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55 acres, includes touch tank, live native animals, Lenoir Memorial Hospital Health & Science Museum, planetarium and campgrounds North Carolina Arboretum: Asheville: Buncombe: Western: 434 acres, arboretum and botanical garden, 10 miles of hiking and biking trails, youth and adult nature programs North Carolina Estuarium: Washington: Beaufort ...
Carolina Tiger Rescue is a nonprofit wildcat sanctuary in Pittsboro, North Carolina, that offers public tours and field trips and is home to rescued tigers, lions, cougars, leopards, caracals, servals, bobcats and other wild animals. Over 20,000 visitors come to the sanctuary each year for guided tours, field trips, summer camps, volunteering ...
It can house up to 60 animals that can be released into the 69-acre (28 ha) Duke Forest if weather permits. The second building was completed in 2010 and is a 20,637-square-foot (1,917.2 m 2) facility (including exterior animal runs) with 9,883 square feet (918.2 m 2) of interior space. Together, they are able to house 140 lemurs.
Farmshire Animal Sanctuary, a home for rescued animals such as pigs, llamas and chickens, is bouncing back from Helene thanks to its founder’s resourcefulness and the support of fellow animal ...
Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge is a national wildlife refuge located on North Carolina's Pea Island, a coastal barrier island and part of a chain of islands known as the Outer Banks, adjacent to Cape Hatteras National Seashore. The sanctuary is located 10 miles (16 km) south of Nags Head, North Carolina on NC 12.
The Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge is a 152,000-acre (620 km 2) National Wildlife Refuge located in eastern North Carolina along the Atlantic Coast. It was established on March 14, 1984, to preserve and protect a unique wetland habitat type—the pocosin—and its associated wildlife species.
A Raleigh based nonprofit is preparing dozens of golden doodles and retrievers for their forever homes after their rescue from a breeding compound. 47 dogs rescued from backyard breeder, animal ...
The refuge hosts 214 species of birds, including 88 breeding resident species and the largest inland heron rookery in the state; white-tailed deer; one of the largest natural wild turkey populations in North Carolina; and a remnant population of black bear along with numerous small game and a diversity of fish species, including the endangered ...