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The zoo's four lions, who are kept in pairs and split between side-by-side enclosures (Taken January 20th, 2023).

The maneless Kasal (foreground) and his sister Prim socialize between the fence with their sister Tess, all 7 years old. (Taken January 20th, 2023).

Boomer, the oldest of the zoo’s lions at 15 years old, looking magnificent as always. (Taken January 20th, 2023).

Something that anti-zoo people seem to bring up a lot as a reason why zoos are bad is stereotypic, stress-driven behavior. "Zoochosis", if you want to use their lingo. A well known example of this is pacing in carnviorans, like felids, ursids, canids, etc. As much as it hurts me, a longtime zoo...

Do note that this image was taken on October 22nd, 2022, at ZooTampa at Lowry Park, in Tampa, Florida, USA.

Do note that this that image was taken on October 22nd, 2022, at ZooTampa at Lowry Park, in Tampa, Florida, USA.

Taken in April, 2022. The GVZ recently welcomed a trio of snow leopards, mama Batu and her sons Bodhi and Kyanada, from the Assiniboine Park Zoo. I caught them during mealtime, though they were still all quite shy, still getting comfortable in their new surroundings.

Taken in April, 2022. Boomer, the GVZ's 14yo old lion - at the time of my visit, Boomer was living alone, as he was being slowly introduced to his new partner, the white lioness Tess.

Taken in April, 2022. Kasal and Prim, two of the zoo's trio of white lions, who arrived from African Lion Safari in November of 2021.

Female snow leopard cub, born on 25 June 2022. Yet to be named. Born to mother Nima and father Mohan.

After working a small, yet still good amount of progress when it came to my “Creating the Rembrandt Park Zoo (a fantasy project of mine)” thread. I simply thought, that it would be nice enough to create a brand new thread that mainly focuses on a certain topic once again, and to see on how this...

Good shot I got of Edgar, the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo's Amur leopard.

Note: this photo was taken on July 28,2019

Note: this photo was taken on November 16,2019

I understand that many animals, like water fowl for example have to be kept indoors for safty reasons, but I never understood why espically nocturnal/crepuscular animals like cats are not keept outside at night (if the climate and weather allow it, of corse). It would support the natural...

I have a burning passion for felines – lions in particular – and am filled with constant dread at the blight they face. I am putting my money where my heart is, but that simply doesn't satisfy me, I want to dedicate my life to big cats! I want to help them with my own arms and legs! I have...

Dragan the Amur Tiger