Island Fox Awareness Day This Weekend !

How small is an island fox?
Who has bigger ears, an island fox or a fennec?
How do you fit a radio tracking collar on a wild island fox?

Discover these answers and more at the annual

Santa Barbara Zoo 
Island Fox Awareness Day

Sunday, February 19

11 AM - 3 PM

See the Zoo's two young brother island foxes. They were rescued from San Clemente Island as abandoned pups.

 

Friends of the Island Fox (2/18/17 Update - we will not be at the Zoo due to the weather) will have booths and activities:

• Balance the Island Fox's Island Ecosystem
• Learn How A Wild Island Fox Receives a Health Check

There will be other crafts and activities and the Animal Care Staff has scheduled the following:

• 11 AM Island Fox Talk with Vet Technician
• 11:30 AM Island Fox Talk with Animal Care Staff and enrichment
• 12 PM Island Fox Talk with Animal Care Staff and enrichment
• 1 PM Fennec Talk with Animal Care Staff and enrichment
• 1:30 PM Fennec Talk with Animal Care Staff and enrichment

African fennecs

Come enjoy a day of foxes.

All activities included with Zoo admission. Rain may cancel. (Friends of the Island Fox will not be at the Zoo because of the weather 2/18/17 Update)

Island Fox at Santa Barbara Zoo

Join Friends of the Island Fox at the

 Santa Barbara Zoo

Fox Festival

Sunday, February 15th

11am - 3pm

The Santa Barbara Zoo provides a home to Channel Island foxes that are unable to survive in the wild. Throughout the recovery of endangered island foxes, the zoo's Veterinary staff and Animal Care staff have participated in conservation efforts across the islands and have helped write the book on how to care for this rare California species.

Currently there are only five island foxes in captivity and two of them live at the Santa Barbara Zoo. If you can't visit the Channel Islands, this is the closest location in southern California to see a live island fox.

On Sunday, February 15th, we will be helping the Santa Barbara Zoo celebrate all foxes. Included with zoo admission:

• Fox related activities and crafts
• Channel Island fox information booth with biofacts
• Keeper talks and animal enrichment throughout the day

Come meet the Channel Island fox. Compare it to the African fennec fox. Decide for yourself with one is smaller. Which one has the largest ears? How is their coloring adapted for their habitat?

Purchase an island fox pin, T-shirt, guide, or stuffed animal from the FIF booth and help support island fox conservation!

Come to the Fox Festival

Where can you see island foxes and learn more about them without taking a trip to the Channel Islands?

At the...

Santa Barbara Zoo

Fox Festival

Sunday, Feb. 16th 2014

11 AM - 3 PM

Friends of the Island Fox invites you to join us in celebrating FOXES !

There will be activities, crafts, Keeper Talks, and an opportunity to see Channel Island foxes and compare them with the Zoo's new African fennec foxes. 

What do these two species of tiny foxes have in common? Which has the bigger ears? Which eats insects?

The Santa Barbara Zoo is also home to several bald eagles. 

Come out and join the Fox Fun. Friends of the Island Fox will have a booth with current island fox information and fox related activities.