In July 2007, the Zoo was the lucky recipient of 12 (6 male, 6 female) Perdido Key Beach Mice (PKBM) on loan from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. The mice were a combination of the original animals rescued during Hurricane Ivan in the Florida panhandle in 2004 along with their offspring. Although these mice are tucked away behind the scenes, Brevard Zoo has increased this important beach mice to more than 70. Florida Today recently did a video on this project:

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FROM THE FIELD, feedback on soccer uniforms and a new webcam that Brevard Zoo plans to launch next year. The webcam is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Suntree.

Hi Beth,
We had a great happening beginning of October when we delivered the soccer uniforms for the Catholic School in Batoke. Batoke is a village nearby Limbe, which is well known for hunting and eating of bush meat. Drills are found on Mt. Cameroon near Limbe, but they have almost disappeared because of hunting. As the drill is the animal on the shirts, Glenn has done some special education about drills for the children of the classes 4, 5 and 6. On the day of the delivery Glenn did a presentation about drills for the children and their parents. Later this year we will plan a tournament for 'our' team and neighbouring schools.

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In May, Brevard Zoo gave an education suitcase to JACK, an animal sanctuary in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Even though it was the end of the school year, a member of JACK was able to test the suitcase and its contents on kindergarteners.

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