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Safety Improvements

Shelter from the Storms November 10, 2017 Turpentine Creek is making strides to improve our facility, not just for the animals in our care but also for the humans who live here and spend time on the property. We’ve begun updating our emergency procedures, planning emergency drills, making sustainability plans, scheduling training sessions, installing storm […]

November 10, 2017 View Article

Giving Tuesday 2017

A Day Of Giving November 3, 2017 Join us on November 28th from 7a-7p for #GivingTuesday. A perfect day to support your favorite non-profits, like Turpentine Creek, and give back to your communities. #GivingTuesday is the kickoff event of the giving season. It is the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving, following Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, […]

November 3, 2017 View Article

Kenny, the white tiger lounging in his habitat

Membership Program

New Tiered Membership Levels October 27, 2017 Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge is thrilled to announce our new Wild About Wildlife Membership Tier Program! This new tiered membership program allows for our supporters to choose a membership level that fits their needs and get extra benefits as they progress through the tiers. The program consists of […]

October 27, 2017 View Article

Annual Howl-O-Ween

Fun and Felines in the Dark October 23, 2017 Ghosts, ghouls, and growls, this is Howl-O-Ween at Turpentine Creek. Once a year we open our doors to the public after dark and let them enjoy the animals when they are the most active. Big cats are nocturnal and diurnal, so they spend most of the day sleeping. […]

October 23, 2017 View Article

New Emergency Equipment

Animal Ambulance October 17, 2017 Keeping our animals and team safe when transporting them around our property is very important to us. Recently, we were given the opportunity to acquire an old, used military Humvee. We purchased the vehicle and went about making improvements so that it would fit our needs. This Humvee will only be […]

October 17, 2017 View Article

Goober’s New House

Donated Winter Home October 10, 2017 Goober, our resident senior Rhesus Macaque Monkey, will be spending this winter living in the lap of luxury in his new heated winter home. Recently, a previous intern, Sara Steinbrecher, donated the funds to purchase and fix up a small portable building to keep Goober warm and comfortable throughout the […]

October 10, 2017 View Article

Fall and Felines

Changing Seasons October 3, 2017 Summer is over and soon the leaves will change into a mesmerizing spectrum of color, painting the Ozark mountains in a beautiful array of vibrant reds, yellows, oranges, and browns. Current predictions for the peak of the fall colors this year is around October 31 – November 6. Fall is […]

October 3, 2017 View Article

Big Cats Live At TCWR

Weekly Live Video Streaming September 26, 2017 Recently, many social media sites have begun offering live streaming video. This feature allows supporters a new way to interact with Turpentine Creek, other nonprofits, and businesses, helping social media users to get to know the groups that they choose to support. Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge has been […]

September 26, 2017 View Article

Animal Transportation

Safely Moving Dangerous Animals September 13, 2017 With fires on the west coast, flooding in Texas and Florida, and earthquakes in Mexico, transporting animals to another location might become necessary at some facilities. Typically, most accredited zoos and sanctuaries do not move their animals unless necessary. Transporting animals can be very stressful for the animal […]

September 12, 2017 View Article

Declawing and Defanging

The Painful Lives of “Safe” Big Cats September 5, 2017 No big cat is ever safe, even if they have been declawed and defanged. Declawing and defanging are two painful attempts at making a wild animal safe enough to be handled by humans, but nothing can make a dangerous wild animal safe enough to be […]

September 5, 2017 View Article