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Elmiras Wildlife

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About Me


Myspace LayoutsHi! My name is Elmira and I have a wildlife sanctuary named after me - Elmira's Wildlife Sanctuary, Inc. We are a 501c3 non-profit corporation that provides food, shelter, health care and enrichment to homeless wildlife - primarily large animals.
I'm a North American Black Bear and I'm not really 99 years old - I'm 5! I was raised by the founders of the sanctuary, Ted & Robin. Robin still takes care of me and plays with me, along with everyone else here.
I have lots of friends at the sanctuary, including my mom & dad, Buck & Pansy. We like to eat cookies, marshmallows & hot dogs but our caretakers make us eat mostly dog food & fruit. Bummer
Some of my pals here include Casper & Aries the lions, and Little Al & Shadow - my white tiger friends. And there are a whole bunch more of my friends here too! I have people friends here too - I especially love my Aunt Dar.
In addition to our big cats (lions, tigers, leopards) we also have smaller cats, bears, wolves and birds. And odds and ends of other critters pass through. You never know what you'll find at Elmira's!

My Interests

Lions, tigers & bears, oh my!

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who can help us continue to feed and care for the animals. We need money and volunteers!



Cool Slideshows

Music:

The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Aries' favorite)
Eye of the Tiger
What's New Pussycat?

Movies:

No time for movies, gotta feed the animals!

Television:

See movies... or look at pictures instead

Cool Slideshows!

Books:

See movies again...

Heroes:

Ted Greenwood, our founder
David Kitchen who built the facility
Dr. Schotman who gives great advice at a great price
Carrie Krumroy who served in Iraq and now gives all her spare time to the animals.

My Blog

We have to move NOW!!!

We have to be off our existing property by March 15!Yep, the you-know-what has hit the fan.  The property owner has decided we have to be off the property by March 15.  Yes, like in 2 weeks....
Posted by Elmiras Wildlife on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 05:21:00 PST

We gotta move - But we can do tours!!

Got Land??As you know, the property owner and one of the guys who started Elmira's, died over the summer.  Well, his widow has decided that she wants us off the property and is giving us a year t...
Posted by Elmiras Wildlife on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 02:18:00 PST

Our Founder passes away and the state dings us for 10 grand

Our Founder Passes and the state dings us for 10 grand  Most of you know the story of Ted Greenwood and David Kitchen and how they started Elmira's.  Last year everything was turned upside d...
Posted by Elmiras Wildlife on Sat, 07 Jul 2007 01:28:00 PST

Big Doin's at Elmira's - WE GOT USDA CERTIFICATION!

Greetings from Elmira!A lot has happened since I last blogged.  Some of it has been FANTASTIC and some of it has been very sad.The BIG news - We received USDA Certification on January 17, 2007.&n...
Posted by Elmiras Wildlife on Sat, 10 Feb 2007 04:55:00 PST

Happy Halloween from Elmira, Cheyenne & the rest of the gang!

 Happy Halloween Well, it's time for a new season.  Daylight savings time ends today, the snowbirds are returning (sort of like the buzzards returning to Hinkley, Ohio) and the Halloween pa...
Posted by Elmiras Wildlife on Sat, 28 Oct 2006 04:27:00 PST

UPDATE - Cheyenne needs your prayers - and help!

Saturday - Sept. 30 - 8 p.m. edt UPDATE!  -  Cheyenne is "resting comfortably" now.  So far she hasn't had to have the surgery.  The vet (Dr. Schotman - our hero) thinks she passed...
Posted by Elmiras Wildlife on Sat, 30 Sep 2006 06:49:00 PST

A bit of leopard trivia

There is no such thing as a Black Panther So do you like my black leopard skin?  Myspacepimper will tell ya it's a black panther.  But there is no such thing as a black panther.  They a...
Posted by Elmiras Wildlife on Sat, 23 Sep 2006 10:01:00 PST