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OTTERLY MAD WEEK
(30 MAY – 5 JUNE 2010)
Help us to Raise Awareness of Otters and their Conservation
2009 saw our first Otterly Mad Week with all sorts of weird and wonderful events around the country in support of otters. If you haven’t given much thought to it yet, then now is the time to get your thinking caps on and start planning what you can do for Otterly Mad Week 2010. Already Kindrogan Field Studies Centre is planning an open day based on otters.
Can you think of unusual and fun ways to help IOSF for this week? Get together with friends and organise something for you and others to enjoy, while raising funds for IOSF’s work with otters at the same time.
Here are some photos of three of last year’s events and below you will find out what's going on this year.
We’d love to know what you’re planning, so we can put it on this website. Also remember to take loads of photos so that we can show everyone what has been going on afterwards.
FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON:
ALL OVER THE UK
Sea Life Centres at Loch Lomond, Oban, Scarborough, Weymouth and Birmingham are joining in the fun for this week. They have various events planned which include:
- Otter face painting
- Otter badge making
- Sponsored silence
- Auction animal care team to eat bugs
- Otter Quiz
- Pay to see an otter on trampoline (mascot otter)
- Sponsored bike ride
- Otter Hunt (find the cuddly otter toy and win a prize)
Friday 4th June - The National Seal Sanctuary in Gweek, Cornwall
Will be helping to raise money for IOSF's Furget-Me-Not campaign when the staff will be taking part in a gruesome bug-munching event. The more money being raised - the worse and more disgusting bugs the staff will eat! So get down to Gweek and support this 'brave' event.
SCOTLAND
Otterly Mad Week – find out more about Kindrogan’s wildlife neighbours: otters, red squirrels and lots more. Part of the International Otter Survival Fund week of events.
Kindrogan Field Centre, Enochdhu 12pm – 4pm
Free; pre-booking essential: phone 01250 870150
Further details: Martyn Jamieson - email martyn.jamieson.kd@field-studies-council.org
- Otter fun afternoon at Portree Primary School
Grace Yoxon from IOSF will be at Portree Primary School for an Otterly Fun afternoon.
ENGLAND
- Kiera Munday-Prime will be busking in Stockton-on-Tees with her dad and support from her toy otter collection.
- Grace Onions will be having an otters picnic (mackerel sandwiches, in case you were wondering) at The Grove, Carshalton on Friday 4th June and playing a few otter games to support Otterly Mad week. There will be a colouring competition, otter masks to colour in and wear and hopefully an otter chasing game.
USA
ROOS-N-MORE ZOO Otterly Mad Week Festivities! Located between Las Vegas and Mesquite in rural Moapa, Nevada. Exit #90 off interstate I-15 north. www.roosnmore.org tel: 702-467-3585
- Storytime at local librariesVolunteers will pick a library near them and work with that facility to set up a time where they will read "Utterly Otterly Day". After or before the storytime they will talk about Snork and Sushi and discuss the International Otter Survival Fund and it's work.
- Otterly Mad Tea Party - Wednesday June 2nd
A mad hatter themed tea party will be held at Roos-N-MoreZoo and the event will begin at 6pm. A silent auction will start at 6:30pm and end at 7:30pm and the main event will end at 8pm. Admission will be $5/person. Activities will include pictures with Snork, behavioral enrichment presentations, a silent auction, and refreshments. Guests will be encouraged to dress up in their most creative Otterly Mad costumes! Proceeds will benefit Snork and Sushi and the International Otter Survival Fund!
- Otterly Mad Zoo Day - Sunday June 6th
This will be a regular zoo day with an emphasis on otter conservation. We will have someotter paintings available for purchase and the proceeds will benefit IOSF!
THE HOUSTON ZOO, located in Houston, Texas, in nestled in the heart of Herman Park, just minutes away from downtown. Opened in 1922 and currently spanning 55 acres, the Houston Zoo is home to over 4,500 animals.
The Houston Zoo is excited to host our first Otterly Mad Week celebration this year Sunday, May 30 to Saturday, June 5. We are home to two Asian Small-Clawed Otters (Aonyx cinereus) named Hope and Jenny, and two North American River Otters (Lontra canadensis) named Wednesday and Ariel. During Otterly Mad Week, the Houston Zoo will be showcasing both of our otter species by offering our guests special opportunities to meet the otter keepers and ask questions and to hear otter-themed stories.
Occurring daily during Otterly Mad Week:
- 10:00 a.m. Asian Small-Clawed Otter Keeper Chat in Natural Encounters
- 10:30 a.m. Otter Story Time in the Butterfly Pavilion
- 11:00 a.m. North American River Otter Keeper Chat in the McGovern Children's Zoo
- 2:30 p.m. North American River Otter Keeper Chat in the McGovern Children's Zoo
Otter Conservation Table
- Sunday, May 30 and Saturday, June 5 ONLY
9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
For the weekend we've added even more activities! Stop by the Otter Conservation Table in the Children’s Zoo and put your creativity to work decorating an otter-themed craft. You can also enter to win one of several original paintings done by our otters or a behind-the-scenes otter tour! Funds raised will benefit otter conservation.
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