Saturday September 27th-~

Animals are such agreeable friends – they

 ask no questions; they pass no criticisms...

 I have been wanting to go to the National 

Tiger Sanctuary like forever and finally I got the 

tickets on Thursday and  yesterday off we 

went.  I love all animals. I love zoos.

  Anywhere there are animals is where I 

would always want to go.  They make 

me happy.  Just like when I visited Branson's 

Promised Land Zoo, I got us the feeding tour 

for this visit. What a very cool experience.

The day started out on the colder side and

 the morning was bathed in fog. In many 

ways it was very pretty.  Just another

 perfect day to be on a walking tour.

The National Tiger Sanctuary is 120 acres in 

size and it is located in Branson, Missouri, 

where it is home to a large variety of big cats, 

including tigers, lions leopards and lingers. Their 

mission is to provide a safe, stress fee, and a

forever home for big cats and other species.

The National Tiger Sanctuary

As mentioned, I chose to do the feeding tour.  Arvid 

said for him it didn't matter which one we did.  We 

were given a bucket with humongous chicken legs. 

It was pretty cool to see these huge creatures 

so close up and to feed them  We were always 

protected by a wire fence so we never actually

 touched them.  We fed them using a pole.

We chose a one hour walking tour compared
 to the longer tram tour.  I figured with the tram

 once would not be able to set out and take

 pictures of them.  That did not suit me.

We saw a very rare tiger known as a liger. 

 A liger is a hybrid resulting from the crossbreeding

 of a male lion and a female tiger.  It's the largest

 known extant feline.  Ligers exist only in captivity 

because their habitats do not overlap in the wild.

  The one in this Sanctuary is one of eight that

 exists today.  So said our tour guide.

Seeing these big cats in captivity broke my heart at

 first, but then I realized that they are all rescues.  Had

 they not been taken in by the Sanctuary, they would most 

likely be dead by now.  They are cared for and, have food 

everyday and loved by many.  Yeah, not as bad after all.

To all a very good day.  A cooler morning

 here, and we're loving the fresh air. 

The greatness of a nation and its moral progress

 can be judged by the way its animals are treated...

~Nadiya~