Camp Brookgreen

The zoo had a good time assisting Camp Brookgreen this year!  The campers made enrichment for our otters.  We designed an enrichment activity that engages the senses of the otters.  Our second and third grade campers decorated a paper bag and chose a spice to add.  Then, they added meat and fish from the otters' diet.

  

Zookeepers shifted the otters off their exhibit and placed the enrichment bags.

The campers lined up and looked for their decorated bag.  When the keepers released the otters, the campers watched the otters destroy and drown their handiwork.  Both otters and kids had a great time.

The fourth and fifth graders made paper mache balls with their art instructor.  They decorated them with non-toxic markers, and the zookeepers helped them add spices and food for the otters.

For more information on Camp Brookgreen, please call 843-235-6049.

New Brookgreen Otters

In the blog entry "Special Otter Visit" in April 2013, we introduced two baby otters who were raised by a local veterinary technician.  We have exciting news!  Brookgreen has decided to provide a home for the orphaned twin otters.

The North American river otters are being quarantined for 30 days before joining our otters on exhibit.  The quarantine helps insure that they are healthy and parasite-free.  Here, our intern Dacota feeds them a lunch of fish and meat.  They have grown quite a bit, but they are still safe for keepers to enter their enclosure.

The male otter will be added to our group of three young males, and the female will be introduced to our breeding pair.  Introductions will take a little time, and they will be done very carefully!

We will post more pictures and videos soon...