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The Fourth of July

Celebrating Our Independence One Bite at a Time July 4, 2017 Who doesn’t love the Fourth of July? The smell of hotdogs roasting, homemade ice cream, grilling BBQ, watermelons (with a hint of salt), and strawberry shortcake — not to mention the excitement that often comes with the colorful and startling display of fireworks and […]

July 4, 2017 View Article

Wild About Wildlife Month

Celebrating Our Wildlife July 1, 2017 We are celebrating Wildlife all month long! Help us enrich the lives of the animals that call Turpentine Creek Home. For the month of July we are asking our supporters to donate Enrichment for our animals. Enrichment makes the lives of our animals better and helps to keep them […]

July 1, 2017 View Article

Evolving as a Sanctuary

TCWR’s Behavioral Management Program June 26, 2017 Summers in the Ozarks are full of fun, family, food and, of course, felines! And picnics are an archetype of this sweet summer fun. At Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge, we encourage our visitors to come out, bring their lunch, and spend some time watching the animals. With a […]

June 26, 2017 View Article

Sweet Treats and Cool Pools

Summer Fun At Turpentine Creek June 21, 2017 Summer is here and the big cats and bears love cool treats! Watch our animal residents enjoy their own personal ‘popsicles’. Our bears get special fruitsicles and our cats get bloodsicles. Now, even though you might not like the idea of bloodsicles, our big cats love them! […]

June 21, 2017 View Article

Building Enrichment

New Benches Needed June 20, 2017 The big cats, and bear, that call Turpentine Creek home spend a lot of their time gazing out over the beautiful expanse of the Ozarks a top of their benches. This high perch allows them to get out of the sun if they lay under it, or get a […]

June 20, 2017 View Article

IFAW Collaboration

A Hands-On Learning Experience IFAW Team Member At TCWR June 7, 2017 Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge has recently had the pleasure of hosting Meredith Whitney, IFAW’s Wildlife Rescue Program Office, at our refuge. Meredith has spent the last two weeks participating in our internship program, getting her hands dirty and helping the team care for […]

June 14, 2017 View Article

On The Move

Moving Big Cats June 6, 2017 Our big cats are on the move! Ok, only a few of them are, but there are some location changes happening at Turpentine Creek. We move animals for various reasons from old age, to allowing animals extra space, moving animals can be difficult but it is always done with […]

June 8, 2017 View Article

Summer Time At Turpentine Creek

Pools and Big Cats May 30, 2017 Splish, splash, our big cats are enjoying their ‘baths’! Tigers are one of the few felines that enjoy the water. Our cats love to swim around and ‘drown’ their toys in the pools that we provide them with each summer. Our bears also love their pools. Bam Bam, […]

May 30, 2017 View Article

Big Cat Public Safety Act

H.R. 1818 April 11, 2017 THIS POST CONTAINS OUTDATED INFORMATION – PLEASE VISIT www.tcwr.org/advoacy FOR UPDATED INFORMATION ABOUT THE BIG CAT PUBLIC SAFETY ACT. The Big Cat Public Safety Act was reintroduced in the 117th session as H.R. 263. Did you know that your neighbor might have an exotic big cat in their backyard? No, […]

April 11, 2017 View Article

Arkansas Gives 2017 Results

You Did It! April 10, 2017 Arkansas Gives Day was April 6, 2017. We decided to use this day of giving to replace a crucial piece of our habitat building equipment, our Hydraulic Post Driver, which had finally given up on us after 22 years of hard work. We knew that our fantastic supporters could […]

April 10, 2017 View Article