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November 2003
Is that a BALD HEADED LEMUR?

Well it is November again, and here at the Sanctuary that means "Lemur Breeding" season. Especially where the Ruffed Lemurs are concerned! This is also a time when the political atmosphere of the Ruffed Lemur habitats start changing drastically. As discussed in previous Sanctuary Chronicles, lemur society is primarily based on Female Dominance, where in most cases the males are submissive to the females. One does not have to watch the 'lemur cams' for long to notice the males giving way to the Alfa female in the group. This submissive behavior can be observed throughout the majority of the year. More

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October 2003
A Hearty Thanks to the Sanctuaries Silent Partners: Our Veterinarians

David and I have decided to dedicate the October 2003 Sanctuary Chronicle to its team of tremendously talented Veterinarians who dedicate their time and expertise insuring the health of its residents. We are extremely fortunate to have a team of highly qualified veterinarians that specialize (in some cases exclusively) in the care of Exotic Wildlife. We would like to thank Dr. Don Harris & Dr. Marc Kramer of ?Avian and Exotic Animal Medical Clinic?, and Dr. Tim Tristian who is in Texas. More

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September 2003
Can You Say Server UPGRADE!

With out doubt, one of David and I's favorite things in the world is when we improve both the physical and mental environments of the animals we care for and call family. September was significant in the fact that we TOTALLY upgraded Clarence and Gypsy's habitat. Not like their previous habitat was not awesome in every way. Change in habitat design is a fantastic form of enrichment, so David and I constantly strive to make these improvements when possible. This month we went overboard! We relocated Clarence and Gypsy to an "Off Camera" habitat and opened up a 20 ft section of sidewall in their habitat. This opening aloud us to bring in heavy equipment to not only completely re-arrange over 12 tons of boulders, but to carry and install some extremely large and heavy tropical palm trees. Their environment got an "Extreme Makeover" that even Oprah herself would be proud of. Of course we had to polish off the makeover by adding multiple pallets of beautiful green grass threw out. Needless to say, their habitat looks fantastic! More

August 2003
Locked & Loaded

David and I are proud to announce that we are in the final stages of completion of the Sanctuaries 3rd educational video, "Locked & Loaded- Power Cats - DVD" As most of our hard-core followers are aware, the Tiger Homes Sanctuary has embarked on a mission to create and produce our own "Educational Video Series". As of now, we have created 2 videos with the 3rd in the final stages of editing. More

July 2003
The BRAINS Behind the Technology

Over the last few years David and I have been flooded with positive feedback concerning the Sanctuary and its web site. People from all over the world, from school teachers to fellow zoological professionals, to kids have written us exclaiming how much they love and have learned from the website. How incredible the cams are! What beautiful habitats the animals are kept in! How healthy and happy and enriched all the residents look. I could literally go on and on and on detailing the positive feedback we have received and the fact that the residents of the Sanctuary have brought so much into the lives of our viewers. We both pinch ourselves everyday in disbelief that we are so fortunate not only to have the privilege of working with these animals on a daily basis, but also have such a great platform for sharing our interest in spreading the word of education and conservation to so many others.
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June 2003
We Welcome a 3rd Generation

Dave and I are EXTREMELY "Fired Up" to announce the arrival of new healthy baby Black and White Ruffed Lemur to the list of the Sanctuary?s achievements! On June 1st at 5:30am, Echo delivered a healthy infant. This baby represents the Sanctuaries? 3rd generation of CAPTIVE BRED infants for this endangered species. Both David and I are beyond words in describing our joy and happiness on this occasion. More

May 2003
We all can make a difference

Ever since David and I decided to share the Sanctuary with the GLOBAL public via the Tiger Homes Animal Sanctuary web site, live video cameras and literally tons of educational information; we have been literally bombarded with thousands of positive e-mails from our visitors from all over the world. We have die-hard fans from Poland, Soviet Union, South America, Australia, Africa, Portugal and almost every other country you can point your finger at on a globe. Thousands of visitors that appear to live on our cams. Constantly sending us snap shots they have taken from the cams on a minute-by-minute basis, almost 24 hours a day. NEVER missing the opportunity to capture a single moment in the daily lives of our residents. It is awesome! Dave and I, along with our Web Master (Donnie) are planning on adding a viewer snap shot gallery and monthly photo contest to the sites long list of features in the near future. Our visitors have taken some truly spectacular pictures directly from the cams, and we would like to start sharing them. More

April 2003
The Sanctuary Reaches Out To the Zoo Magnet Program

April was an exciting month for Dave & I because we were able to expand the scope of the Sanctuaries goal of educating the youth on the importance of protecting wild animals and the places they inhabit. As some of you may be aware, the Sanctuary has embarked on the production of its own 'Educational Wildlife Series' of videotapes. One of our main goals is to have these videos enter the educational area via the National school system. So far we have had fantastic reviews from educators of all types and subjects who were all very excited to bring our videos into their classrooms.

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. More

March 2003
The Sanctuary has a new addition!

David and I are extremely happy to announce the birth of the Sanctuary's newest family member. On March 19th, 2003, a healthy infant Ring-tailed lemur was born to Mary, a 4-year old female recently put on breeding loan from the Primate Conservancy.

As of this Chronicle, the sex is unknown to David and I. Being that this is Mary's 1st offspring, we were delighted to observe that she took fantastic care of her infant. Like many other primates, 1st time mothers often show little to zero maternal instincts and in some cases abandon or kill their own offspring. Not only was this not the case with Mary because she immediately started nursing and grooming her infant; but the entire colony or 'Troop' took to the infant as well. Accepting it into the Troop with zero aggressive or antagonistic behaviors. More

February 2003
The Filming of our 3rd Educational Video

As many of you are aware from reading our previous Chronicles, the Tiger Homes Sanctuary has embarked on the production of an "Educational Video Series". In the hopes that we can instill an interest to learn and protect wildlife to an even more diverse audience, we are creating a series of short educational videos specifically geared towards children and the national school system. Each of these video?s is also accompanied with a teachers guide or curriculum filled with projects and lesson plans. The videos will be offered to the school system as well as on our GIFT SHOP shortly. As always we greatly need and appreciate your support of the Sanctuary by your donations and purchases of our GIFT SHOP items. More

January 2003
The Lemurs Go On Vacation - Environmental Enrichment

Well, I sincerely hope that everyone had a great New Year! This month David and I started preparing to send some of the lemurs on vacation. As a form of "Environmental Enrichment," and to give our audiences something new to look at, David and I periodically switch animals around from one habitat to another. This month we started to prepare the new Ring-tail Lemur troop and the group of Red Ruffed Lemurs for a switch, or as Dave and me like to call it, "Sending Them on Vacation". As many of you have observed, we have been spending allot of time redecorating both habitats with new plants, ropes, ground cover, logs, and bamboo in preparation of the switch at the end of the month. More