We would like to thank our many visitors who help us celebrate our animals' birthdays. The keepers love decorating our animal's homes for the occasion, the animals' love their treats and the guests have proven that they love to sing "Happy Birthday." Though we can't celebrate all the animal's birthdays, we do celebrate a whole bunch.
Please note: All parties begin at 2 p.m.
The 2010 Birthday Dates Are:
| Date |
Name |
Animal |
Age |
January 2
|
Admiral |
North American river otter
|
will turn 20
|
| January 30 |
Datu |
Bornean orangutan |
will turn 6 |
February 6
|
Roscoe |
White rhino
|
will turn 6
|
February 27
|
Meerkat kits
|
Meerkats
|
will turn 1
|
May 15
|
Katya and Anastasia |
Amur tigers
|
will turn 5 |
May 22
|
Lilac |
African elephant |
will turn 32 |
| June 12 |
Flounder and Puff |
Sea lions |
will turn 19 and 4 respectively |
| August 28 |
Bill |
White rhino |
will turn 6 |
| September 25 |
Dara |
Bornean orangutan |
will turn 11 |
| October 16 |
Kumang |
Bornean orangutan |
will turn 33 |
| October 23 |
Genny C |
African elephant |
will turn 33 |
| November 6 |
Aurora |
Polar bear |
will turn 21 |
If you'd like to bring a gift to the party please do so. Our animals can always use:
- Unopened spices or herbs
- Unopened boxes of low-fat cereal
- Perfumes/colognes
- Flat bedsheets
Do some of these gift requests sound strange? Let us explain ...
While some of the enrichment items we ask for may not be used by the guest of honor of that particular party, the items are used by other animals that don't have a party. For example, the tigers (and cats in general) enjoy the spices and perfumes. Keepers use the spices and perfumes to add strange, novel smells to their enclosures. The tigers come out and mark over the smells to cover it up or they roll around in it to get the smell on them. In fact, cats like scents that are very strong so the smellier the perfume the better.
If you have any questions, please call Pam Cowan, Public Relations & Marketing Director, at (585) 336-7201 or e-mail her
at pcowan@senecazoo.org.