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Wednesday July 20, 2005
Exeter Times Advocate
Grand Bend's Pineridge Zoo celebrates 35 years
Thirty-five years ago
Corrie and Ted Relouw
opened Pineridge Zoo
on Highway 21, two
miles south of Grand
Bend. The family -run
operation continues to
attract the young and
young at heart. The
zoo sits on 40 acres of
land covered with nat-
ural foilage and trails.
Left: Katherine Witty
of Chatham feeds
African Pygmy Goats.
Right: Ringtail Lemurs
are only found on
Madagascar Island off
the African Coast.
(photos/Stephanie
Mandziuk)
Above: A Brush Wolf keeps cool on a hot summer
day. Below: The Patagonian Cavy belongs to the
rodent family and is native to Patagonia. It can run
very fast and is known to leapup to six feet. The ani-
mal nests in burrows and a female will have one to
three offspring at a time.
Above: A Siberian Tiger, the biggest member of the
cat family, strikes a relaxing pose. It's an endangered
species with less than 5,000 living in the wild. Below:
Logan Long of Brussels celebrates his second birth-
day at the zoo with his dad Troy and mom Tracey (not
shown).
Far left: Katie Landry of London feeds a Blue -eared
Pheasant, native to northwest China. Centre:
African Crested porcupines are curious about visi-
tors. Above centre: An ostrich has no fear of the
camera or photographer. Ostriches are the largest
birds and can live up to 70 years in captivity and the
wild. Their powerful legs are their main defense
against natural enemies and if cornered they can
deliver powerful blows. Ostrichs can achieve speeds
of up to 65 km per hour. Above: Degus look like
gerbils and are highly social creatures. They live in
burrows and by digging communally, are able to con-
struct larger and more elaborate burrows than they
could on their own. They are native to Chile and are
part of the rodent family.