Animal Enclosure and Enrichment Fund

Summer is in full swing at Piedmont Wildlife Center! In the midst of summer camp and off-site programs, we are still focusing on bettering our enclosures for our animal ambassadors, including building exemplary enclosures at our new location and maintaining the current enclosures for our outside animals while we anticipate the big move.

One of the forms of enrichment we like to implement with our animals is “physical habitat”, or attempting to mimic their natural habitat as closely as possible. This includes rearranging perches in the bird mews, adding native plants to our turtle enclosures, and giving our rat snakes plenty of opportunities to use their unique ability to climb. 

We are excited to continue improving our enrichment plan for our animal ambassadors! Enrichment is a very important, although often overlooked, part of animal husbandry that helps our ambassadors use their natural behaviors while they are in our care. We are grateful to the Girl Scout troop that visited us in June and brought homemade enrichment for some of our ambassadors! The rat pack enjoyed exploring their mazes and Basil the rabbit savored the treats he found in his foraging box.

With your help, we are able to provide our animal ambassadors with the best care while they help us advocate for their species and the ways we can help them each and every day! We appreciate your support and can’t wait to show off our new digs after our move!