When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.
I don't know what the barrier between the lions and the public are for that exhibit. I remember seeing the lion exhibit in December when she gave me a personal tour and I don't remember having to look through any fence to see the lions.
Patty, they are just beautiful. I want to cry when ever I think about what we human beings are doing to wild life. Perhaps we need a war or a plague to reduce our population.
^2-26-2019. I'm sure everyone here knows my daughter is a zookeeper at the Denver Zoo. She took this photo with her cellphone on Tuesday, as she was walking by the lion exhibit, of the brothers, Kito, Bahati, Usiku and Jasiri. They were born May 17, 2015, at the Lee Richardson Zoo in Garden City, Kansas and came to the Denver Zoo in July 2016. The cub’s father, Razi, was pushing them out of the pride, in 2016, which is a natural occurrence as male cubs start to reach sexual maturity, according to the Denver Zoo. Their father, mother, Amali, and sister, Lulu, remained at Lee Richardson Zoo. The cubs came to Denver through the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ Lion Species Survival Plan. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lists lions as a threatened species. Increasing human populations in Africa are reducing and fragmenting wild lions’ available territory and prey.
Your daughter's photo is outstanding, Patty. Yeah, the walkway at Denver's Zoo has a couple of unobstructed views of the lions. They can see the people as well as we can see them. The following photo shows the quiet inter-communications between the beasts and humans.
We had a few inches of snow. At the beginning of the winter, snow pics can be fun. In March, not so much fun. The snow was heavy and wet and didn't stick to the trees to make things pretty. I'm over winter. Local light house. No blue sky, just blah...
Love the cat pics! A trip to a bigger zoo in on my "to do" list in retirement. On a week day!!
Being that my daughter and her boyfriend are both zookeepers, where ever they go they include zoo visits. When she and I went to see the solar eclipse we had to see the zoo there, on Aug 21, 2017, because we had a couple of hours before our flight.
Now you got me all excited for nothing. I was hoping for kitten or cat photos forthcoming.
A follow up to hopes dashed. that boat has smashed on the rocks.
I brought the topic up to the better half.
" there will be no creatures in this house that can jump up on MY counters."
so there you have it. and she didn't even have to play the car card.
02-28-2019, 04:46 PM
No fencing from where she took the photo?
