Learn 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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Saving Animals Episode 98: Metro Waste Authority
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Cassie 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.Av Blank Park Zoo
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Saving Animals Episode 96: Staff Conservation Fund - North Carolina
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We talk with Dana from our aquarium team and her filed conservation work in North Carolina with sea turtles.Av Blank Park Zoo
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Saving Animals Episode 95: Staff Conservation Work in Australia
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Supervisor Megan Stegmeir talks about working to save cassowaries in Australia.Av Blank Park Zoo
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Saving Animals Episode 93: Blank Park Zoo's Conservation Efforts
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Jessie and Ryan talk about Blank Park Zoo's conservation efforts and how you can help.Av Blank Park Zoo
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Saving Animals Episode 92: Conservation at the North Carolina Zoo
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Rich Bergl from the North Carolina Zoo talks to us about their conservation initiatives.Av Blank Park Zoo
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Saving Animals Episode 91: Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge
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Jessie and Ryan talk to Patrick, a park ranger from the Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge.Av Blank Park Zoo
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Saving Animals: Episode 90: Dream School 2.0
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Susie Louis from Conservation Fusion talks with Jessie about the Madagascar Dream School 2.0Av Blank Park Zoo
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Saving Animals: Episode 89 Blank Park Zoo's Efforts to save animals in natural areas
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Jessie and Angela talk about Blank Park Zoo's efforts to save animals in natural areas.Av Blank Park Zoo
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Saving Animals Episode 88: Volunteer Programs at Blank Park Zoo
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Chris and Erica join the program to talk about volunteering at Blank Park Zoo.Av Blank Park Zoo
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Saving Animals: Episode 87 - Plant.Grow.Fly.
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Jessie quizzes Ryan on his knowledge of the Plant.Grow.Fly. project. You can learn how to protect pollinators, too.Av Blank Park Zoo
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Saving Animals Episode 86: Propagating Corals at Blank Park Zoo
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Aquarist Alex talks about propagating corals and more at Blank Park Zoo.Av Blank Park Zoo
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Saving Animals Episode 85: Saving Orangutans
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In this episode, we talk with Richard Zimmerman from Orangutan Outreach, redapes.org.Av Blank Park Zoo
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Saving Animals Episode 84: Bowling for Rhinos
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On this show, we are talking to three zookeepers about Bowling for Rhinos and ZookeepingAv Blank Park Zoo
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Saving Animals Episode 83: Rhino Calf Born at Blank Park Zoo
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We hear all the details about the rhino calf born at Blank Park Zoo on April 5, 2019.Av Blank Park Zoo
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Mallory Machir talks about her recent field conservation efforts in Costa Rica and conservation efforts with saving the howler monkey.Av Blank Park Zoo
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We 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.Av Blank Park Zoo
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Saving Animals Episode 80: The Ruaha Carnivore Project
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Amy Dickman from the Ruaha Carnivore Project joins us to talk about saving lions and painted dogs in Africa.Av Blank Park Zoo
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Saving Animals Episode 79: The Painted Dog Research Trust
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Zulu from the Painted Dog Research Trust joins us to talk about painted dogs and educating people about conserving painted dogsAv Blank Park Zoo
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Saving Animals Episode 78: Ayana the Rhino is Expecting a Baby
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Ayana the Rhino is expecting and hear all about the exciting baby news from zookeepers Christina and Kayla.Av Blank Park Zoo
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Saving Animals Episode 77: Beth Armstrong and the ZACC Conference part 2
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Jessie interviews Beth Armstrong about the Zoos and Aquariums Committing to Conservation (ZACC) Conference.Av Blank Park Zoo
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Saving Animals Episode 76: Cameras for Conservancy
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We talk with Kristie Burns from Cameras for Conservancy about some of her experiences with photography and the work her organization does for conservation organizations.Av Blank Park Zoo
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Saving Animals Episode 75: Beth Armstrong and the origins of the ZACC Conference
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Beth 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).Av Blank Park Zoo
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Saving Animals Episode 74: Education and the Staff Conservation Fund at Blank Park Zoo
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Mallory 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.Av Blank Park Zoo
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Saving Animals Episode 73: The benefits of spending time in nature
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Jen Riggs from Wander Women on Iowa joins the program to discuss the benefits of spending time in nature.Av Blank Park Zoo
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Saving Animals Episode 72: Russ Benedict
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In 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.Av Blank Park Zoo
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Saving Animals Episode 71: 2018 Year in Review, Part Two
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In 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.Av Blank Park Zoo
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Saving Animals Episode 70: 2018 Year in Review Part One
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In part one of this show, Mark Vukovich joins the program to talk about what has happened at Blank Park Zoo in 2018.Av Blank Park Zoo
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Saving Animals Episode 69: Aquatics and the Conservation of Aquatic Animals
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Aquarium supervisor Dana Lain talks to the show about the conservation of aquatic animals.Av Blank Park Zoo
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Saving Animals Episode 68: Large Mammals at Blank Park Zoo
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Animal keeper Christina O'Donnell joins the program to talk about being a large mammal keeper at Blank Park Zoo.Av Blank Park Zoo
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Saving Animals Episode 67: Polk County Conservation
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Nikki Dunbar talks to us about the programs of Polk County Conservation.Av Blank Park Zoo
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Saving Animals Episode 66: Conservation Fusion
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Susie Louis joins the program to talk to us about Conservation Fusion in Madagascar.Av Blank Park Zoo
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Saving Animals Episode 65:Cultivating empathy to save wildlife
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Kathayoon Khalil talks to us about cultivating empathy to save wildlife.Av Blank Park Zoo
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Saving Animals Episode 64: The science of behavior change in conservation
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Amielle DeWan joins the program to talk about changing behavior in conservation to help save species.Av Blank Park Zoo
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Saving Animals Episode 63: Houston Zoo and AZA Conference
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We talk with Renee Bumpus from the Houston Zoo and we also talk about the AZA Conference in Seattle.Av Blank Park Zoo
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Saving Animals Episode 62: Aquariums and Ocean Conservation at Blank Park Zoo with Alex and Zach
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Two 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.Av Blank Park Zoo
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Saving Animals Episode 61: Blank Park Zoo Inclusion Committee
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Sam 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.Av Blank Park Zoo
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Saving Animals Episode 60: Harbor Seal Baby
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We talk with Katie Lothrop and Kelsey Kovacevich about a new baby in the seal and sea lion pool.Av Blank Park Zoo
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Saving Animals Episode 59: Non-Lead Hunting Education
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Jessie Lowry and Angela Tague talk about hunting without leadAv Blank Park Zoo
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Saving Animals Episode 58: Plant Grow Fly and the Monarch Festival
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Learn about Blank Park Zoo's Plant.Grow.Fly.Av Blank Park Zoo
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Saving Animals Episode 57: Save the Nautilus Part 2
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We follow up are previous talk with Greg Barord and talk his field work with the Nautilus in Tahiti.Av Blank Park Zoo
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Saving Animals Episode 56: Large Mammals at Blank Park Zoo
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Shalini Babu and Lou Keeley join the program to talk about Blank Park Zoos large mammalsAv Blank Park Zoo
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Saving Animals Episode 55: Aylson Garberoglio
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Aylson Garberoglio talks about being a small mammals keeper at Blank Park Zoo.Av Blank Park Zoo
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Saving Animals Episode 54: Neil Hamilton
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Neil Hamilton, professor of law and director of the Drake Agricultural Law Center joins the program to talk about conservation of land in Iowa.Av Blank Park Zoo
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Saving Animals Episode 53: Group Creative Services
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We are talking art and conservation with Group Creative ServicesAv Blank Park Zoo
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Gary Huber from the Iowa Food Cooperative talks to us about the benefits of food cooperatives.Av Blank Park Zoo
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Bridie Nixon joins the program to talk about bats in Iowa.Av Blank Park Zoo
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Saving Animals Episode 50: Save the Nautilus
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Greg Barord with Save the Nautilus joins the program to tell us what a Nautilus is and how we can help save it.Av Blank Park Zoo
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Saving Animals Episode 49: Warren County Conservation
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Karen Johlas-Szalkowski from Warren County Conservation talks with us.Av Blank Park Zoo
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Saving Animals Episode 48: Seals and Sea Lions
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Animal Keeper Jeni Kovac joins the program to talk about her conservation field experience.Av Blank Park Zoo
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Saving Animals Episode 47: Greater Des Moine Botanical Garden
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Kelly Norris from the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden joins the programs to talk about plantsAv Blank Park Zoo
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