Thank you to Mike, who worked hard on the winter dens for the bears.
They spent a majority of their time cozy in the hay.

Thank you to all of the wonderful people that came to the sanctuary today. The animals were so happy to receive new enrichments and toys.

It was a wonderful success and hope that you will return for The Christmas treats on December 19, 2009.

Thanks again,


Staff and the animals at the Sanctuary

I wanted to say thank you to everyone who is working together to make the "New Beginining" a success. All of the support and dedication from the staff and most importantly our supporters, has made an amazing difference. We hope everyone had a wonderful thanksgiving.

We look forward to the Holiday events and hope that everyone can visit the animals to see how happy everyone is.

Thank you !

Staff and the animals.

Welcome to our first blog from Talley Road. While the Leslie Road facility is open to the public, the 102-acres here are not. Therefore, we would like to use this blog to introduce you to the many wonderful animals that call Talley home. There are several different species here including chimpanzees and other non-human primates, tigers, leopards, bears and hoof stock.

I recently took this picture of Lex, our Arctic Fox. He was brought to the WAO after being found outside of an apartment complex here in San Antonio. He is now enjoying his new enclosure where he has room to run and plenty of hollow tree trunks to hide in and under. Foxes also love to dig so we needed to make sure he couldn't dig out. We put mesh on the ground and then covered it up with over a foot of dirt. So now he can dig to his heart's content!