http://www.sixintheworld.com/2006/07/11/its-pretty-much-kierans-favorite-animal/ Andrus family travel round the world, rtw with 4 kids? Sun, 29 Jan 2012 05:15:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.sixintheworld.com/2006/07/11/its-pretty-much-kierans-favorite-animal/comment-page-1/#comment-64 Sixintheworld.com - It’s my world! No, it’s my world… » 75 Years of Trying to Keep Animals Alive Thu, 10 Aug 2006 05:18:35 +0000 http://sixintheworld.com/2006/07/11/its-pretty-much-kierans-favorite-animal/#comment-64 [...] One of last week’s outings was a visit to Salt Lake City’s Hogle Zoo. The zoo is currently celebrating its 75th anniversary and has staged an exhibit to herald this significant accomplishment. We didn’t venture into the auditorium where the exhibit was housed because we doubted it would have much to engage the 3-year-olds’ attention. I checked out the summary online and it turns out the highlight was something we’ve already seen….the stuffed carcass of Shasta the Liger (see It’s Pretty Much Kieran’s Favorite Animal) who normally lives at BYU’s Bean Museum. The other intriguing piece of information I gleaned from the website was that one of the Hogle’s former directors perished from a puff adder bite. Ouch! The hazards of zookeeping! [...] [...] One of last week’s outings was a visit to Salt Lake City’s Hogle Zoo. The zoo is currently celebrating its 75th anniversary and has staged an exhibit to herald this significant accomplishment. We didn’t venture into the auditorium where the exhibit was housed because we doubted it would have much to engage the 3-year-olds’ attention. I checked out the summary online and it turns out the highlight was something we’ve already seen….the stuffed carcass of Shasta the Liger (see It’s Pretty Much Kieran’s Favorite Animal) who normally lives at BYU’s Bean Museum. The other intriguing piece of information I gleaned from the website was that one of the Hogle’s former directors perished from a puff adder bite. Ouch! The hazards of zookeeping! [...]

]]> http://www.sixintheworld.com/2006/07/11/its-pretty-much-kierans-favorite-animal/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Laura Sat, 15 Jul 2006 12:59:56 +0000 http://sixintheworld.com/2006/07/11/its-pretty-much-kierans-favorite-animal/#comment-31 You got to hold a wombat, Brother A? I'm so jealous! They're my favorite! You got to hold a wombat, Brother A? I’m so jealous! They’re my favorite!

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