Junior Veterinary Camp

The Wildlife Resources staff and animals had a great summer helping out with two sessions of Junior Veterinary Camp! Here are some highlights (click images to enlarge):

Photos by Jeff Day

Michelle Leighty doing a training demonstration with the bobcats:

Dylan Beach restrains a Great Horned Owl for a talon and beak trimming:

Joe Dell'Anno teaches about the medications for some of the animals:

Campers learn how to put the medications in food (including mice and quail!) for the animals:

Michelle Leighty talks about a Barn Owl before another beak trimming demo:

Melissa Terwilliger and campers prepare paper-mache enrichment items:

A bobcat investigates:

Campers with the scarecrow they made for the deer and Wild Turkey:

It was a hit:

Campers watch as Melissa station trains with the raccoons:

Learn more about CMNH summer camps at this link:

http://www.cmnh.org/site/ClassesandPrograms/SummerCamps.aspx