The last stop on our trip was to a commercial enterprise called The Butterfly House which is located in Whitehouse, Ohio. The facility was not large but very well done. The species of butterflies and moths were limited because we were there on a Saturday and they receive their shipments of butterflies and moths on Monday. There were enough to see and enjoy obviously if you were there earlier in the week the opportunities to see different species would be greatly increased. Many of the guests seemed to be regulars who would just sit there and enjoy the ambience sitting very still waiting and hoping a butterfly would land on them.

The last zoo on the schedule was the Toledo Zoo. We had the opportunity the see Kwisha gorilla, Marty polar bear and Kutai orangutan all animals from Brookfield Zoo in Illinois. Toledo Zoo uses glass to separate the animals from the visitors with great success. The visitors and the animals seem to enjoy the interaction. The zoo has created an experience for the visitors and the orangs that I would love to observe when the weather warms up. The zoo has installed a shower sprayer in the visitor area of the orang exhibit with the activation button in the animal area. The idea being the animals will have the opportunity of spraying the visitors with water at their will provided visitors walk into the spray area. All three animals from Brookfield zoo have reproduced offspring. We were glad to have seen Marty because he is scheduled to go to Pittsburgh Zoo to be used in their breeding program. Marty has produced three cubs at Toledo Zoo.