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The Engelstad Foundation partnered with the estate of Kirk Kerkorian to provide a $1.3 million donation to fund the second location for Project 150, a Las Vegas nonprofit that provides resources for high school students in need. The location aims to connect services for thousands of homeless, displaced, and disadvantaged students in Las Vegas. [43]
Engelstad Family Foundation Event Terrace – Opened in 2018, the Hospitality Hall is home to University of Nevada, Las Vegas' (UNLV) hospitality program. [ 24 ] Engelstad Family Adoption Center – The Engelstad Family Adoption Center, opening late January 2019 as part of the Animal Foundation, will serve as a permanent home for safe pet ...
In 2019, Best Friends Animal Society and Southern Utah University began a partnership that included a new certificate program at SUU that included coursework on how to set up and run a no-kill animal shelter. [15] In 2020, NASCAR driver Alex Bowman added a Best Friends Animal Society paint scheme to his stock car to raise support for animal rescue.
The Southern Nevada Zoological-Botanical Park, informally known as the Las Vegas Zoo, [3] was a 3-acre (1.2 ha), nonprofit zoo and botanical garden located in Las Vegas, Nevada that operated from 1981 to September 20, 2013. It was located northwest of the Las Vegas Strip, about 15 minutes away. [2]
The giant hairy scorpion is the largest scorpion in North America and is one of the 23 species of scorpion in Nevada. [1]The fauna of the U.S. state of Nevada is mostly species adapted to desert, temperature extremes and to lack of moisture.
The organization earned accreditation from the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries in July 2016. [10] In May 2018, it entered into an agreement with the National Park Service to rescue and remove up to 2,500 wild donkeys from Death Valley National Park and the Mojave National Preserve as part of the Wild Burro Project. [11] [12] [13]
With the Rocky Mountains to the west, the Great Plains to the east, and the Chihuahuan Desert to the south, Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge encompasses a diversity of habitats. Located along the Central Flyway, the Refuge provides an important resting, feeding, and wintering area for migrating geese , ducks , and cranes.
Animal: Desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni) 1973 Fish: Lahontan cutthroat trout (Oncoryhnchus clarki henshawi) 1981 Fossil: Ichthyosaur (Shonisaurus popularis) [1] [2] 1977 Reptile: Desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) 1989 Insect: Vivid Dancer Damselfly (Argia vivida) [3] 2009