We are a small, cozy, friendly Conservation Center caring for predominately fur & feathers rare, unique and endangered species - although, we do have a couple really really cool Matamata Turtles and a Cherry Head Red Foot Tortoise.

Captive Husbandry Research: Our primary focus is on the long-term physical, mental and emotional care of captive wildlife populations.

Propagation: Our secondary focus is on preserving the genetic viability and populations of the delicate, rare and endangered species we keep and how such can be applied to the propagation of all other species.

Education: We follow up our primary and secondary focuses with education - and, in that regard, we are a Conservation Center unlike any other --- we are at the forefront of making Conservation Centers an entirely interactive educational experience where you can seize the opportunity to meet the animals up-close and in many cases in person.

Tours, Programs, Mobile Ed-Zoo-Cation Station & Petting Zoo:

ON-SITE ZOOLOGICAL PROGRAMS: Our grounds are NOT handicap accessible and there are NO public restrooms. Hand sanitizer is supplied.

•On-Your-Own, Self-Guided Tour: Not offered.

•Rain or Shine, Second and Fourth Saturdays of the month at 2pm, On-Site, Ed-Zoo-Cation Station: Come join us at 2pm on the second and fourth Saturdays of every month (not offered if falls on a holiday) for a 1-hour, sit-down, program where you will meet, up-close and in person, 4-6 of our many Animal Ambassadors (we rotate our animals each week, see list at bottom of page). $15 per person - limited to groups of 30 people. Children under 3 free (on parent's lap). Must attend Safety Briefing. Waiver must be signed by each and every guest that will participate in the "petting" portion of the program. If you have a cold or allergies you will be denied attendance. Email or call to reserve your slot, drop-ins welcome only if space is still available.

•Zookeeper's Tour: Zookeeper guided tour and talk where you will be up-close to the animals. $25 per person - limited to groups of 15 people. Children under 3 free. No tours when it rains, snows or freezes. Sturdy walking-shoes required. No public restrooms. Must attend Safety Briefing. Waiver must be signed by each and every guest. Email or call to reserve your slot.

Add: "Meet the Creatures" Experience $25pp (description below)

Add: "Feed the Lemurs" Experience $25pp (description below)

Add: "Groom the Colobus" Experience $25pp (description below)

Add: "Feed & Pet the Sloths" Experience $25pp (description below)

VIP Package: Zookeeper's Tour, "Meet the Creatures," "Feed the Lemurs," "Groom the Colobus" & "Feed & Pet the Sloths" $100pp

Platinum Package: Individual Private VIP Package. Includes all of the above and more and you are the only participant. This package focuses on you receiving an intense up-close and personal visit tailored to exactly what you want to see and experience. $200pp

•Meet The Creatures: Meet the small animals in person, interact, touch, pet, hold small animals such as Pebbles the Paca, Zeleena the Four-Eyed Possum, The Prevost Squirrel Brothers, the wallabies and kangaroos, Simon the SAP and many more. These are the animals from our Ed-Zoo-cation Station program. Must attend Safety Briefing. Waiver must be signed. If you have a cold or allergies you will be denied attendance.

•Feed the Lemurs: Zookeeper guided. Personally meet and hand-feed the endangered Ringtailed, Black & White Ruffed and Red Ruffed Lemurs from Madagascar. Limited to groups of 15 people. Must be at least 10 years of age to participate and accompanied by a parent/guardian. Outdoor experience so no tours during bad weather. Must attend Safety Briefing. Waiver must be signed. If you have a cold or allergies you will be denied attendance.

•Groom the Colobus: Zookeeper guided. Personally meet and hands-on groom the Guereza Colobus Monkeys. Limited to 1 person grooming at a time. Must be at least 16 years of age with parent. Outdoor experience so no tours during bad weather. Must attend Safety Briefing. Waiver must be signed. If you have a cold or allergies you will be denied participation.

•Feed & Pet the Sloths: Zookeeper guided. Pet and hand-feed the sloths in our in-door Conservatory. Limited to 2 people entering enclosure with Zookeeper at a time, other members of your party will wait outside the enclosure and observed until it is their turn. Must be at least 10 years of age with parent. Must attend Safety Briefing. Waiver must be signed.

•Zookeeper's Assistant for a Day: You will go deep behind the scenes and get to see EXACTLY what it's like to prepare meals, give medications, "switch" animals & clean enclosures (yes there will be poop, lots of poop), make and implement enrichment items, change diapers, bottle-feed babies around the clock (when we have babies), design and maintain enclosures, groom animals, behavior train & *play* with the animals, you may even get to help guide a Tour or two. $300 for a 7am Breakfast to 7pm Bedtime shift (you can leave early if you get wore out - no discounts). Limited to 1 person per day. Must attend Safety Briefing. Waiver must be signed.

MOBILE ED-ZOO-CATION STATION: We are USDA licensed and can present many of our animals off-site. These programs can be something like a birthday party or class-room presentation, to supplying animal models and actors for public draw and display at your next fund-raiser. The possibilities are endless.

Off-Site Service Area Map at bottom of this page.

•By the Hour Show Presentations: $250 one hour show (4-6 animals), $350 2 hour show (6-8 animals) Better suited for small groups of under 30 people to allow all present time to interact with each animal. [Animal list at bottom of this page] This is great for Birthday Parties, Church Socials, Scouts Meetings, etc.

•Classrooms: We can do 30 minute programs with 3-4 animals and offer deep discounts for schools scheduling back-to-back classroom presentations where the animals are staying in a designated area and the students are coming to us. Local Area: $150 1st classroom group, $100 each additional back-to-back classroom presentation.

We are not doing large "Auditorium" presentations at this time as we find that many of the people attending do not get to clearly see and hear and miss out on the unique opportunity to personally interact.

[List of off-site animals at the bottom of this page]

•Event or Trade Show Type Booth: $400 for 2 hours with 4 - 8 animals. Each additional hour $150. We supply our own banner, tables, chairs and "Tailgating" canopy and wall frame (either 5x5 or 5x10). Touchable animals are rotated every 15-20 minutes. Small animals and information are on visual display at all times.

•Roving Zookeepers: $250 one hour; $350 two hours; $150 each additional hour. Additional Zookeeper at $150 per hour. We will need a quiet, secure, heated/air-conditioned holding area. Animals rotated at regular intervals. Number of animals presented based on duration of time booked. Zookeepers will rove around the area inviting guests to touch the touchable animals while sharing interesting factoids and answering questions.

•Photo Booth: We can set up a photo opportunity booth at your next trade show, convention, company picnic, etc. Set-up pricing can be flat-rate (small functions) or free-set-up (huge population) depending on the mass and length of your venue. Actual posing and photo fees will be charged, cash only, to each individual person at a rate of $10 with their camera, $20 with our camera and printer (electrical power must be available at venue to use our equipment).

•Animal Actors: We have a number of animals available for movie, television and modeling. Contact us to schedule. $250 per hour (minimum) for on-site photography sessions with 4 animals, individually. Off-site rates depend on the size and number of animals, duration of job, and distance to be traveled.

Petting Zoo (CLOSED FOR THE WINTER): What's a working zoo and ranch without a petting zoo? Ours is sort of a combination farm/zoo petting area. On any given day you could find: chickens, ducks, turkeys, pheasant, peacocks, mini-pygmy goats, mini-sheep, bunnies, guinea pigs, micro-piggy, Labba Paca, Maramara, Zebu, Spotted Donkey, mini-pony, Cherry Head Tortoise, wallaby, kangaroo by free-approach, then one of our Caretakers will randomly bring around a Hyacinth Macaw, Bettong, Three-Banded Armadillo, Fennec Fox or Kinkajou just to name a few.

Feed cups & seed-sticks available: Small $1.50; X-Large $3.00

On-Site: $25pp

Children's Pony, Donkey, Zebu rides $5 per ride.

Rescue, Rehome, Sanctuary: We will take in furred and feathered exotic wildlife, provide it whatever medical care it may need, get it on the proper diet for its species, and, if it cannot stay with us, we will place it in the appropriate long-term facility.

Interns & Volunteers: We readily accept reliable interns and volunteers that are focused on the hard work involved with the keeping of wildlife.

Veterinary: We have a top-notch Veterinarian with an amazing team behind him! And our Primate Specialist ROCKS! Our doors are always open to Vets in study as well as exotic Vets wanting to experience, first hand, some of the animals we keep. We welcome Veterinary workshops.

PERSONAL STATEMENT:

I believe ownership of animals, exotic or domestic, is an honor and a privilege, one not to be taken lightly. Without dedicated individuals, groups and facilities many of our majestic species would disappear from the face of the earth, sadly, many would disappear relatively un-noticed by the human majority.

I want to make a difference, albeit small, but still, a difference.

Many species do not propagate well under the raucous gawking eyes of the public in traditional public zoos, and most public zoos have limited resources with which to take on the daunting task of successful propagation of the delicate, rare and endangered species. So, in steps the quiet, private tour facilities such as ours. We have the luxury of limiting public interference with the workings of the animals but still offering the general public the ability to be awed by the magic these creatures instill.

You will read all over the internet that animals belong in the wild. ALL OF MANKIND, that includes you and me, are ruining their habitat, moving them out, effectively killing them purely by the products we use, our taking of lands to build our cities and fields. If we don't keep them, who will? Do you really want to see them all disappear one by one? Where would we be then?

A friend and fellow wildlife lover once referred to the Rainforest as "the lungs of the earth." That profound statement has stuck with me ever since. No trees, no animals, no air, no humans.

MISSION:

What a loaded question indeed. Most zoological societies want to see the first thing in your mission statement to be "education" of the public. Honorable indeed, but mine is most definitely, without a doubt, "RESEARCH" -- specifically, captive husbandry research, going hand-in-hand with "viable continuation of the captive populations" -- in other words viable captive species survival with limited invasiveness on wild populations -- PROPAGATION. If the foregoing can be achieved, then I want to EDUCATE, not only the public but share what we learn, both good and bad, with Animal Keepers of all genre.

Bear in mind, we specialize in rare and endangered species as well as those that are "difficult" to keep and propagate in captivity.

ODDS & ENDS:

Animals are like people in that they have good and bad days, or just plain moments where they are "not in the mood." We cannot guarantee a specific animal's behavior on a specific day, but we do have more than one trained animal in many of our species, so we give good effort.

Zoo Animals Off-Site Photo Booth On-Site Currently off Display No Touch

Hyacinth Macaw x x x

Eagle Owl In Training

Penguin Nesting

Keel Billed Toucan Nesting

Matamata Turtle x

Prehensile Tailed Tree Porcupine x x x

North American Porcupine x x x

Bettong x x x

Wallaby In Pouch

Kangaroo In Pouch

Kinkajou x x x

3 Banded Armadillo x x x

Owl Monkey x (not available in WA State) x x

Tamarins x

Howler Monkey x (not available in WA State) x

Spider Monkey In the womb

Greater Bushbaby x (no available in WA state) x

Black & White Ruffed Lemur Feed The Lemurs

Red Ruffed Lemur Feed The Lemurs

Ringtailed Lemur Feed The Lemurs

Guereza Colobus Monkeys Groom the Colobus

Dik Dik x

Paca x x x

Mara x x x

Skunk Breeding x

Tayra x x x

Raccoon Breeding x

Sloth x x x

Tamandua Lesser Anteater x

Badger Breeding

Marmot Breeding

Binturong Breeding

Fennec Fox x In Training

Aardwolf x

Fishing Cat Breeding

N.W Red Bobcat x x

Siberian Lynx Bottle feed kittens when available Breeding x

Domestic Farm Petting Zoo Animals

Chicken x x

Duck x x

Turkey x x

Pygmy Goat x x

Babydoll Sheep Breeding

Bunnies x x

Micro-Pig x x

Zebu mini cow x

Mini horse x