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An Adoption Donation of Only $35 Will Help a Zoo Animal of Your Choice Get the Specialized Care It Deserves. Choose from These Incredible Animals Want to make a huge difference in the life of a Hogle Zoo animal? With our new Zoo A.D.O.P.T. program, now you can! An adoption donation of only $35 will help a zoo animal of your choice get the specialized care it deserves. Choose from these incredible animals: Polar Bear Grey Wolf Grizzly Bear Siamese Crocodile California Sea Lion Aldabra Tortoise African Elephant White-Handed Gibbon White Rhinoceros Ostriches Reticulated Giraffe Bald Eagle Amur Leopard Bornean Orangutan Amur Tiger Western Lowland Gorilla Snow Leopard Hoffman’s Sloth Want to give even more? That’s wonderful! We have five levels of support: LEVEL 1 2 3 4 5 LEVEL 1 2 3 4 5 Cost $35 $60 $85 $200 $500 Cost $35 $60 $85 $200 $500 Adoption Certificate x x x x x Invite to Adopter Event x x x Animal Fact Sheet x x x x x Recognition at Zoo x x x Adoption Magnet x x x x x Keeper Talk* x x Recognition on Website x x x x x Tickets to the Zoo 2 4 Animal Photo x x x x Enrichment Opportunity* x Animal Plush x x x x *Restrictions may apply For more information about how to adopt your animal, call our Zoo A.D.O.P.T. Ambassador at 801-584-1741 or email us at [email protected]. Current Zoo A.D.O.P.T.ers Joe and Laurie Vervaecke Features Utah’s Zoological Society Board Members What it Takes to Run the Zoo President 2 James E. Hogle Jr Vice President Paul M. Dougan Secretary/Treasurer Patrick Hogle Executive Committee Steven Barth Bill Hulterstrom Jim Bird Carlene Walker Jim Bradley Greg Williams Blake Fisher Jr. Julie Wolfe Members Corey Brand Rick Graham Maura Carabello David Huntsman Analecia Dumke Norma Matheson Missy Ekstrom Patty Miller Amy A. Garff Marianne Woolsey Moyle John D. Garfield Julie Anne Thomas Dennis Gay Lauryn Wingate Sandra Gonzalez Sea Lion Tales Utah’s Hogle Zoo nurtures respect and 3 appreciation for the natural world by providing diverse educational, recreational and conservation opportunities. This is accomplished through imaginative exhibits and programs, professional animal care and a commitment to excellence. Trusting Your Instincts 7 The Safari Team Executive Director: Craig Dinsmore Editors: Tiffany Burnett Marci Harris Art Direction: Matt Bates The Safari is printed on acid-free paper with a minimum of 10% post-consumer recycled fiber, using earth-friendly inks. How to reach us: (801) 582-1631 Development ext. 708 Marketing ext. 749 Docents ext. 713 Memberships ext. 769 Education ext. 714 Planned Giving ext. 570 Education Programs ext. 763 Public Relations ext. 729 Events Hotline ext. 750 Travel Programs ext. 703 Event Sales ext. 791 Volunteers ext. 737 Group Ticketing ext. 792 Zootique ext. 734 hoglezoo.org Postmaster: Send address changes to The Safari Utah’s Hogle Zoo Calendar 2600 Sunnyside Avenue Salt Lake City, UT 84108 10 - 11 Follow us on Open every day at 9 a.m. Closed only on Christmas and New Year’s Day BY BRAD C. PARKIN, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, MARKETING SERVICES performed comment cards, and more. What It Takes 156 anesthetic Other Zoo departments include to Run the Zoo procedures. development, human resources, Some of these IT, finance, programs, marketing, procedures include: graphics, education and our howler monkey sinus concessionaire, Service Systems surgery, snow leopard Associates. Whew—what an radical mastectomy, tiger incredible team! endoscopy, ultrasound monitoring of There is certainly a lot of hard orangutan lymph nodes and many eye work put in on everyone’s part and hen Brigham Young stuck exams, training, and blood collection. that hard work is paying off! In 2012, W his cane in the ground in Here at Hogle Zoo, we have for the fifth time within the past six 1847 and uttered the now famous many geriatric animals which require years, the Zoo experienced record phrase, “This is the right place,” at medications, just as many elderly attendance, with more than 1.2 million the mouth of what eventually became humans do. These animals, in some guest visits. Thanks, in large part, to known as Emigration Canyon, he could cases the oldest animals at any U.S. the multiple yearly visits made by our have easily been referring to the home zoo, are a testament of the care and members, the Zoo is the most visited of Salt Lake City’s zoo, which opened devotion all our animals receive from paid attraction in Salt Lake County 84 years later. Hogle Zoo’s enviable our dedicated veterinary and keeper and one of the most visited tourist location on Sunnyside staffs. These amazing people attractions of any kind in the state. Avenue for the past work tirelessly to ensure our Operating a zoo can be compared 82 years, above the It takes $36,500 animals are cared for, happy to running a very large city. And, inversion of winter and per day to and healthy! in the case of Utah’s Hogle Zoo, the recipient of the keep the Zoo Beyond animal we have 42 acres that require a cool canyon breezes of functioning. care, there are 13 other daily, concentrated effort from our summer, has proven to departments that help keep fulltime staff and seasonal workers, be “the right place” the Zoo operational and plus suppliers, agencies, volunteers, for both our animals and our guests! ready to welcome our guests 363 docents, construction workers, But, have you ever wondered what days per year. The Zoo employs just consultants, a volunteer board, donors, it takes to run Hogle Zoo? Or thought over 100 full-time staffers and that sponsors, partners and others to keep about the unsung departments that number doubles each summer with the your Zoo in tip-top shape for your next help keep the Zoo operational and addition of seasonal workers – and we visit! inviting to our guests? Let’s take a continue to add even more each year, closer look: If you wonder where as the Zoo continues to grow and your investment in your yearly Zoo prosper. Here are just a few of the items membership goes, keep in mind that it Our facilities, maintenance, on the Zoo’s annual grocery list: takes $36,500 per day to keep the Zoo grounds and housekeeping functioning. Making sure the Zoo’s personnel are responsible for • 87 tons of alfalfa and hay; residents are properly nourished is a keeping the restrooms clean and • 40 tons of produce (including top priority. Our veterinary and keeper stocked, our event pavilion spic- 10,000 lbs each of carrots and staffs work together to make sure our and-span and ready to welcome bananas); animals receive the most nutritious corporate parties, and the grounds • 21 tons of meat; diets possible. looking lush and beautiful during • 18 tons of specialty chow; In terms of veterinary care, our the spring and summer months. • 14 tons of fish; animals receive nothing but the best! Additionally, each winter, they • one ton of birdseed, and various To keep all of our animals healthy, have the task of keeping the paths grains; our veterinary staff performs exams free of snow and ice – including • and, finally, more than 700,000 on all of our animals each and every throughout ZooLights. Our guest insects and crickets. year. And when we say all animals, services team is available to assist all we mean it—regardless of their size or of our guests with any needs they Overall, our animals consume how popular they are with our guests. may have to better enhance their nearly 40 TONS of food each But, that’s not all our vets do to help visit, including first aid, security, year–wow! our animals. In 2012, our veterinarians map brochures, membership sales, 2 Utah’s Hogle Zoo www.hoglezoo.org BY JAMES WEINPRESS, ROCKY SHORES KEEPER the result of a had never been introduced to formal gunshot wound. training. See how far they’ve come His injuries deemed during your next visit by attending one him non-releasable. of the daily training demonstrations The surgery that and saying hello to Maverick and successfully removed the Rocky. They are truly astonishing tales shrapnel from his head left of survival! air bubbles trapped in his brain. As a result, Rocky is slightly mentally and physically delayed. Despite the ocky Shores is home to initial life-threatening circumstances R some remarkable animals. Its surrounding his condition, Rocky made inhabitants traveled here from across a full recovery and safely made the trip the country, each arriving with its own to Hogle Zoo. unique story. Two animals in particular These two sea lions are true overcame significant obstacles before survivors. Since their arrival, they calling Utah’s Hogle Zoo home. have shown amazing growth in their These special animals are the training. Prior to their arrival, each sea California sea lions — Maverick, lion had limited human contact and Maverick and Rocky, Sea Lions and Rocky. Both were born in the wild, where they sustained injuries that made it impossible for them to return to their home in the Pacific Farewell Big Guy Ocean. When a wild animal is found stranded, it is usually in need of As many of our zoo patrons already know, on July 8th we said medical attention and is brought to goodbye to our beloved adult California sea lion, Big Guy. After observing a rescue and rehabilitation facility. abnormal behavior and undergoing a series of tests with our vet staff, Big Rescue organizations offer their Guy passed away as a result of a cancer known as urogenital carcinoma. patients veterinary care and a safe This cancer is common in California sea lions place to regain their strength.
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