{"id":6528,"date":"2018-04-13T09:26:10","date_gmt":"2018-04-13T13:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/?p=6528"},"modified":"2018-12-06T11:17:44","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T16:17:44","slug":"wildlife-center-milestone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/2018\/04\/13\/wildlife-center-milestone\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildlife Center Celebrates Milestone Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Center for Wildlife Education and Lamar Q Ball, Jr. Raptor Center is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Located on the Statesboro Campus, the wildlife center supports Georgia Southern University\u2019s environmental education programs. Since opening two decades ago, the Center for Wildlife Education has expanded from four-and-a-half acres to 18 acres as a showcase for reptiles, amphibians, mammals and birds of prey including eagles, hawks and falcons. The Center is also home to a waterfowl pond, cypress swamp and other displays. The latest highlight is the invasive species exhibit, \u201cUnder Attack,\u201d which features species that are not native to Georgia. The exhibit examines their impact on native species, the economy and the quality of life in the region. Species in the exhibit include a Burmese python, the feral hog, mosquitoes, lion fish and many others.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; justify-content: center;\">\n<div class=\"five columns col-sm-6\" style=\"padding-right:10px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"http:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/wc-cockroach.jpg\" alt=\"girl holding a giant cockroach up to the camera\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"five columns col-sm-6\" style=\"padding-right:10px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"http:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/wc-eagle.jpg\" alt=\"eagle standing on the ground looking to the left\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"five columns col-sm-6\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"http:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/wc-possum.jpg\" alt=\"person holding up a possum to the camera\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; justify-content: center;\">\n<div class=\"five columns col-sm-6\" style=\"padding-right:10px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"http:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/wc-hawk.jpg\" alt=\"a hawk flying to the left\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"five columns col-sm-6\" style=\"padding-right:10px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"http:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/wc-crocodile.jpg\" alt=\"someone holding up a small crocodile\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"five columns col-sm-6\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"http:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/wc-owl.jpg\" alt=\"an owl flying straight towards the camera\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Center for Wildlife Education and Lamar Q Ball, Jr. Raptor Center is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Located on the Statesboro Campus, the wildlife center supports Georgia Southern University\u2019s environmental education programs. Since opening two decades ago, the Center for Wildlife Education has expanded from four-and-a-half acres to 18 acres as a showcase [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":6529,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[56],"class_list":["post-6528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-spring-2018"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}