I went with a friend on a group trip to an animal sanctuary in Wise County, Texas. They have mostly large wild cats: bengal tigers, sumatran tigers, white bengal tigers, leopards, jaguars, cougars, bobcats. They do have two servals but those are very small.
This particular sanctuary has European brown bears -- the same as grizzly bears, and two black bears. We went Saturday, October 10. It was a cold and overcast day. The black bears and the servals were the only animals I didn't get to see.
Because of their safety regulations, I didn't get very many good pictures. I was really disappointed. I guess for pictures without cage wires in front of me I am going to have to go to a nice zoo or photograph animals in the wild.
The tour of the place was about 1 1/2 hours, there were some animals who didn't like visitors and some who were in quarantine. We also toured the facility where the food and medications were prepared. It was a nice tour for the price. Because there was a group of about 20 people, we got a discount and paid $10 per person. They don't charge an entrance price but they do request donations -- which are tax deductible -- of $20 for an adult and $10 for children 7-12 (I think). They do not allow children under 7 for safety and insurance purposes.
The website for the sanctuary is http://www.bigcat.org/. I'd like to know if you go.
Until next time.
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