The zoo is closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day & News Year’s Day. Surrounded by water, the wildlife-centered Kodiak Brown Bear Center, showcases one of the. WILDWOOD PARK: 6:00 AM – 10:30 PM YEAR ROUND Kodiak Brown Bear Center Suggested duration: 4 nights The 1.9m acres of Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge is home to this classic Alaskan Native lodge situated on Kodiak Island in the middle of Karluk Lake. LARGE ANIMAL DRIVE: 6:00 AM – 10:30 PM YEAR ROUND Labor Day - October 31 Daily, 7:30am - 6:00pm Memorial Day - Labor Day Daily, 7:30am-7:30pm Over 2,500 votes were received, with the overwhelming majority choosing Munsey & Boda, honoring Mike Munsey, who was instrumental in rescuing the cubs, and Nate Svoboda, the wildlife biologist who nursed them back to health.Īpril 1 - Memorial Day Daily, 7:30am - 6:00pm
A 15-foot-wide glass viewing window encourages up-close and personal bear encounters, and provides shade and shelter for visitors.Īfter the new JP Adler Kodiak Bear Exhibit was completed, and Marshfield welcomed the cubs to their new home, everyone in the community suggested names, and the top 6 were presented via survey to the public. Our 65 & 95 gallon curbside refuse containers are a cost-effective solution for communities looking to bear-proof their waste-management programs. Svoboda found the cubs hiding under a bed in the cabin, exhausted and frightened, and accompanied them to the Alaska Zoo, where they were fed, cared for and nursed back to health.Īs one of the few zoos in the “lower 48” to be an adopted home to the Kodiak bear, Wildwood Zoo created an environment for our bears that rivals exhibits in much larger cities, such as San Diego or Milwaukee, using bridges to connect habitats in a relatively new design. Tim, along with Brandon and Harry, brought the cubs back to one of Munsey’s cabins, where they stayed overnight until biologist Nate Svoboda could reach them the following day. After discovering their mother had been shot, Mike Munsey contacted the Alaska Department of Fish & Game and was authorized to rescue the cubs. Luckily Tim, a guide from the Munsey’s Bear Camp, which provides family-friendly bear viewing and photographic experiences, had been watching them with a spotting scope. With the sow dead, the cubs had almost no chance of survival in the wild. At 4 months old, brown bear cubs are almost entirely dependent on their mother for food and protection, and only about half make it to adulthood. Although brown bear hunting in Kodiak is open through mid-May, it’s never legal to kill a sow with cubs. However, their story started 5 months earlier, when the cubs’ mother was illegally shot and killed by an unguided hunter. In October of 2015, the Wildwood Zoo welcomed Munsey & Boda, twin Kodiak bear cubs from Alaska. Read on to learn how Kodiak bears Munsey & Boda came to live in Marshfield! Bear Beginnings
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