A6 THE MUSKOKAN, Thursday, September 13, 2007. Apples, apples and more apples he wolves eat meat, apples. ed the only way to ensure a WILDLIFE the more raw and SANCTUARY The otters and birds, of continuous supply of Tthe more of it, the course, see no reason for apples was to plant some better. We are grateful to the growth of apples; they apple trees. We have a nice places like grocery stores like fish or mice usually. slope of land from the that supply us with out- An apple doesn’t deserve a laneway down to the old dated meat (and have for second glance. However, as beaver pond and decided many years) because there long as we have bears and that was the ideal location. seems to be no end to the deer, the apples will be at We bought a dozen small wolf hunger. the top of our shopping apple trees and planted And kibble — the rac- list. them. We even put chicken coons, squirrels and foxes The bears go to sleep for wire around the trunks so eat and eat, but are quite BY AUDREY TOURNAY the winter, which is very the beavers would leave happy when they are final- sensible of them, but the them alone. ly released to the wild and However, the staple diet deer don’t; they go on And, for a few weeks, the can find their own, much for the hungriest of our munching apples. trees flourished. Then the more succulent meals. creatures is, simply, A few years ago we decid- wild deer discovered them. They couldn’t wait for the trees to grow up and pro- duce apples. They ate the Casino Rama’s trees. This year we have 18 fawns and 14 bear cubs. One can merely speculate how many we will have by Hedgih the end of the year. Every single one of them likes to munch on apples. Though the bears will go to sleep, HeZXiVXjaVg the fawns will eat all win- ter, and, not to be ignored, squirrels like cut-up apples and so do raccoons AN APPLE A DAY. The animals at Aspen Valley Wildlife and beavers, though Sanctuary have a varied diet but one of the most popular Rumble at Rama II beavers can cut up their foods is apples. The bears, raccoons, squirrels and deer SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27 own. just cannot get enough of them. Photo by Jai Longhurst SHOWTIME: 7:30PM • DOORS OPEN: 6:30PM However, we do have TICKETS START AT $25 friends. The farmer’s mar- straw, too, so that full enthusiastic little charac- “The Canadian Kid” Steve Molitor returns ket in Parry Sound makes stomachs can rest comfort- ters and such apple glut- to Casino Rama to take on his next challenger, weekly trips to the big city ably in warm, dark dens.) tons. Thailand’s Fashung 3K Battery, in the delivering produce and, So many people are Visiting hours at the defense of his I.B.F. Junior Featherweight were they not our friends, interested in the work Aspen Valley Wildlife Champion Title. This event will include might be returning north here, and make it all possi- Sanctuary, near Rosseau, additional undercard bouts, and will be broadcast with an empty truck. But, ble. Though the bears are are Wednesday afternoon live, coast-to-coast on TSN. they return with loads of in their private enclosure apples. If our apple-eating and we can’t treat every- and Sunday afternoon animals could only appre- one to the spectacle of from 1-4 p.m. For more ciate the friends they have. apple-eating bears, I wish information call 705-732- we could; they are such fat, Tennis Legends Match (Farmer’s market gives us 6368. John McEnroe vs. Mats Wilander SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4 SHOWTIME: 3PM • DOORS OPEN: 2PM TICKETS START AT $15 Tennis Hall of Fame members John McEnroe and Mats Wilander, who have combined for 14 Grand Slam singles titles and are both former World #1 Ranked will battle head-to-head, in a highly competitive and entertaining singles match live in the very versatile Entertainment Centre.

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