Blind “Faith,” the Fennec Fox
No, this is not a chihuahua. Meet "Faith," named for the phrase "blind faith." Yes, she’s blind. Faith is a fennec fox, usually found in the Sahara desert of North Africa and up into the Middle Eastern deserts of Saudi Arabia. Faith used to be one of Zooniversity’s most traveled and popular educational animals. She starred in thousands of stage programs, met hundreds-of-thousands of children and adults, had her [more...]
So you want to be a Wildlife Educator? The Good, the Bad, the Ugly…and the Miraculous
I hear it almost everyday, "You have the most fun job ever. I’d love to do what you do!" Most folks think that being a wildlife educator is living the life of Jack Hanna: fame, your picture in the newspaper, spending days romping and playing with nature’s most exotic species. Sometimes, it is. Most of the time, it isn’t.
Standing in front of hundreds of people, holding a rare animal, explaining [more...]
