Philadelphia Zoo Trip
Each year a number of members travel to the Philadelphia Zoo. A program within the club, Blood for Bats, is the main stimulus for the zoo trip. Blood for Bats provides bovine blood from the Penn State Meats Laboratory to the zoo's vampire bat collection. Upon this year's arrival at the zoo, members made their way to the Small Mammal House where they watched keepers feed the vampire bats in small pans. The keeper explained that the high quality of blood provided by our club keeps food intake and health at an optimum for the bat colony. On the trip, members could also experience the other multiple exhibits and take many photos.