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Salato Wildlife Center offers final chance to see bobcat as kitten

Center closes November 25, 2015. Reopens March 1, 2016. The Salato Center, 1 Game Farm Road, Frankfort, KY, is operated by the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. The center is located off U.S. 60, approximately 1 miles west of the U.S. 127 intersection. Look for the bronze deer statue at the entrance of the main Kentucky Fish and Wildlife campus. Hours are 8am-4pmCT/9am-5pmET, Tuesday through Friday, and 9am-4pmCT/10am-5pmET, Saturday. Salato is closed on Sunday, Monday and state holidays. Admission is $4 for adults and $2 for youth 5 to 18. Children under 5 are admitted free.

From Kentucky Fish & Wildlife

FRANKFORT, KY - Visitors have until Wednesday November 25, 2015, to visit the Salato Wildlife Education Center before its seasonal closure for the winter. This will be the last time that visitors will have the chance to see the center's newly acquired bobcat as a kitten.



"Our new bobcat is roughly half grown at this point and we don't expect it to be kitten-sized by the time that we reopen March 1, 2016" said acting Salato Center Manager Brent McCarty. "When the bobcat reaches adult size, it will be placed on permanent exhibit."

The kitten will remain on display from 2pm to 3pm (Eastern) Tuesday through Saturday until the center closes for the season at 5pm (Eastern) November 25.

The winter closure allows the staff to conduct needed maintenance and upgrades on existing exhibits, trails and enclosures, assuring a quality experience for the center's 75,000 yearly visitors.

The center features a variety of native animals, including a black bear, an eagle, bobcats, elk, deer, bison, snakes, frogs, turtles and fish. The center has numerous indoor and outdoor exhibits and miles of hiking trails open to the public.



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Salato Center bobcat display can be seen through 1 Nov 2015 - I



2015-11-18 - Salato Wildlife Center, 1 Game Farm Road, Frankfort, KY - Photo from Kentucky Fish & Wildlife.
Visitors have until Wednesday November 25, 2015, to visit the Salato Wildlife Education Center before its seasonal closure for the winter. This will be the last time that visitors will have the chance to see the center's newly acquired bobcat as a kitten.

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Salato Center bobcat display can be seen through 1 Nov 2015 - II



2015-11-19 - Salato Wildlife Center, 1 Game Farm Road, Frankfort, KY - Photo by Obie Williams, Kentucky Fish & Wildlife.
Kevin Kelly of Kentucky Fish & Wildlife sends this photo of the Salato centers bobcat kitten.

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