Burning off Those Thanksgiving Calories

The holiday season can be the hardest time for people to maintain healthy diets.  For those who want to indulge that Thanksgiving feast without feeling too bad about it, there are events all over Huntsville to help take off those Turkey Day pounds. Check with the websites for each individual event for more information.

Skating in the Park

Sponsored by the Huntsville Museum of Art

Where: Big Spring Park, Directly behind the Huntsville Museum of Art

When: November 21, 2012 – January 5, 2013

Monday -- Thursday:  noon to 10 p.m.

Friday: noon to 12 a.m.

$10 per person skating fee

$3 skate rental fee

$8 per person for groups of 15 or more

For more information visit: http://www.hsvmuseum.org/

19th Annual 5K Turkey Trot Run

Huntsville City officials hope a new feeding plan in Big Spring Park will help reduce the problems geese cause in the popular downtown park.

Officials say the geese have dramatically increased in numbers and have moved out most of the native ducks. They have also left the park and pond with an abundance of waste.

Because of the nuisance and public health hazard, officials came up with a new feeding plan that is aimed at keeping the animals healthy while reducing the health hazards to humans.

Karen Hill Sheppard, veterinarian and director of Huntsville's Animal Control, researched the problem and found many cities across the country facing similar situations. Sheppard says the first order of business is to educate the public not to feed the geese human food.