Saving Animals with Blank Park Zoo
98 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsLearn how Blank Park Zoo works to save animals from extinction and how you can help. Listen live on KFMG Radio, Friday mornings at 9:30 a.m.
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Episodes
Saving Animals Episode 98: Metro Waste Authority
October 04, 2019 13:32 - 28 minutes - 11.6 MBCassie Riley from Metro Waste Authority joins the program to talk about recycling and to educate us how a modern landfill works to protect the environment.
Saving Animals Episode 97: Fall Conservation Events at Blank Park Zoo
September 13, 2019 21:07 - 27 minutes - 10.9 MBJessie and Angela join the program to talk about Monarch Fest and Eagle Day at Blank Park Zoo.
Saving Animals Episode 96: Staff Conservation Fund - North Carolina
September 05, 2019 18:49 - 28 minutes - 11.5 MBWe talk with Dana from our aquarium team and her filed conservation work in North Carolina with sea turtles.
Saving Animals Episode 95: Staff Conservation Work in Australia
August 29, 2019 22:10 - 29 minutes - 11.6 MBSupervisor Megan Stegmeir talks about working to save cassowaries in Australia.
Saving Animals Episode 93: Blank Park Zoo's Conservation Efforts
July 25, 2019 16:59 - 28 minutes - 11.4 MBJessie and Ryan talk about Blank Park Zoo's conservation efforts and how you can help.
Saving Animals Episode 92: Conservation at the North Carolina Zoo
July 09, 2019 16:07 - 29 minutes - 11.7 MBRich Bergl from the North Carolina Zoo talks to us about their conservation initiatives.
Saving Animals Episode 91: Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge
June 27, 2019 16:16 - 28 minutes - 11.4 MBJessie and Ryan talk to Patrick, a park ranger from the Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge.
Saving Animals: Episode 90: Dream School 2.0
June 21, 2019 13:49 - 28 minutes - 11.3 MBSusie Louis from Conservation Fusion talks with Jessie about the Madagascar Dream School 2.0
Saving Animals: Episode 89 Blank Park Zoo's Efforts to save animals in natural areas
June 07, 2019 18:10 - 28 minutes - 11.6 MBJessie and Angela talk about Blank Park Zoo's efforts to save animals in natural areas.
Saving Animals Episode 88: Volunteer Programs at Blank Park Zoo
June 06, 2019 18:10 - 27 minutes - 10.9 MBChris and Erica join the program to talk about volunteering at Blank Park Zoo.
Saving Animals: Episode 87 - Plant.Grow.Fly.
May 17, 2019 15:09 - 27 minutes - 10.9 MBJessie quizzes Ryan on his knowledge of the Plant.Grow.Fly. project. You can learn how to protect pollinators, too.
Saving Animals Episode 86: Propagating Corals at Blank Park Zoo
May 10, 2019 14:58 - 29 minutes - 11.8 MBAquarist Alex talks about propagating corals and more at Blank Park Zoo.
Saving Animals Episode 85: Saving Orangutans
April 26, 2019 15:22 - 29 minutes - 11.8 MBIn this episode, we talk with Richard Zimmerman from Orangutan Outreach, redapes.org.
Saving Animals Episode 84: Bowling for Rhinos
April 19, 2019 15:05 - 28 minutes - 11.3 MBOn this show, we are talking to three zookeepers about Bowling for Rhinos and Zookeeping
Saving Animals Episode 83: Rhino Calf Born at Blank Park Zoo
April 11, 2019 01:17 - 27 minutes - 10.9 MBWe hear all the details about the rhino calf born at Blank Park Zoo on April 5, 2019.
Saving Animals Episode 82: Costa Rica
April 05, 2019 15:34 - 26 minutes - 10.8 MBMallory Machir talks about her recent field conservation efforts in Costa Rica and conservation efforts with saving the howler monkey.
Saving Animals Episode 81: Erin Stotz
March 29, 2019 15:10 - 27 minutes - 11.1 MBWe talk with Denver Zoo's Erin Stotz. She is the Community Conservation Coordinator in the field conservation department and talks with us about vulture conservation Botswana and her time in the Peace Corps.
Saving Animals Episode 80: The Ruaha Carnivore Project
March 08, 2019 15:15 - 27 minutes - 11 MBAmy Dickman from the Ruaha Carnivore Project joins us to talk about saving lions and painted dogs in Africa.
Saving Animals Episode 79: The Painted Dog Research Trust
March 01, 2019 15:12 - 26 minutes - 10.7 MBZulu from the Painted Dog Research Trust joins us to talk about painted dogs and educating people about conserving painted dogs
Saving Animals Episode 78: Ayana the Rhino is Expecting a Baby
February 27, 2019 23:25 - 29 minutes - 11.7 MBAyana the Rhino is expecting and hear all about the exciting baby news from zookeepers Christina and Kayla.
Saving Animals Episode 77: Beth Armstrong and the ZACC Conference part 2
February 15, 2019 15:13 - 28 minutes - 11.3 MBJessie interviews Beth Armstrong about the Zoos and Aquariums Committing to Conservation (ZACC) Conference.
Saving Animals Episode 76: Cameras for Conservancy
February 08, 2019 15:15 - 28 minutes - 11.3 MBWe talk with Kristie Burns from Cameras for Conservancy about some of her experiences with photography and the work her organization does for conservation organizations.
Saving Animals Episode 75: Beth Armstrong and the origins of the ZACC Conference
January 30, 2019 15:15 - 29 minutes - 11.7 MBBeth Armstrong talks to us about her time as a gorilla keeper at the Columbus Zoo and the inspiration and origins for the ZACC Conference (Zoos and Aquariums Committing to Conservation).
Saving Animals Episode 74: Education and the Staff Conservation Fund at Blank Park Zoo
January 25, 2019 15:00 - 27 minutes - 10.9 MBMallory from Blank Park Zoo's education program joins the program to talk about the education program and here upcoming staff conservation fund field conservation trip.
Saving Animals Episode 73: The benefits of spending time in nature
January 18, 2019 15:00 - 27 minutes - 11 MBJen Riggs from Wander Women on Iowa joins the program to discuss the benefits of spending time in nature.
Saving Animals Episode 72: Russ Benedict
January 10, 2019 22:28 - 28 minutes - 11.3 MBIn this episode, we will highlight the upcoming conservation lecture series, "Hope for the Wild" at Blank Park Zoo and talk with one of the speakers, Russ Benedict about bats in Iowa.
Saving Animals Episode 71: 2018 Year in Review, Part Two
January 10, 2019 22:26 - 29 minutes - 11.6 MBIn our second year in review episode, Shannon McKinney, director of animal care, joins the program to talk about the highlights of the year of Blank Park Zoo's animals.
Saving Animals Episode 70: 2018 Year in Review Part One
January 10, 2019 22:24 - 27 minutes - 11.2 MBIn part one of this show, Mark Vukovich joins the program to talk about what has happened at Blank Park Zoo in 2018.
Saving Animals Episode 69: Aquatics and the Conservation of Aquatic Animals
January 10, 2019 22:22 - 27 minutes - 11 MBAquarium supervisor Dana Lain talks to the show about the conservation of aquatic animals.
Saving Animals Episode 68: Large Mammals at Blank Park Zoo
January 10, 2019 22:19 - 28 minutes - 11.6 MBAnimal keeper Christina O'Donnell joins the program to talk about being a large mammal keeper at Blank Park Zoo.
Saving Animals Episode 67: Polk County Conservation
January 10, 2019 22:17 - 28 minutes - 11.4 MBNikki Dunbar talks to us about the programs of Polk County Conservation.
Saving Animals Episode 66: Conservation Fusion
January 10, 2019 22:15 - 27 minutes - 11.1 MBSusie Louis joins the program to talk to us about Conservation Fusion in Madagascar.
Saving Animals Episode 65:Cultivating empathy to save wildlife
January 10, 2019 22:13 - 27 minutes - 11 MBKathayoon Khalil talks to us about cultivating empathy to save wildlife.
Saving Animals Episode 64: The science of behavior change in conservation
January 10, 2019 22:06 - 29 minutes - 11.6 MBAmielle DeWan joins the program to talk about changing behavior in conservation to help save species.
Saving Animals Episode 63: Houston Zoo and AZA Conference
January 10, 2019 22:00 - 28 minutes - 11.4 MBWe talk with Renee Bumpus from the Houston Zoo and we also talk about the AZA Conference in Seattle.
Saving Animals Episode 62: Aquariums and Ocean Conservation at Blank Park Zoo with Alex and Zach
January 10, 2019 21:57 - 26 minutes - 10.6 MBTwo of our aquarists, Alex and Zach join the program to talk about taking care of the zoo's aquariums and how you can help save aquatic wildlife.
Saving Animals Episode 61: Blank Park Zoo Inclusion Committee
September 26, 2018 21:53 - 27 minutes - 11.1 MBSam Collision joins the program to talk about Blank Park Zoo's inclusion committee and making the zoo friendly and fun to visit for those with sensory needs.
Saving Animals Episode 60: Harbor Seal Baby
September 20, 2018 00:00 - 28 minutes - 11.5 MBWe talk with Katie Lothrop and Kelsey Kovacevich about a new baby in the seal and sea lion pool.
Saving Animals Episode 59: Non-Lead Hunting Education
August 16, 2018 00:00 - 29 minutes - 11.7 MBJessie Lowry and Angela Tague talk about hunting without lead
Saving Animals Episode 58: Plant Grow Fly and the Monarch Festival
August 09, 2018 00:00 - 27 minutes - 11.1 MBLearn about Blank Park Zoo's Plant.Grow.Fly.
Saving Animals Episode 57: Save the Nautilus Part 2
August 02, 2018 00:00 - 29 minutes - 12 MBWe follow up are previous talk with Greg Barord and talk his field work with the Nautilus in Tahiti.
Saving Animals Episode 56: Large Mammals at Blank Park Zoo
July 26, 2018 00:00 - 29 minutes - 11.7 MBShalini Babu and Lou Keeley join the program to talk about Blank Park Zoos large mammals
Saving Animals Episode 55: Aylson Garberoglio
July 19, 2018 00:00 - 29 minutes - 11.6 MBAylson Garberoglio talks about being a small mammals keeper at Blank Park Zoo.
Saving Animals Episode 54: Neil Hamilton
July 12, 2018 00:00 - 29 minutes - 11.7 MBNeil Hamilton, professor of law and director of the Drake Agricultural Law Center joins the program to talk about conservation of land in Iowa.
Saving Animals Episode 53: Group Creative Services
July 05, 2018 00:00 - 29 minutes - 12 MBWe are talking art and conservation with Group Creative Services
Saving Animals Episode 52: Gary Huber
June 28, 2018 00:00 - 27 minutes - 11.1 MBGary Huber from the Iowa Food Cooperative talks to us about the benefits of food cooperatives.
Saving Animals Episode 51: Bats
June 21, 2018 00:00 - 29 minutes - 11.8 MBBridie Nixon joins the program to talk about bats in Iowa.
Saving Animals Episode 50: Save the Nautilus
June 14, 2018 00:00 - 28 minutes - 11.5 MBGreg Barord with Save the Nautilus joins the program to tell us what a Nautilus is and how we can help save it.
Saving Animals Episode 49: Warren County Conservation
June 07, 2018 00:00 - 27 minutes - 11 MBKaren Johlas-Szalkowski from Warren County Conservation talks with us.
Saving Animals Episode 48: Seals and Sea Lions
May 31, 2018 00:00 - 27 minutes - 11.1 MBAnimal Keeper Jeni Kovac joins the program to talk about her conservation field experience.