The Press Room

The Press Room
Media Coverage-	NBC's Today Show July 10, 2008 WSB-TV 2 Action News "Visit Kangaroos In The Outback, The Dawsonville Outback" June 2008 WBIR Live At 5 "Kangaroos keep Georgia Couple Hopping" 4/24/08 Forsyth County News "Kangaroo Conservation Center Begins Ninth Year" April 6, 2008 Delta Sky Magazine "Georgia's Pride and Joey" April, 2008 Atlanta ABC News on WSB-TV December 30, 2007 Sunday Morning on CBS "The Art of Shopping" December 9, 2007 Smithsonian Magazine "Nowhere Near Down Under" August 2007 Town Loafer "Dawson's Land Downunder" June 2007 Atlanta Life Magazine "Georgia's Worldly Ties," April 2007 Newcomer Magazine, "Georgia Getaways," Feb./March 2007 Blue Ridge Country Magazine, March/April 2007 WNEG 32, "Georgia Journey: Northeast Georgia Kangaroos," March 2007 Going Places “A Georgia Vacation,” (AAA), March/April 2007 Blue Ridge Country “50 Blue Ridge Mountain Secrets,” April 2007 Newcomer Magazine "Georgia Getaways" Atlanta Magazine “Best Animal Encounter - Kangaroo Conservation Center – Best of Atlanta 2006” , December 2006 Smithsonian Magazine features KCC - DawsonTimes.com August 13, 2007 PBA "Kangaroo Kounty" CNN "Kangaroo Horde Makes Itself At Home, In Georgia" September 2002
Recent Awards-	Rated "Fodor's Choice" by Fodor's 2007 The Carolinas and Georgia guidebook (17th edition.) Fodor's describes the "Fodor's Choice" rating like so: "As travelers we've all discovered a place so wonderful that its worthiness is obvious. And sometimes that place is so unique that superlatives don't do it justice: you just have to be there to know. These sights, properties, and experiences get our highest rating."
Past Awards-	International Conservation Award -American Zoo & Aquarium Association (AZA) 2002 "BEST ANIMAL ENCOUNTER 2006" - Atlanta Magazine
New Exhibits-	Fern Valley Trail: Hike a 1/4 mile path thru a Southern Appalachian Forest, a natural home to North American plants and animals!
New Animals-	Frilled Dragon - an arboreal lizard from northern Australia and New Guinea. Known for the large hood that it displays when it is needs to defend itself. Ridge-Tailed Monitors - Monitors, also called 'goannas,' are found throughout Australasia. 27 species live in Australia itself, the ridge-tailed being one of those species. "Pach" - an albino Bennett's Wallaby. Pach has solid white fur, pink eyes and nose, and he joined our mob from a zoological park in Holland! Albino animals are uncommon in the wild; we are excited to have Pach at our Center! Pach is on exhibit in the "Aussie Walkabout," where he lives with Sophie, a normal-colored Bennett's Wallaby. Crested Wood Partridges - small partridges found in the Indonesian rainforest. You can see our pair in the "Billabong Encounter" exhibit.
Recent Births/Hatchings-	Crested Wood Partridges- 1 hatched 6-23-2008, 1 hatched 6-24-2008, 1 hatched 6-27-2008. Buff-Banded Rails- 1 hatched 6-23-08, 2 hatched 6-13-2008. Bourkes Parakeets- 1 hatched 6/12/2008. Bettongs - 1 joey born June 2008, 1 joey born May 2008. Potoroos - 1 joey born June 2008 Swainson's Blue Mtn. Lorikeet- 1 hatched 5/31/2008, 1 hatched 5/19/2008 Bennett's Wallabies - 1 female joey at foot. Red Kangaroos, Western Grey Kangaroos, and Eastern Grey Kangaroos in pouches and at foot.

Please contact Kate Pika for further information, arranging media visits, and passwords to hi-res photographs. 706-265-6100 ● tours@kangaroocenter.com 222 Bailey-Waters Road, Dawsonville, Georgia 30534