>>
>> WE
>> WE ARE
>> WE ARE CONTINUING TO HIGHLIGHT SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE IN DIRE NEED DURING THIS
TIME WILD WONDERS THEY ARE IN
DANGER OF BECOMING ENDANGERED
BECAUSE OF THE LATEST STAY AT
HOME ORDERS.
>> IT IS DEVASTATING TO THESE
SMALL BUSINESSES AND ITS
WILDLIFE EDUCATION FACILITIES.
SO WITH ME THIS MORNING TO PUT
ALL THE CONFUSION TO REST YOU
GUYS ARE OPEN.
YOU NEED SOMEHOW WE'VE GOT
KIMBERLY AND JACKIE.
SO GOOD MORNING GUYS.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING, CHAD.
THANKS FOR HAVING ON.
YEAH.
AND YOU GUYS ARE I MEAN YOU
WERE TELLING ME YOU ARE HANGING
ON BY A THREAD LIKE MOST PEOPLE
ARE RIGHT NOW.
YEAH, IT'S IT'S BEEN A LONG
NINE MONTHS OF OF HANGING IN
THERE AND THIS HAS BEEN
EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.
YOU KNOW WE'RE WE'RE A LITTLE
BIT DIFFERENT THAN OTHER
BUSINESSES.
WE DO HAVE YOU KNOW, OUR FIXED
COSTS LIKE EVERY BUSINESS DOES
BUT OUR FIXED COSTS HAVE TO GO
TO THE VET.
YOU KNOW, THEY NEED QUALITY
FEED QUALITY, YOU KNOW,
STAFFING TO GIVE THEM THE
UTMOST AND CARE.
SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE RIGHT NOW
THIS IS NOW BECOME DIRE WITH
THIS MOST RECENT SHUTDOWN THAT
WE'VE HAD.
>> OKAY.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GET TO
SPECIFICALLY THAT PEOPLE CAN
HELP AND YOU KNOW WHERE THEY
CAN GO FOR MORE INFORMATION.
BUT I KNOW YOU'VE GOT SOME
SPECIAL GUESTS THAT YOU WANT TO
SHOW OFF THIS MORNING.
WE DO.
WE HAVE A LITTLE FRIEND BACK
HERE, ONE OF OUR FAMILY MEMBERS
.
THIS IS NOKI AND SNOWPACKS OUR
NORTH AMERICAN PORCUPINE.
SHE IS ONE OF THE ANIMALS
THAT'S FEATURED DURING OUR
TOURS DURING THE DAY AS WELL AS
OUR SPECIAL WINTER WONDERS
TOURS THAT ARE DOING FOR ONE
FAMILY HOUSEHOLD DURING THE
NIGHT WHERE WE HAVE ALL OF OUR
CHRISTMAS LIGHTS ON, EVERYBODY
CAN COME OUT AND ENJOY A LITTLE
BIT OF HOLIDAY CHEER ONE
HOUSEHOLD AT A TIME AND THAT'S
THE KEY.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE
CONCERNED ABOUT STRANGERS
AROUND.
>> RIGHT, RIGHT.
THERE'S JUST ONE EDUCATOR WITH
THAT HOUSEHOLD.
THEY ARE SOCIAL DISTANCING BY
10 FEET AND WE ARE WEARING
MASKS THE ENTIRE TIME WE'RE OUT
AND OF COURSE IT IS ALL
OUTDOORS ON OVER FIVE ACRES.
>> IS THERE ANOTHER GUEST THAT
YOU HAVE JOINING US?
WE DO KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BRING
OUT OTIS.
OTIS IT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF OUR
RESCUES THAT WE HAD HERE.
HE WAS FOUND IN THE SIDE ROAD
AND ONE OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS
PICKED HIM UP AND NOW WILD
WONDERS PROVIDES A HOME FOR
HE'S ONE OF OUR AMBASSADORS.
SO THIS IS OTIS WE'D LIKE TO
COME.
OTIS BONILLA, HE IS A HUGE
BUNNY AND HE'S A SUPER SUPER
FUN BUDDY THAT WE USE FOR A LOT
OF OUR PRE-K PROGRAMS AND
TENDER KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS
BECAUSE HE HAS VERY, VERY
MELLOW, VERY USED TO BEING
HANDLED AND HE'S ACTUALLY
REALLY, REALLY SOFT.
>> SO MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT OTIS
.
HOW BIG IS HE?
HOW MUCH DOES HE WEIGH?
HOW MUCH DOES HE EAT?
I MEAN I CAN GO OTIS.
OTIS IS KIND OF LIKE BABY
CINCINNATI.
HE EATS ALL DAY LONG.
OTIS NEVER STOPS EATING.
HE'S HE'S UNFORTUNATELY WAS
PROBABLY A MEAT RABBIT.
EITHER SOMEBODY DUMPED OR
ESCAPED FROM WHATEVER WHATEVER
FARM HE WAS AT AND THERE WAS NO
WAY THIS GUY WAS GOING TO
SURVIVE ON THE SIDE OF A ROAD
IF THE CAR DIDN'T GET HIM,
PIETIES WOULD HAVE GOTTEN HIM
IN.
SO OTIS IS ALMOST ABOUT TEN
POUNDS.
OH HE LOOKS COOL.
LOOKS A LITTLE BIT BIGGER THAN
THAT.
OTIS HE MAY BE A LITTLE BIT
MORE PORTLY THAN THAT.
IT'S MUSCLE IT'S THAT MUSCLE
MASS LIKE REALLY JACKIE I WANT
WHERE CAN PEOPLE GO IF THEY'VE
NEVER COME TO VISIT YOU WHERE
YOU LOCATED, WHERE CAN THEY GET
MORE INFORMATION?
I KNOW YOU'VE GOT LIKE GREETING
CARDS REALLY WANT HELP PUSH
THESE GIFT CARDS OR IF PEOPLE
DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE NOW THEY
CAN GO LATER AND VISIT YOU
GUYS.
ABSOLUTELY.
GUYS. ABSOLUTELY. IF PEOPLE ARE NOT COMFORTABLE
NOW WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO GO TO
WILD WONDER STARTALK YOU COULD
PURCHASE A GIFT CARD TO USE FOR
ANY TIME.
WE ALSO ALL KINDS OF
MERCHANDISE SO WE HAVE ANIMAL
OPERATIVE PAINTINGS, T-SHIRTS,
JEWELRY AND THEN OF COURSE
WE'RE OFFERING ALL KINDS OF FUN
VIRTUAL PROGRAMS FOR FAMILIES
AND KIDS.
IF YOU HAVE FAMILY OUT ON THE
EAST COAST AND YOU WANT THEM TO
JOIN WITH THAT, WE CAN DO OUR
HOLIDAY GREETINGS BIRTHDAY
GREETINGS.
WE ALSO HAVE A ZOO WALK ON THE
WILD SIDE WILDLIFE PROGRAMS AS
WELL.
YOU GUYS ARE SUCH A WONDERFUL
FACILITY AND I KNOW WE SAY THIS
EVERY DAY ON THE NEWS BUT WE
CAN USE OUR PLATFORM TO HELP
SMALL BUSINESSES LIKE YOU GUYS
EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES I SO I
WANT YOU GUYS TO SURVIVE.
SO I HOPE THAT PEOPLE COME