While Ben was here we decided to visit the Wild Animal Sanctuary. It is the largest and oldest sanctuary in the US that is dedicated to carnivores. In other words, they rescue carnivores that are being kept illegally (in homes, for backyard circuses, etc.) and bring them here to live out their lives. They told us that there are more tigers in captivity in Texas than there are tigers in the wild.
We saw some big cats in Africa, but these tigers are HUGE!!!
This is a video of the tiger cages. They put them in one of these by themselves when they first arrive. After awhile, if they’ve learned to play nice, they can move in with another tiger, and when they are ready, they place them in a large environment.
Sleepy Lion
They have lions, tigers, bears, wolves, cougars, leopards, servals, and a camel. As Nic pointed out, camels aren’t carnivores, but she was going to be euthanized, so they saved her anyway.
Nic and Ben loved these masks!
This sanctuary is a really cool place and we can’t wait to go back again!
Did you chop your hair? Looks cute
No, that’s Nic’s brother Ben. 🙂