Weathering The Cold At The Zoo Submitted by the Wildwood Zookeeper Staff

Wildwood Otters Playing in the April Snow

It seems that spring is going to have to wait a few more days before those much anticipated signs of spring are visible. Just when we think spring is on its way - it snows.

Rather than grumble and complain - we decided to take our cue from the otters and enjoy whatever Mother Nature hands you!

Spring Raking Clean-Up Has Been Rescheduled for April 27, 2013

As you can imagine, we are just about at our wits end with this snow and cold weather ... but we are rescheduling our annual raking weekend with a lot of faith and hope that spring will arrive to welcome our friends for this much anticipated event at Wildwood Wildlife Park.

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Thank you.

Angel on My Shoulder on January 20, 2012 at Camp Manito-wish YMCA in Boulder Junction, WI

We enjoyed an evening with young people experiencing cancer through loved ones.

Angel on My Shoulder opens its arms with compassion and kindness to these remarkable campers who join us for Camp Angel.  Lolly Rose Founder/Executive Director called and invited us to come to camp to present with Wildwood Wildlife Educational Animals.  We were very delighted to be asked.


Representing the staff at Wildwood Wildlife Park were Zookeepers Jen/Brooke/Beth and Zoo Directors Judy/Duane. 


We've posted photographs of our time with the campers on Flickr, which you can access here.


Angel On My Shoulder is blessed to be able to provide these campers the opportunity to meet others experiencing cancer through loved ones in a well-supervised atmosphere of love and understanding and lift them up in a positive way.


We want to Thank Lolly Rose and the entire camp staff for allowing us to share a memorable and joyous evening with the campers.

Thank You From Wildwood Residents and Staff!

While our residents may be spending the winter slumbering away, we hope you will continue to follow us on our blog, Facebook and Twitter. We look forward to sharing stories and photographs with you over the next few months! But until then our residents say ...

Sleeping Goldfish

As we move deeper into Autumn our residents are making their own preparations for the arrival of winter. We'll follow up with a blog post on the difference between sleeping and hibernation in the coming weeks but thought we'd leave you with an interesting bit of trivia.

The Sleeping Goldfish

Did you know you've probably owned a hibernating animal at one point in your life? The Domesticated goldfish that live in outdoor ponds hibernate to get through the winter.

They float at the bottom of the pond below the winter ice in a state of reduced metabolic activity. The greatest danger to the goldfish is the accumulation of ammonia in the water from their own waste and decaying plant matter.