Shayleen Richert, Author at Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge

Bam Bam The Ham

While visiting Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge, you are sure to hear some crazy stories, especially about the crowd’s favorite, Bam […]

It’s October, and in October, we celebrate all things spooky, scary, and suspenseful! It’s the time of year for pumpkins, […]

Leopards have the largest range of any of the big cats found in both Africa and Asia. They are the […]

It’s October, and October makes for an excellent opportunity to talk about monsters. Everyone is familiar with a werewolf, but […]

When someone mentions a tiger, people immediately think of stripes! Tigers rely on their stripes for camouflage. Tigers live in […]

Cougars are one of the largest cats you can find in the United States! You can even find them here […]

October 4th is World Animal Day. World Animal Day was established in 1925 by a Polish man named Heinrich Zimmermann. […]

If you’ve visited us here at Turpentine Creek, you might have seen one of our cats making a face similar […]

Cougar. Mountain Lion. Puma. Three of the overall 40 English names for one species of cat. That number doesn’t include […]

Have you ever wondered what’s up with that 2×4 barrel in front of the gift shop? That’s a 300-gallon oil […]