{"id":98307,"date":"2018-12-06T15:17:31","date_gmt":"2018-12-06T20:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=98307"},"modified":"2018-12-06T12:21:17","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T17:21:17","slug":"zoo-animals-to-receive-holiday-treats-sunday-dec-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=98307","title":{"rendered":"Zoo animals to receive holiday treats Sunday, Dec. 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-98308\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Holidays-gray-wolf-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Holidays-gray-wolf.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Holidays-gray-wolf.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Holidays-gray-wolf.jpg?resize=900%2C600&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Holidays-gray-wolf.jpg?resize=400%2C267&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Holidays-gray-wolf.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Holidays-gray-wolf.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Holidays-gray-wolf.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Zoo animals to receive holiday treats Sunday, Dec. 9<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The animals at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo will get their holiday presents on Sunday, Dec.\u00a09, in the form of gift-wrapped boxes containing their favorite treats, among other items.<\/p>\n<p>The public is invited to Holidays with the Animals to see different animals \u2013 from primates to\u00a0bison to tigers to otters \u2013 open, enjoy and\/or eat their \u201cgifts\u201d as part of the zoo\u2019s animal\u00a0enrichment program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnrichment means finding ways to keep the animals stimulated, curious and active by adding\u00a0variety to their daily lives,\u201d said Zoo Director Ted Fox. \u201cMany of our enrichments are designed\u00a0to encourage natural behaviors like investigating a scent and foraging for food.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fox said providing enrichment for all species that reside at the zoo is a daily practice. The staff\u00a0steps it up with themed treats for special occasions and holidays. Besides the annual Holidays\u00a0for the Animals event, the zoo holds Sweet Treats around Valentine\u2019s Day, Easter Egg-stravaganza and Squishing of the <!--more-->Squash in the fall.<\/p>\n<p>For Holidays with the Animals, zoo staff collected some 60 cardboard boxes of all sizes and\u00a0 zoo\u00a0 volunteers wrapped them with no-foil paper and non-toxic glue instead of tape.\u00a0Zookeepers then select boxes for their animals, cut holes in the sides and fill them with the\u00a0appropriate treats. Those for tigers, leopards and wolves contain meat, while red pandas get\u00a0bamboo and Craisins; primates, bears and turtles prefer fruits and vegetables. The Asian\u00a0elephants and giant Pacific octopus will receive ice treats for their enrichment gifts.<\/p>\n<p>Holidays with the Animals runs 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and is free to zoo members or with zoo\u00a0admission.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The schedule (subject to change) is:<\/li>\n<li>10:15 a.m. Meerkats, patas monkeys<\/li>\n<li>10:30 a.m. Siamangs, lemurs, golden lion tamarins<\/li>\n<li>11 a.m. Contact barn, outdoor birds<\/li>\n<li>11:15 a.m. Blue cranes, American bison, gray wolves<\/li>\n<li>11:30 a.m. Takin and markhor<\/li>\n<li>11:45 a.m. Amur tiger<\/li>\n<li>12:15 p.m. Asian elephant<\/li>\n<li>12:30 p.m. Red panda<\/li>\n<li>12:45 p.m. Snow leopard<\/li>\n<li>1 p.m. Andean bear<\/li>\n<li>1:15 p.m. Giant Pacific octopus (upper lobby)<\/li>\n<li>1:30 p.m. Baby red panda cubs (upper lobby)<\/li>\n<li>2 p.m. Cave animals, Irwin the iguana<\/li>\n<li>2:30 pm Diversity of Birds, Mortoise the radiated tortoise<\/li>\n<li>2:45 p.m. Fennec fox, River otter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Free for members and with zoo admission.\u00a0Bonus:\u00a0Special $25 Jr. Keeper Adopt-an-Animal packages for a variety of animals will be\u00a0available at this event. Adopts help support animal care and a variety of zoo projects, and\u00a0they make great gifts, available at the zoo membership desk Dec. 9 while supplies last.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the zoo, visit rosamondgiffordzoo.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zoo animals to receive holiday treats Sunday, Dec. 9 The animals at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo will get their holiday presents on Sunday, Dec.\u00a09, in the form of gift-wrapped boxes containing their favorite treats, among other items. The public is invited to Holidays with the Animals to see different animals \u2013 from primates to\u00a0bison to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23813,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Holidays-gray-wolf.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-pzB","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=98307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/98308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=98307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=98307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=98307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}