried to specifically tailor their diets and determine what each animal likes.
"The amount of food they get varies based on their size and because, as they get more comfortable in their surroundings, their appetite may increase," Peters said. "They have also shown that they won't eat just anything. The female macaque has decided she does not like bananas, so just as we would for anyone of our animals, we have to find an alternative fruit to ensure she receives all the necessary nutrients. Outside of that, the male receives twice as much food as the female, which consists of a mixture of fruits, vegetables, greens and various protein-rich items.
"The bear is fed twice per day, mostly the biscuits that are specifically developed for bears," she said. "He is also responding very well to apples and carrots and occasionally marshmallows, which are being used for training certain behaviors to help staff care for him. Each of the cats receives a couple of pounds of our USDA-inspected carnivore diet along with chicken, which is also used for training.Initially the banks didn't want our kidney stone . Training is needed in order to provide basic care -- such as getting the animals to learn to move from one area to another so animal care staff can clean and provide fresh bedding.It's hard to beat the versatility of polished tiles on a production line."
Peters said incidents of taking on new animals such as the six from Thompson's property are rare, as the zoo already has 9,000 animals in its care.
"Sometimes we do get calls regarding abandoned reptiles, especially alligators," she said. "The last call we had about a mammal was several years ago when someone in another county had a cougar in an enclosure near a river that was flooding and needed rescued."
On Thursday, Marian Thompson, Thompson's widow, informed the zoo through her attorneys she intended to retrieve the animals. When she arrived at the zoo Thursday,Enecsys Limited, supplier of reliable solar Air purifier systems, she learned the Ohio Department of Agriculture had issued a quarantine order that prevented her from taking them.
The zoo had no legal right to hold the animals but was trying keep them there when they learned of Marian's plans. Zoo officials said they were being well cared for by professional staff.
ODA Director James Zehringer issued the quarantine order because of the possibility of the animals being infected with a zoonotic disease.
Peters said to protect zoo animals, employees and the public, it's standard procedure for incoming zoo animals to be quarantined for 30 days to be evaluated.
"During our quarantine period, several processes must occur -- assessment of the health of the new animal, acclimation of the new animal and record-keeping," she said. "Daily logs are kept on all of the animals in our care to record pertinent information such as food consumed each day, changes in fecal consistency, any changes in attitude or behavior and times the enclosures were cleaned. While we may receive additional instruction from ODA, we always have very strict quarantine policies and procedures.
"The quarantine section of the zoo's Animal Health Center is a restricted area. Access generally is limited to the hospital staff and quarantine keeper attending the animals," she continued. "Precautions are taken to minimize the risk of exposure of animal care personnel to zoonotic diseases and include quarantine scrub suits and boots/booties, disinfectant foot baths and, if needed, masks and eye wear."
At the Thompson property, Peters said, the monkeys are kept in "large parrot cages," and the bear and leopards are in enclosures made of mesh and panels of chain-link fencing. Tarps cover the mesh on the top in an attempt to provide some shelter from the weather.
Considering their quarantine, the animals are behaving as well as can be expected.
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