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While you're on rotation...

You may have the opportunity to visit one of the sites below. If you are interested and definitely want to schedule a visit this month, let a preceptor know prior to the beginning of your rotation.
 
Unfortunately, as of April 2017, these tours will not be provided as part of the rotation but you are more than welcome to use a rotation day to take advantage of these sites as a group! Note: You are responsible for purchasing tickets.

Carolina Tiger Rescue, Pittsboro, NC

 

The Carnivore Evolutionary Research Institute was founded in the 1970s by UNC geneticist Dr. Michael Bleyman. Over time, the purpose and vision of the site transformed into the Carnivore Preservation Trust in the 1990s and finally into the Carolina Tiger Rescue in 2009. The mission of the CTR is  "Saving and protecting wildcats in captivity and in the wild." Currently, CTR is home to approximately 70-80 animals of 10 different species: tigers, lions, leopards, cougars, caracals, servals, ocelots, bobcats, binturongs, and kinkajous. Visit Website

 

In 1966, the nascent DLC (then called the Duke University Primate Center) was founded on 80 wooded acres, two miles from the main Duke campus assembling the largest living collection of endangered primates in the world, both in numbers of species and in number of individuals. Over its history, the DLC has housed, cared for, and made available for non-invasive study nearly 4,000 animals across 31 species of non-human primates including lemurs, lorises, and tarsiers (together, colloquially referred to as prosimian primates). Today, it houses nearly 240 individuals across 17 species.

The Duke Lemur Center, Durham, NC

The North Carolina Zoo, Asheboro, NC
 

Located just south of Asheboro, the North Carolina Zoo is seated on a 2,200-acre tract of land in the Uwharrie Mountains. Approximately 500 acres of this property have been developed into the largest "natural habitat" zoo in the United States. You won't find cages made of steel and concrete here. Our animals are given enclosures that mimic their natural habitats to include trees, ponds, rocks, grass and dirt.
The North Carolina Zoo grew from an idea initiated by the Raleigh Jaycees in 1967.

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