COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Columbus Zoo and the Ohio Wildlife Center are adjusting how they take care of their animals due to the cold weather hitting central Ohio.       Animal Care Director of the Columbus Zoo Adam Felts said they have been looking out for these freezing temperatures.        “We are watching the weather all the time,” Felts said. "We are watching these patterns, these weather patterns coming in and a lot of it is for our staff. Our staff is a really big part of this.”    Coffee and chocolate shop expanding with Marysville location As temperatures continue to drop, the Ohio Wildlife Center is also taking proactive measures to keep certain animals protected from the cold, staff member Maria Winn said.     “With any of our animals we will try to give them heated water bowls,” Winn said. “Especially all of our ones around our Dempsey building have heated bowls so that as we hit these freezing temperatures, their water will always be available to them.”    Zoo staff are also visiting each habitat, checking for updates on temperatures and making sure measures are being taken to keep the animals safe.    “We really increase our monitoring process and ensure that all the animals have extra bedding, extra heat lamps if they need -- more choices to get out of the cold if they want to,” Felts said.  Ohioans can now DoorDash CBD, THC products from home Both organizations do also note that some of the animals they care for, like polar bears, tigers and various birds, benefit from this weather. But other obstacles come from the staff's ability to quickly perform all duties in freezing conditions.         "It's a challenge for animal care staff sometimes because things freeze and that does increase their challenges,” Felts said. “But we have a lot of processes and methods in place that we try to ensure their safety as well as making their job as seamless as possible."  Winn explained different methods her staff uses to melt ice off things, like safety locks and doors.    “Usually it's a lot of holding your body temperature on it and breathing on it,” Winn said.  “It's like joyous frustration a little bit where we are laughing and we're working together. We all kind of have to bunk up together of like, 'We're all going to go do this, we're going to wear our layers and we're going to get through it.'”     Both organizations say they are fully prepared for next week's negative temperatures.