Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary

17 January 2012

Electronics Recycling Success

Computers, televisions, and other equipment are loaded for recycling

Last Saturday’s Electronics Recycling Drive a huge success!  Thank you to all who brought items to be recycled!

15 January 2012

Animal Stories for Preschoolers

Please call and register for these very fun classes for preschoolers. Read more… or call 920-391-3671 for more information.

14 January 2012

New Cougar Named!

"Avani" - Newly Named Cougar

Congrats to Rachel Breining for winning the cougar naming contest! We had more than 350 entries! Avani, which means earth, was selected as the name for our new cougar because she is representative of the power and wildness of the earth. A very fitting name! Thanks, Rachel!

Avani has been pulled off the Woodland Building exhibit for a few weeks for further training. We’ll let you know soon when you can come to visit her!

Avani came to us from Oregon where she was found starving with her siblings and Mom was presumed dead. She arrived in late September at 4 months old and a tiny 15 pounds. Now at over 50 pounds, she has made WLS her home.

14 December 2011

American Kestrels to Help Reduce Rodents in Downtown Green Bay

American Kestrel "Louis" Lives at the Wildlife Sanctuary

Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary Animal Curator, Lori Bankson, knows birds of prey and you may soon know them too! Lori worked with City of Green Bay officials who authorized erection of 10 nesting platforms for American kestrels along the perimeter of Renard Isle, just north of downtown Green Bay. American kestrels are small falcons known for feeding on mice. This project is part of a larger plan to draw birds of prey to reduce rodents in downtown Green Bay.