LARS welcomes calves with spring Birthday Bash
May 26, 2015
The University of Alaska Fairbanks Large Animal Research Station will host its annual
Birthday Bash open house to welcome the spring calves Saturday, May 30, from noon
to 5 p.m. Parking for the event is at the Taku Lot off Farmers' Loop. A free shuttle
will bring attendees to LARS.
The free public event will feature children's activities, animal viewing, ice cream
from Hot Licks, activities from Camp Habitat and Fairbanks Children’s Museum, and
an opportunity to adopt a stuffed musk ox. The Antler and Horn, the station’s newly
renovated gift shop, will be also be open and features work by local artists. Sales
from the shop support the station.
This spring, LARS welcomed 11 reindeer calves and two musk ox calves, with more on
the way. The station will continue its tradition of asking the public to suggest names
for the calves. Each year, LARS picks a theme for the year and then names each animal
according to the theme.
For more information, contact Avril Wiers at 907-474-5724 or aewiers@alaska.edu.