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Fellow Earthlings' Wildlife Center was recently chosen by Animal Planet to partner with them on their new hit series "Meerkat Manor." Director Pam Bennett-Wallberg is currently acting as the publicity spokesperson and is featured, along with our facilty, on the Animal Planet's website. We invite you to join us as the saga of the Whiskers mob continues with Season 3 premiering in August of 2007!

Jengo, the meerkat, gets "nose to nose" with his adoptive parent.

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Pam Bennett-Wallberg is married to the mob - a mob of meerkats, that is... Read the whole story.

Founded in 1989, Fellow Earthlings' Wildlife Center is a 501(C)3 non-profit organization. We are the only privately licensed facility that specializes in caring for meerkats (Suricata suricatta). Situated in the high desert of California, just 25 minutes from world-famous Palm Springs and two hours from Los Angeles and San Diego, our location was carefully chosen for its climate, which most closely replicates that of the meerkats' native habitat in the Kalahari Desert of southern Africa.

Surprisingly, meerkats are one of the most strictly regulated animals in the world. We hold licenses and permits from California Fish and Game, U.S.D.A., and Fish and Wildlife Service. The animals come to us from accredited zoos and are placed here for a variety of reasons: The meerkats may be orphaned, injured, old, sick, or the previous facility has simply run out of room and can no longer care for them. The meerkats that are placed with us are given life-long homes at Fellow Earthlings' Wildlife Center, Inc.

You and up to three of your guests can have a private, two-hour interactive experience with the meerkats through our Adopt a Meerkat Program. You can feed, photograph, and play with all of the meerkats at our Center. Our wee rascals will enjoy taking treats from your hand, sitting in your lap, untying your shoelaces, and peeking in your pockets.

Fellow Earthlings' Wildlife Center, Inc.
P.O. Box 1319 (mailing via post office)
11427 West Drive (mailing via UPS, Fed-Ex)
Morongo Valley, CA 92256
www.FellowEarthlings.org
info@FellowEarthlings.org
(760) 363-1344

For the comfort of our adoptive parents (and our meerkats!) we will be closed to visitors during the coldest winter months of January and February. We want all of our guests to experience the meerkats when they are their most interactive, with plenty of sunshine and time to linger in the enclosures. Please note everything else will be "business as usual" at the Center, including processing adoptions, merchandise and general correspondence. As for the meerkats, rest assured they will be basking under their heat lamps and looking forward to seeing guests again in March!

MEERKAT MOTTO

Respect the Elders, Teach the Young,
Cooperate with the Family.
Play when you can, Work when you should
Rest In Between.
Share your Affection, Voice your Feelings,
Leave your Mark.