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December Vet Hospital Update

The end is in sight, Veterinary Hospital Progress Report December 19, 2015 The Veterinary Hospital is coming along quickly. We are only a few short days away from frame of the hospital from being completed. We will have to wait until spring to finish the exterior, constantly above 50-degree weather, but once the frame has […]

December 19, 2015 View Article

New Online Store

Shop and Support the Cats this Season! December 17, 2015 Help support the refuge by shopping! Our new online store is live and ready for you! We currently have a few items up; such as our calendar, iPhone cases, iPad cases, bags, and more! We are updating our store frequently, but remember it is a […]

December 17, 2015 View Article

Holiday Giving

We Need Your Help December 15, 2015 Dear Friends, Will you help us? As many of you know Eureka Springs is, for the most part, a destination location. And despite many years of cooperating efforts to bolster tourism during winter months, our beautiful town still experiences the “cold shoulder” of Old Man Winter. Unfortunately, while […]

December 15, 2015 View Article

Habitat Upgrade

Habitats get desperately needed upgrade The staff and interns, at Turpentine Creek, have been working hard over the last few months to update and upgrade our old habitats. Most of the habitats are getting a fresh new coat of paint, higher fence heights, and some needed repairs. All of the tiger habitats in the main […]

December 11, 2015 View Article

Giving Tuesday

Giving Tuesday Final Report Wow, Giving Tuesday showed us how dedicated our supporters are! This year we set a really high goal, $158,000 which is approximately what it costs to run Turpentine Creek for one month. Although we did not meet that goal we did have an amazing day full of wonderful comments and generous […]

December 9, 2015 View Article

New Steps

New Stairs at the Downtown Gift Shop Our downtown gift shop has seen some changes recently. The old, narrow, crumbling steps have been torn down and new, solid steps now frame the entrance of our downtown location. This improvement has been needed since we opened the downtown location. The new stairs will make it easy […]

December 3, 2015 View Article

Holiday Hours

Special Holiday Hours at Turpentine Creek Turpentine Creek is open 364 days a year, only closing on Christmas Day, but we do close early on certain days. Thanksgiving we are open from 9am-2pm Christmas Eve we are open from 9am – 2pm Closed Christmas Day New Years Eve we are open from 9am – 2pm New […]

November 15, 2015 View Article

Building New Habitat Benches

Changing up the game, building durable benches in our habitats. The staff here at Turpentine Creek is always looking for ways to improve our animals’ habitats. We try to give our cats, bears, monkey, and coati, plenty of things to entertain them and make their lives as enjoyable as possible in captivity. One thing that […]

October 21, 2015 View Article

Compound Crash Completed

The compound is nothing but dust and memories now. We have done it, the compound has been crashed! We have demolished all the old “compound” area and all of our animals are in spacious, grassy habitats! The old habitats served their purpose, saving hundreds of animals lives, but we no longer need them. All of […]

October 14, 2015 View Article

Free “Art With An Altitude” Kite Festival at TCWR March 26, 2016

KaleidoKites Sponsors Wildlife Refuge Event to Display Art in the Air to Benefit Big Cats Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge hosts it’s 26th annual Kite Festival celebration March 26, 2016. “Art With an Altitude,” sponsored by KaleidoKites of Eureka Springs, is a free family event inviting attendees to bring their own kites or buy one at […]

October 5, 2015 View Article