Black Pine Pictures Tour

So, I have decided to do a tour of the park that I spent 503 hours working at this summer. I did a lot of new things that I never thought I would ever do in my life like butchering deer to driving bobcats. The greatest part was getting to know all the animals and building relationships with them. I will miss Black Pine so much. It has been a wonderful experience. Well, I hope you guys like the tour. I took all the pictures myself and I'll tell you, I had a lot of fun with it. Make sure you see the last part "The Exotic Cats". It's the best part to me. You're going to have to click on the side panel to see them though. Well, enjoy!

Butchering my second deer!
I don't know how many I ended up
butchering, but it was definitely over 15!

Katie giving Hannah one of her yummy ice cube treats!

Look Ma! I can drive a Bobcat!

This is Lori Gagen. She is the only
paid staff at Black Pine Animal Park

The People I met!

Me and Tab (part-time zookeeper)

Sarah (Volunteer) and I

Me and Lamont (Volunteer)

The Interns
Allison, Katie, Beth, and me

Me and DK (volunteer)

It was so wonderful to get to know all these people!
I will miss them all so much!

The Odd Balls

Bandit ("Squeakers"): Coatimundi
He was one of my favorites! He was so cute
and sweet!

Isaac: North American Black Bear

Joey: Patagonian Cavy

The House Cats

Smudge: The House Cat

Tigger: The Barn Cat

These guys were the sweetest cats and would always keep
you company. Especially Tigger
when you were doomed to sit at the Gift Tent!

The Field

Butterscotch: Fallow Deer from Europe

Noah and Minnie: Donkey and Dwarfed
Zorro: Pygmy Goat
(Can you see the Z)

Ginger: Ostrich

The Birds

Peaches: Moluccan Cockatoo
(She would actually let us hold her and pet her)

Sammy: Blue and Gold Mccaw
(Only animal that bit me the whole summer,
I forgave him though)

Eliott: Blue-Fronted Amazon Parrot

Blue: Green-Winged Mccaw

Clyde: Blue and Gold Mccaw

The Primates!

Lisa: Lion-tailed Macaque
(she would groom your arm by the fence some times)

Mae: Baboon

Miska: Kinkajou

U2: Tamarin

Tarzan: Chimpanzee (He loves his pudding!)

Kovu's ROAR!!!

So the whole time at Black Pine I was trying to get Kovu's roar on video and finally, on the last day when we were showing Ray (Jordan's Dad) around the park, Kovu roared right in front of us and I was able to get it all on video! I hope you enjoy! Just so you know, it's even louder and causes a really cool rumbling in your chest when you're near by. It can travel up to 3-5 miles!

The Cats at Black Pine

China: Asian Leopard

Kovu: African Lion

Montrose: Bengal Tiger (My Favorite)

Nala: African Lioness

Luna: Bengal Tiger (She is doing what we call a "stinky face",
cats and snakes have a Jacobsen gland that allow them to taste smell!)