Wednesday, May 25, 2011

First show

Today is our first show. Donny, Becca and the boys will be doing it. I can't make it because of work commitments. The show is at Emerson Academy in Dayton. As part of the fun today there will be a 2 foxes, 1 grown and 1 kit, 3 raccoons, 1 grown and 2 babies, and our peacock.

It should be a great first show. Donny subs at the school from time to time so he knows the teachers and many of the students.

I will be at our next show with SICSA in June at their summer camp. More details to come.


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Thursday, May 19, 2011

New Website

We re-launched our website with lots of new content!  Check it out:  www.noahsarcsanctuary.org.

Raccoons in your garage?

Since we've gotten a few calls about this recently...

If you have a raccoon in your garage, roof, shed, etc. you may be worried about it having rabies, or attacking you. First, it is unlikely to have rabies. Second, it probably is a mother with a nest nearby. She will move her babies within 6 weeks and you won't have a raccoon problem anymore.

If you are unsure, feel free to call us.

Monday, May 16, 2011

New additions

In case you aren't following us on Facebook, we got 2 new additions this weekend.




Buddy is our baby red fox. He is just 5 weeks old and eating soft solid foods. He is gray-brown now and will gradually turn red as he gets older. Pictures are posted on facebook.


Cinnamon is our newest raccoon. He is also 5 weeks old and still bottle fed. This early feeding gives us a chance to bond with both animals as they will become two of our little celebrity spokes-animals.

Please welcome them both to Noah's Arc.
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Monday, May 9, 2011

Preparations for our presentations

As I've previously mentioned, we have two shows coming up this summer.  One is at Emerson Academy in Dayton and the other is at SICSA Animal Shelter, for their summer camp.  This weekend we got a portable kennel that we can take the animals in to show safely.  It is a huge cage that is 5X5X6 so a person can stand up in it too! 

Now that we have the cage, we can start practicing with the animals.  Roseanne, the fox took to it pretty quickly. She was a little nervous, but mostly curious.  Our peacock, Mohinder did great, once he calmed down a little.  He was able to purch on our arms and sit calmly.  Smokey, the raccoon was going crazy for a while. They love shiny things, and the whole cage is shiny steel.  She was all over the place!!!! 

I can't wait to see how the kids react to the animals.  I'm sure they are going to love it! We are really looking forward to the show at the Animal Shelter, since it will be an up-close and hands on experience.  We will be bringing the babies that the kids can get up close to and possibly pet.  That'll be 2 raccoon babies, and 1 fox baby at that time.  I doubt we'll have the skunk yet.  We are getting the second raccoon and the fox this coming Saturday.  The skunk won't come until June and may be too late for the show. 

Things are really happening fast this summer.  There is talk of the media being present for the SICSA presentation.  And now Donny has an invitation to speak about us on local cable TV.  More news on both of those later. 

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Some Photos of Noah's Arc

Here are a few pix from Noah's Arc.

This is Jesus and Midnight, our two ferrets.  They love to play together.   



Here are our two ducks.  Yes the white one is the same kind as the Aflac Duck.  

This is Roseanne.  She is cross between a Red Fox and Silver Fox.  She loves to play and acts a little like a cat.  

Here is our pond.  (It's where the ducks live.)

Duck Eggs

A duck.  She isn't happy about this photo :-)

This is one of our horses helping out.  Eddie loves caring for the horses.  

This is Smokey.  

Gretchen, our other horse, helping Marcus feel empowered.  

Donny with our Peacock.  

Rocky Update

Just wanted to let you all know how Rocky is doing.  In short, he is doing great.  He is gaining weight; he was 500 grams when we got him and is now 680 grams.  That is about 6 ounces, or 1/3 of a pound.  He is starting to climb the sides of his small cage, so we will be moving him today to a larger cage with room to climb and stretch out more.  He is remarkably active and loves attention.  Although with just one baby I'm amazed at how quickly we are going through formula, so I can only image what it will be like when we start getting litters of orphaned babies in.

In other news, we've had a few small changes to our website.  Check them out at www.noahsarcsanctuary.org.  First of all, we now have a listing of current board members.  Second our donation link is now working (yay!!!).  And third, we have a short narrative about where we are planning to go with all this.  A major site re-design is coming within the next month so I will let you all know when that happens.

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Board Development

We are currently scheduled to speak at a few engagements in the community (schools and animal shelters as of right now) and as of now are not charging for this services as we are focused on getting our name "known"

Also, as you may know , we have recently applied to the IRS for our 501C3 (non profit) status and as soon as we get our determination letter, we can start applying for the grants we need for purchasing more land. Once we get that we can get the larger animals like Bison, bobcat and wolves and other animals people dont typically think of when they think of Ohio.

One way we can strengthen our grant requests it to diversify our board of directors. 
Sooooo...we are actively seeking people who would like to be board members for our animal sanctuary. Now, before you say, "Oh I couldn't do that", Hear me out lol
Here are a few disclaimers :)

1. First and foremost. We are not asking for your money. That's not to say that you have an extra 10 grand laying around we couldn't use it...lol, but that's not what we are seeking from board members at this time.

2. In terms of diversity, in the sheer definition of the word, we are seeking people who are not gay white males lol. We can even have board members who are school aged, which would actually be greatsince one of our focal points is education.

3. You dont have to live in Ohio, any mandatory "meetings" can be done via email, or skype, or phone.

So basically, this could be a great opportunity for you to be  apart of, would look REALLY great on a resume to say that you are on a board for a non profit, and of course would help diversify our funding options by word of mouth.

So basically you wouldnt have to do alot, you can be as active as youd like, we just need people to believe in what we are doing, those who want to have a voice, and might have some fresh ideas. If thats YOU please email us: stephen@noahsarcsanctuary.org

Thank you for your consideration

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Welcome Rocky!

Please welcome Rocky to Noah's Arc Sanctuary.  Rocky was found orphaned in the woods in Perry County.  He was found near a fallen tree with no siblings, parents or nest around.


He is about 550 grams and eating a lot!  He is about 4-5 weeks old and still bottle feeding.  He is in good health and doing well.  Although I think he may be lonely.  His best friend right now is a rice-filled sock used to keep him warm.  He was unfortunately taken from his mother too young and needs that nurturing.

Ohio law prevents us from releasing him back to the wild because of rabies concerns, so  he has found his forever home here with us.  He will likely be on show in just a few weeks at Emerson Academy of Dayton!