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Carnivore Preservation Trust
Features videos, photos, and general information about the endangered carnivores living on this preserve.
http://www.cptigers.org
Links
- Cyber Tiger You're a zookeeper that is just about to recieve a Siberian Tiger and it's time to get ready! Students complete a "Tiger Plan" to build its home, make it safe, and plan for its food and even entertainment.
- Wildlife Conservation Society The site links to other sites such as The Bronx Zoo, Queens Zoo, Central Park Zoo, Prospect Zoo Park and the New York Aquarium, which are all part of the Wildlife Conservation Society. Students can find out about animals of the world, species survival, saving wildlife and wild lands through careful science, international conservation, education, and the management of urban wildlife parks. Activities about nature are on this site with a section for kids with games.
- Lesson plan: Animal slide shows! This project is a culmination of a science unit on animals which integrates computer skills, language arts and art. After a study of animals which includes classification, basic needs of animals, animal adaptations, and animal behaviors, the students will use the computer to complete a slide show of one animal they have studied at length.
Related pages
- The Walter B. Jones Sr. Center for The Sounds and the Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge: Students can take a walk on the Scuppernong River Interpretive Boardwalk and participate in an environmental education program at the Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge.
- Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge: An introduction to the refuge containing information about the habitat, native plants, and wildlife species, as well as details about refuge activities, programs, and events.
- Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge: Located in Anson and Richmond counties of North Carolina, the diversity of habitats and management programs supports a broad range of wildlife species, including over 168 birds, 49 amphibians and reptiles, 28 mammals, and 20 fish species.
Learn more
- Learn more about Binturong, Caracal, Chatham County, Leopard, North Carolina, Snow Leopard, biology, carnivores, ecosystems, endangered species, environment, habitats, life science, nature reserves, ocelots, science, and tigers.
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At a 60 acre reserve in Pittsboro, North Carolina, the Carnivore Preservation Trust cares for a population of over 250 representatives from 16 species of threatened carnivores. The Trust engages in no commercial activity of any kind and is open to the public for guided tours.
On this website you will find photos and basic information about some of the animals that can be at the Carnivore Preservation Trust:
- Binturong
- Caracal
- Civet
- Jaguar
- Kinkajou
- Leopard
- Margay
- Ocelot
- Serval
- Snow Leopard
- Tiger
Also be sure to check out the quick videos that give a peek at some of these endangered animals.
For information about visiting the Carnivore Preservation Trust please call (919) 542-4684.