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Show State Fair Wildlife Exhibit In addition, a bird-feeding display has been assembled and handouts will be available avail-able for persons desiring to learn more about attracting birds to their yards. Other live animals on display will include a golden eagle, a burrowing owl, a gila monster, marmots, tortoises, tor-toises, chukar partridges, pelicans and waterfowl. These animals provide a representative sample of Utah's abundant variety of wildlife species which occur from low desert to high alpine life zones throughout Utah. Other displays will feature information on desert bighorn big-horn sheep transplant projects pro-jects underway in southern Utah and the statewide effort to enlist citizen support to help stop poaching. The Law Enforcement Section of the Division has assigned officers to be on duty during the State Fair hours, 11:00 a.m. through 11:00 p.m., to assist in providing information and answering questions. The 1982 Utah State Fair opening September 9th and continuing through the 19th will feature a wildlife exhibit in the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources' building on the state fairgrounds. Many of the live animals on display are nongame species of wildlife which have been trapped by Urban Wildlife Control Officer Bill Bates. These animals include skunks, ravens, and raccoons which people have kept for pets but then find how destructive and difficult to manage they can become. It is hoped this exhibit of animals, many of which can no longer be returned to the wild, will help to discourage people from obtaining others like them as pets. Interest in warmwater fishing is increasing in Utah and an exhibit reflecting this interest has been assembled. Some of the species of fish on display in the aquariums found throughout the building build-ing will include largemouth and smallmouth bass, yellow perch, white bass, crappie, green sunfish and crayfish. A small aviary has been constructed which will contain con-tain a variety of songbirds found throughout the state. |