Time for Change

The City of Chippewa Falls is in the process of building a new exhibit complex for the bobcats, cougar, and black bears.  Their outdated cages are obsolete and must be replaced to ensure the humane containment of the animals placed there.

The construction of the 5,000 square foot bear enclosure was completed in 2005 and the bears moved to their new enclosure.  Funds for this project came from many sources as well as donated labor hours and materials to help reduce the cost.  

With the help of your contribution, our organization has been able to donate over $150,000 for this project. We’ve come a long way but still have a challenge ahead of us.  The bobcat and cougar exhibits will cost approximately $500,000. The building that will house the interior holding cages, as well as the maintenance and prep areas was completed in Fall 2005.  The expensive part of this project will be the outside habitat area including the themescape and the special netting that is needed to keep these large cats in. This project is dependent solely on private donations as no city funds have been allocated for this purpose.  From there we will concentrate on new facilities for the smaller animals. 

Animal causes are often forgotten in trying economic times but their needs remain. Together with the City of Chippewa Falls, our goal is to have the project completed in 2007.   

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