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AAM Awards $75,000 Grant

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Beer Tasting a Success!

Lots of first-time visitors and many old friends came out to enjoy our first annual Lions and Tigers and Beer, Black Pine! on October 13.  The benefit beer tasting and hog roast raised about $2,500 to help offset winter operating expenses.  The beer was plentiful, whole hog roast dinner fabulous, and Six 'til Midnight offered a great mix of classic rock to entertain everyone.  Thanks to our sponsors (House of Spirits, The Dock, Whiteshire Hamroc, Stump's BBQ, All Event Catering, and Six 'til Midnight), and our many staff, board,  and volunteers, for making it happen - and to all who attended!  Mark your calendars now for Saturday, October 11, 2008 when Lions and Tigers and Beer, Black Pine! will return!  

New "Peaches" Merchandise!

On the day that made Peaches famous, the park was closed and a group of men were laughing loudly nearby, and it started a bird rampage! Please fear not, your family is perfectly safe to come visit Peaches and our other residents and need not worry about her language. She did not learn the colorful phrases at Black Pine, and we do not encourage her to repeat such language. If you got a good laugh from this story, then check out our new "Peaches" merchandise!  Click here!

Read the original Peaches article here! 

Cockatoo Gets National Attention

Peaches, a Moluccan cockatoo and former house pet, brought the park national attention recently for her "choice" words.  The sanctuary's staff has been busy fielding interview requests from all across the country!  For more, read the article originally published in the Journal Gazette in Fort Wayne on August 11, 2007.  When this story hit the Associated Press, all *&@%! broke loose!   

You Can Help Build New Habitats!

Come out to our new site daily Tuesday & Thursday - Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and help us build the new permanent habitats!  The new site is located 1.5 miles west of the stoplight in Albion.  Going west (on West Main Street in town), exit town then proceed through the 'S' curve, and watch for the park entrance on the right.  The entrance is marked with '4-H Park' and '50-50-50 Project' on a sign roadside.

Call Josh at 260-343-1974 for details on what we're working on, as schedules change daily!  We hope to see you there!