Day At The Zoo

Saturday, May 24, 2008

Kyla and I had our first trip to the Austin Zoo today.  It's not like your typical zoos - it's actually a wildlife refuge and rehabilitation center for abused, abandoned and neglected animals.  It also doesn't really look conventional zoos (as you can see) - it's more of a preserve with gravel/dirt paths following the hill country terrain to the next animal enclosure.  They actually have a lot of different animals and a petting zoo so Kyla was happy to be able to touch and feed the goats, sheep and deer.  She also loved watching the Bengal tigers play in the water.  

Hot, tired and ready to go home

Spider monkey

Baboon type monkey

Tortoise

Tigers playing in the water

Close-up of one of the tigers

Kyla looking at the tiger

Very exciting!

Jumping up and down for the tigers

Kyla, Mummy and the Tiger

Come here deer

You can see by her face how much she loved the deer

Cougar (poor thing looked so hot!)

Wallaby

Feeding the goats

Checking out the goats and sheep

I need more food for the goats

She wasn't afraid of the hog at all and kept trying to stick her hand in its mouth

Roosters roam the zoo