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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Well, Shepherd, one of my favorite people in the world
is here in the studio with me. Hey, Kylie, good
to see.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
You, Good to see you.
Speaker 1 (00:05):
Happy fortieth there's all well, thank you. I appreciate that.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
There's always great news coming out of the Louisville Zoo
and you're the person who gets it to us all
the time. Did I see this right today that the
mayor announced some new orangutans.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
You did for the first time in nearly thirty years.
We're getting to see new orangutan faces at the zoo.
We have a pair a mother who's thirty eight, her
name is Sumagu and her daughter Kara, who is eight
and I'm sorry seven, and they're pretty distinguishable from the
other two females we have in the other male we have.
So it's going to be some new faces.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
That's what I was wondering, is that is there a
coupling that goes on because there's a male and they.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
There will be So these two come with a breeding recommendation.
For Secrendo, our male and Sumagu, they'll have a breeding
recommendation and hopefully we'll.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
Have Segundo says e. We got a new lady on.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
Hopefully they like each other and we'll have a little bring.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
I went in there years ago. I was doing early
morning TV pieces in there, and I think you may
have been in there with me, But was a Jane
Anne who showed me in there, and she was telling
me they're so strong, they don't understand their strength. So
you she they loved her, they knew she was the
lady that you know, I guess the food, whatever it was,
(01:22):
but she talked about how careful she had to be
because they don't understand if they grabbed your hand, they
crushed the bones in it.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
That's what she always said. Good memory, because Jane Anne
was exactly who that was. And she always used to
tell me that, you know, we don't go in with
them for obvious reasons because like they might be so
they're very curious about us as well. So they're very inquisitive.
They're as curious about us as we are about them.
So they do a lot of observation observation of us.
But they might try to, you know, just kind of
look at your arm and they're so strong they might snap,
(01:51):
but separated from your body right then, you know.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
So, but there are sweet faces. You look at them
and they're like they you can tell they want to communicate.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
Well, you know, Amber is our kind of She's gone
viral selveral times for looking through like she likes to
make people unpack their backpacks or their purses, and she
likes to point at the thing like I want to
see that that item and that item. And I always
say that she's mister calling because she loves to look
at your nails and she will point out if you
have hang nails and she wants you to take care
(02:22):
of them. I've gone down there and painted my nails
with her, just for enrichment, just to sit down and
with her and pat my nails before because she's so
inquisitive about what's happened.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
Right, what are you doing? And how come you're not painting.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
My nails exactly?
Speaker 1 (02:34):
So when are they available for us to see?
Speaker 2 (02:37):
So they are in the habitat now, they'll be in
rotation with the other two females. So males are pretty
dominant in that orangutan world, so we don't we don't. Well,
if we had another male, they wouldn't be together. So
the females will all be together eventually, probably all for
the females. And then sometimes Segunda will join them right
now because of the winter and the temperatures, they're going
(02:58):
to be in the dayroom. So we'll rotate the new
pair samagu and Caro along with Amber and Bella and
Segundo in that day room.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
Is it typical behavior for the females to just get
along when they cut or that is that a sorting
out issue too?
Speaker 2 (03:11):
Well, I mean with every animal group we have. We
so every animal, new animal that we get has a
standard thirty day quarantines. So they come in, we want
to make sure they're healthy so that you know, there's
nothing that they might give to the other cores in
the exhibit or in the habitat, so they have a
standard thirty to quarantine. Once they once they get through that,
they do some acclimation to their keepers, to the spaces,
so they work through the various spaces and if there
(03:33):
are other animals, standard do them too. That's also an acclamation.
So we're that's our next phase. We've introduced them to
the spaces that they'll be in. They know they're bedroom
marry as well, they know the you know, the habitat
in the dayroom now and then we'll be slowly but
surely kind of introducing them to Amber and Bella. They've
they've been in the back with them obviously, but and
eventually they'll be together, hopefully.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
I just find all that fascinating.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
It is it's you know, our keepers we use opera
conditioning with you know, with our with their animals and
everything that we introduced an animal to. It's a process,
you know, even if it's if it's noise, we'll make
you know, make sure that they know what that noise is.
If they're going to encounter it, we want them to
know what it is, and then that's not harmful.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
I remember when the elephants were leaving, still sad about that,
but but you guys were talking about slowly introducing them
to the little ramp they were going to walk up
to get on a truck, just teach, just hey, take
a look at this next day, come back put you
go ahead. You want to feel that go ahead?
Speaker 2 (04:26):
Yeah, And that's exactly it was step by step and
moment by moment, and and the things that they would
encounter on the on the trip, you know, the sounds,
the the sounds of the doors even and just being
comfortable in there so that they knew that it was
safe when we asked them to get in there on
the day.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
Now they're living their best life in a sanctuary in Tennessee.
Speaker 2 (04:44):
And we get updates from the sanctuary a lot. And
that sanctuary is in Tennessee, of course, and we we
you know, we're always on there checking on them and
we miss them too, but it was for that point
in their life. This is the best thing.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
Oh, that's so cool. I'm so glad. Yeah, well, I'm
so happy we have new orang a tons hands. It's
not there's not a g on the end. I know
people say it o rang a tang, But that's awesome
and I'm looking forward to seeing them. Also, I saw
there was an advisor that came, I think out of
your office today celebrate the season with the very happy holiday. Yeah,
(05:18):
what does that mean.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
Well, we've got three weekends in December where we're going
to have animal enrichment this weekend, next weekend, the thirteenth, fourteenth,
and the twenty twenty first. So we're going to celebrate
the season and the winter holiday and give the animals
some holiday enrichment that might be you know, food puzzles
that are holiday oriented in the holiday or Christmas Tree
enrichment so that they can engage with that or other items.
(05:40):
So we'll be giving those to them, and there's a
schedule on our website. You can take a look at
see what animal when in. Your favorite animal is going
to get there enrichment. And then we're going to fold
in Santa and Missus Claws are making a last minute
stop at the zoo the twenty and twenty first for photos,
so you will fold them into that celebration that third weekend.
Speaker 1 (05:57):
Fantastic. Now, Kyle Shepherd, she's the zoo Queen, that's what
we call her, but she's also my partner in the
Whas Crew Safe for Children and you help us raise money.
And here it is your twenty twenty six firefighter calendar.
You put this together, yes, sir, it's a passion project.
I know you love photography and these photos are stunning.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
Oh, thank you, thank you.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
You did great work. These firefighters are the one with
this puppy from Georgetown's that's just great. But you have
all your firefighter friends. I bet it was easy to
get models.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
Wasn't it. Well the first year no.
Speaker 1 (06:30):
But now they get it. It's like, oh it's cool.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
Now they get it, and they do. And I've had
people who want to be a part of it. So
that's nice to be at the position where I'm not
asking people and begging people to be in it.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
They're and look, there's Dana. She's a Metro Safe nine
one one person.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
Yeah. So our calendar this year is it's not just
the you know, the firefighter men, it's the men and
women of our community who are in the fire service.
And for instance, Dana is a call taker at Louisville
Metro Safe nine one one, and she was one of
the first call takers.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
To take the Old World Horrible Bank.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
So we wanted to honor her put her in there
because she truly is the first responder. She's the person
you call first.
Speaker 1 (07:06):
You bet. There's my buddy Josh from Anchorage, Middletown, Kevin
Culver from Jaytown. All these guys look cool, they're mine.
And this one with the kids with the bridge in
the background is just a prize winner.
Speaker 2 (07:19):
Those guys and their kids, I that day was a
great photo shoot, and I just wanted to you know,
their parents. These guys and these men and women are
parents and they have families that you know.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
For those of you who remember there was a semi
tractor trailer cabin. The tractor was hanging off the side
of the bridge, and the firefighters rigged up a rescue
that was brilliant, brilliantly executed, seeing around the world saving
that woman who was driving the truck. She somebody got
in her path and she had to swerve. It was
all a horrible story which turned out Okay, it's amazing.
Speaker 2 (07:50):
And these guys, you know, they train, They've all told me.
I've been educated a whole lot about the fire service,
which I love. And they train for the worst case
scenario so that when the worst care stiner.
Speaker 1 (07:59):
It's not a wellcause you're sitting around having a morning coffee,
all of a sudden, what yeah, what they need us on
the Clark bredge right now, going in there set up
that rigging. There's a truck just dangling over the river.
That woman was in there praying, thinking she'd be dead
at any second when that tractor would separate from the trailer.
Speaker 2 (08:16):
I can't even I can't imagine. Oh my god, I
cannot even imagine.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
So but yeah, we saw that all around the world
and people were just stunned at how they carried that
off that rescue off to perfection. And so there's your heroes.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
My heroes exactly sitting there.
Speaker 1 (08:30):
With the bridge in the background. That is a great photo.
Speaker 2 (08:33):
I wanted to make them the month of June and
two Bryce Card and it's Bryce cardon, Joe Barrow and
Michael Ran and they were all part of that rescue
of course, and Bryce his little girl is one of
our Crusade kids, and so it was meaningful for me
to put them in the June because that's Crusade month.
Of course.
Speaker 1 (08:48):
How do people get our twenty twenty six Firefighter calendar
for the Cruiser, Well, you can get.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
It online at Whscrusade dot org. But also you can
get it this Sunday at the Oxmore Center. We are
going to be at Center Court for a moss for
a calendar signing. So coming out it's fifteen dollars. Some
of the guys, most of the guys that are in
the calendar, most of the minute women that are in
the calendar are going to be there. You can meet
and greet them and get your calendar signed. It makes
an excellent stocking stuffer. It's a January through December calendar
(09:14):
and they are fire tips in there too. I wanted
to make.
Speaker 1 (09:16):
It not only fine high information.
Speaker 2 (09:18):
I wanted to have it be functional for you. So
there's some smoke detective reminders at the first of each
month to change your batteries or check them at least,
and some fire safety tips from the firefighters.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
I love the crew there too. The Kentucky Brotherhood Ride.
Speaker 2 (09:30):
Yes, I have embedded with them on their rides a
couple times, have been their photographer and it's incredible. There
are a group of first responders who travel across the
state honoring the fallen first responders for each of in
each county, and it's incredible. It's such an emotional ride,
and they ride about one hundred miles a day over
three four days and go across the state, and so
I wanted them to be a part of it.
Speaker 1 (09:51):
All right, meet a lot of these heroes at ox
Moore What Day Sunday.
Speaker 2 (09:54):
Sunday from twelve to four will be in Center Court
by Kendris Scott Jewelers.
Speaker 1 (09:57):
Very nice and the Crusade calendar is available on the
Crusade website Whscrusade dot org. Love you, Kyle, Love you
back in a minute here on News Radio eight forty WHS,