Our Incredible Loss

In the early morning hours of Wednesday, March 29, 2006 the main building of our zoo caught fire and was completely destroyed. The building housed all of our exotic birds, reptiles, monkeys and other small animals. All of the animals inside the building with the exception of 2 alligators, perished in the fire. Due to the confusion we neglected to say that our Guard Dog, Cumber, made it out unscathed and one of the babies Ring-tailed Lemurs Bandit; was off site at the time of the fire and was not in any danger. We were told that most of the animals probably died of smoke inhalation and hopefully they did not suffer.

There are no words to describe the feelings we are experiencing right now. Every one of those animals was special to us and in our hearts can never be replaced.

The structure is a complete loss, but we will rebuild! Our beloved animals are irreplaceable to us. We are hoping with the community's support we will be able to reconstruct our main hall and be able to provide a comfortable home for many donated, unwanted, rescued or abused animals once again. The outpouring support from the community has been overwhelming. The fire was deemed electrical and we will continue to recover from our loss with your help.

For those of you who would like to support us you can go to our contact page for more information. We are now open 7 days a week. So please stop out and visit us! We are so blessed to be surrounded by such a caring community and hope we can bring our zoo back to life and once again be a benefit to the community.

Below is a list of our beloved animals that perished in the fire. We know that many of you had special attachments to some of our animals and we find comfort that you are grieving along with us. We hope to soon include photos of those we lost.

Peaches - Cockatoo

Kiwi - Cockatoo

Powder - Cockatoo

Daisy - Cockatoo

Dr. Ryan - Pigtail Macaque

Pirate - Blue and Gold Macaw

Tiki - Scarlet Macaw

Elmo - Green Wing Macaw

Zazuu - Hornbill

Boomer - Lemur (baby)

Wally, Whiley, Bruce,Rufus - Alligators

Stinkey-Armadillo

Scarlet; (along w/her 17 babies just born), Slick,Harley; - Red Tail Boas
Elvis - King Snake

Doby - Capuchin Monkey

Coati,Wild Bill - Coatimundi

Spike- Serval

Rebel- Caracal

Bond - Rhesus Macaque

2 Hamsters-2 Guinea Pigs

Caiman

Tree Frog

6 Water Turtles- (1 named Terpie)

4 Snapping Turtles

7 Iguana

2 Albino Burmese Pythons

Several Small Species of birds including: Cockatiels, Parakeets, Bourkes, Lovebirds, Conure, Finches, Parrotlettes

3 Prairie Dogs

Buddy - Black-Throat Monitor

Ball Python

2 Bearded Dragons

3 Baby Sulcatta's (2 were Louis &Louise)

Egyptian Fruit Bat

4 Ring-tailed Lemurs

Tank and Goliath (and an unnamed)- 3 large Sulcatta Tortoises

Leonardo -Sulcatta Tortoise

Red-foot Tortoise

South American Wood Turtle

Several Box Turtles