On this day 10 years ago Walt Disney World’s fourth gate, Disney’s Animal Kingdom, officially opened to the public and a new era in theme parks was born. Animal Kingdom combined the animals of a zoo with the theming and lush landscaping Disney is known… Read More »Happy Birthday Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Question: how do you clip the toe nails of a 265 pound Lioness? Answer: Very carefully. As part of the build up to their 10th Anniversary, Disney’s Animal Kingdom has provided The Disney Blog up close access to their animal program and the people who… Read More »Lioness Under Glass – 10 Years Of Caring: Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Fair warning to the men in the room you may want to avert your eyes in sympathy for our fellow mammalian males during this story. Southern Africa has an elephant over population problem. Specifically in South Africa and Botswana Elephant overpopulation in wildlife parks and… Read More »Elephant Population Control Project – 10 Years of Caring: Disney’s Animal Kingdom
For the first story of good work done by the fine folks at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, I thought I’d start with a story you don’t hear much about, but is very exciting to me since it involves re-introduction of a species to Florida. You see,… Read More »Operation Migration – 10 years of caring: Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Earlier today I had the privilege of meeting many of the management from Disney’s Animal Kingdom’s Animal Programs. It’s amazing how much stuff is going on there that we in Disney fandom, let alone the general public, just don’t hear about. But more on that… Read More »Walt Disney’s “not so secret” secret green messages
As part of Disney’s Animal Kingdom’s role as a zoo (Nahtazu, I know) they started up the Disney Wildlife Conservation Fund (whose webpage needs to be updated). A round of grants have just been given out including one to Jay Watch, a group charged with… Read More »Disney Does Good Things Too