Get your tickets for the Wildlife Express and bring your hand sanitizer for the Affection Section petting zoo. Disney’s Animal Kingdom’s animal care team has announced the reopening of Rafiki’s Planet Watch this summer. The area will have a few…
Okapi calf born at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge
The population of Okapi in the world has just increase by one. Staff at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge celebrated the arrival of a rare okapi on October 1, 2018. With around 20,000 okapi left in the wild any birth is…
Cute Alert! Baby Masai Giraffe appears on Kilimanjaro Safaris for the first time
The Masai Giraffe, also known as the Kilimanjaro Giraffe, is one of two species that roam the Savannah on Walt Disney World’s largest attraction by far – Kilimanjaro Safaris. A two month old calf – Aella – just joined the…
Cute alert! Baby joins family of Mandrills at Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Monkey Rock, it’s about mid-point on the Kilimanjaro Safaris attraction and signals the transition from the African Savannah to Elephant Territory. Often times the trucks drive by without a sighting of the Mandrill family that occupies the enclosure and when…
Baby Hippo Born at Disney’s Animal Kingdom
It was a big day in the hippo pool at Disney’s Animal Kingdom on late Saturday night. A Nile hippopotamus was born and joined the park’s hippo bloat, or pod. This was the first hippo born in the park in…
Cute Alert: Sumatran Tiger Cubs born at Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Part of the magic of Disney’s Animal Kingdom is its membership in the Association of Zoos & Aquariums and their species survival programs for endangered animals. Take the Sumatran Tiger, there are only 500-600 oef these majestic animals left in…
SeaWorld Response to Blackfish
SeaWorld Orlando took, perhaps, a bit longer than they should have, but they finally have issued what I consider a very effective response to the people and forces behind the film ‘Blackfish.’ I guess they couldn’t hold off any longer…
SeaWorld Appeals Decision to keep Killer Whale Trainers out of Water
The death of trainer Dawn Brancheau in an encounter with a killer whale was a tragedy, but SeaWorld believes a Federal Judge has gone too far restraining trainers interaction with the whales. Not just too far, but made the decision…