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<< Back This month, we were very excited to invite Dr. Suzanne Banas the ?Lead Teacher? at a local High School and also in charge of their Zoo Magnet program to the Sanctuary. Dr. Banas was incredibly interesting and definitely shared our interest in exposing kids to the remarkable world of animals, nature and their complex ecosystems. She explained to David and myself her program and how advanced her students were on all the subjects Dave and I strive to teach. We ended up giving Dr. Banas the ?ROYAL TOUR? of the Sanctuary as well as an up close and personal experience with its amazing animal residents. She seemed blown away with our clean naturalistic habitats and the physical and mental health of all our beloved animals. We ended up discussing the Sanctuaries mission with her in great detail and she invited us to speak in front of her students, which we did. Before our actual visit with her students we decided to give a very special ?ON LINE? experience to her class. The day before our visit, we had a Tiger Homes Sanctuary representitive visit all of Dr. Banas? various classes while at the same time David hung out in the lemur habitats live on cam for the kids. David basically stayed in a cage most of the day demonstrating some of the various lemur behaviors and personalities for the students. Each classroom had a large display monitor that the students could watch. Dr. Banas also showed her students our 1st educational video, 'Lemurs: Tails From The Canopy' as well as taught directly from our curriculum. I was told it was received very well. Taking our animals off the Sanctuary grounds is something David and I absolutely hate doing but decided to make an exception for Dr. Banas and her ?Super Students?. Of course we did not load up a 700-pound tiger and walk it into the school?s auditorium. We ended up bringing Ihop (young Black & White Ruffed Lemur) and Zak (4 year old African Bushbaby) to the school. To make our presentation even more interesting, we decided to bring the Sanctuaries good friend ?Otter John? of Wild Florida Productions with us as well. John specializes in Florida wildlife as well as wildlife presentations to schools. To really keep the kids attention, John added the presence of an Alligator, Crocodile, and a few baby opossums and of course, a baby North American River Otter which is John?s real passion. To make a long story short, the kids were fantastic! Dave,
John and I have been educating both kids and adults on wildlife
for a very long time and have never been asked such knowlegible
questions! Especially from young kids! They really knew their
stuff, which is a real testament to Dr. Banas and her teaching
staff. John, Dave and I were all extremely impressed. Unfortunately
we did not get 1 e-mail from any of the teachers or students
thanking us or to give us any feedback, which did hurt a little.
That aside, we were really happy to have helped and hope Dr.
Banas with help us with our educational ?Curriculums that go
along with each video. I will keep you all informed as we go
forward with this project. Until then, keep on visiting, learning
and watching our cams! Remember, we want you to open your mind
and heart on the importance of protecting the remaining species
of animals, plants and wild places left. Endangered or not! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Story by: Jason and David
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