Kritterkris:
The day with the kritters
Wild deer aren't suppose to be pets.
Recently we took a trip to a rehabilitation farm called Kritterkris to interview a few people and to find out what it’s like to take care of wild animals. The farm had wild deer, goats, pigs, owls, fox, ducks, roosters, frogs, and raptors.
While we were there we learned some interesting facts about wild animals and how to take care of them.
During the trip we got to sit down with Kris Forsythe, the owner and talk about her patience for what she does.
“I love working with the wild animals. Its hard to give up the job when I've been around them for a long time.” Kris reminisced of her years working with Critters.
Kris has been working with wild animals for 12 years now.
When we started talking about which ones are her favorite to work with, Kris response was immediate “ I love the goats,” she said, “They can get really friendly.”
Kris’s typical day on her job is very interesting .
“Taking care of the animals feeding them and releasing them when its time is pretty much my daily job.”
Kris took us around the barns and showed us the rest of the animals. We took a look at the owls that were out. The owls were very interesting to look at.
This is a Vulture.
Meanwhile as we talked more about the animals we met Destiny, a very nice and friendly girl who works through Work Force. Destiny was asked a few questions to find out what a typical day at her worksite was like.
Destiny explained to us that she helps clean up around the barns and feed the animals.
Talking to Destiny was fun. Knowing that she is a teenager who just got into working this job. “It gets kind of complicated having to chase goats back into the barns all the time” she added. It was impressive. She knew a lot of facts about animals you wouldn't think a person starting off around her age would know.
The trip to see the animals and to know what Kris’s typical day is with her critters was fun. It was a little stinky but the fact that someone has the time and the patience to take care of the wild can be kind of fun to learn about.
“Snap” the friendly goat!
The shelter isn’t Kris’s full time job she works part time there and maintains another job also. If you want to help her out by volunteering for her you can get in touch with her at www.krittrkris.com
Kris is a loving person to be around. She cares about her animals and that can easily be seen through her work.