Wild Times Archive

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1645740991366{margin-top: -50px !important;}"]Meet Arvo! He celebrated his first birthday Feb. 23  and is a typical red-necked wallaby. He loves testing how high he can jump, somersaulting into a pouch, practising his boxing skills, and indulging in his...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" in_content_menu="in_content_menu" content_menu_icon="" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1582831656325{margin-right: 32px !important;margin-left: 32px !important;}"] I was hand-picked from a litter of Juliana pigs along with my sister Ophelia, to reside in the Edmonton Valley Zoo's interactive Urban Farm. Juliana pigs have been specifically...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" in_content_menu="in_content_menu" content_menu_icon="" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1578504684667{margin-right: 32px !important;margin-left: 32px !important;}"] We (Marshmallow and Dolly) were born and raised on a farm in central Alberta. In the wild, Bactrian camels live in herds in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia and China....

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" in_content_menu="in_content_menu" content_menu_icon="" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1562973719422{margin-right: 32px !important;margin-left: 32px !important;}"] I was born at the Northeastern Wisconsin Zoo on June 7, 2012. A couple of years later, I moved to the Edmonton Valley Zoo to meet Pip. The goal was...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" in_content_menu="in_content_menu" content_menu_icon="" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1562774923778{margin-right: 32px !important;margin-left: 32px !important;}"] I was born July 23, 2017 right here at the Edmonton Valley Zoo. Though my peeps are from the Eastern Himalayan mountains of Nepal, Bhutan, China, and area, I am...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" in_content_menu="in_content_menu" content_menu_icon="" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1562273703413{margin-right: 32px !important;margin-left: 32px !important;}"] The Edmonton Valley Zoo has been my home since I entered the world on May 26, 2008. I am 11 years young. I live here with my beloved and very...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" in_content_menu="in_content_menu" content_menu_icon="" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1558115920582{margin-right: 32px !important;margin-left: 32px !important;}"]I was born May 20, 2012, which means it’s my birthday and you’ll probably want to stop by and say happy birthday to me! I would love that. And I...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" in_content_menu="in_content_menu" content_menu_icon="" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1556750027124{margin-right: 32px !important;margin-left: 32px !important;}"] I was born March 31, 2007 at Parc Safari in Quebec. My mom was not the best of mothers...