Threatened by extinction – the nordic ark
I took a trip to the zoo. And was reminded of how annoying humans are.
Just a hop, skip and jump over the border is a zoo dedicated to species threatened by extinction. Admittedly, I was most excited about the big cats, and though not my favourite pasttime – to google caged animals – well. There is something about big cats.
But I would happily have someone cage all the people there, and certainly the children. Screaming, running, throwing pebbles at the animals, I was tempted to throw them in with the panthers. Add their parents, for good measure.
I love otters- they are the best. Lively, curious, playful, funny.
And people have no patience. To see the snow leopard, you need to stand still for a long, long time, waiting for it to swish it’s tail and show you where it is hiding.
There is one in this picture, in fact it is a mother with two cubs. See if you can find it..
big cat here somewhere..
Beautiful animals. I was a little disappointed that I couldn’t see the european wild cat or the lynx – I stood and stared for ages – but it makes sense. It is perfectly adapted to be invisible in the swedish woods.
the lesser panda – if that isn’t gorgeous
wolverine – beautiful carnivore
ibis
prezewalski horse – the only wild horses left
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Beautiful pictures there =] Really random…
Wow – these are great shots of the animals. I too love big cats and it bothers me to the deepest recesses of my heart that so many either are already extinct or that they are near extinction. To think that some of our children will not be able to see these animals living and breathing is so…what is the word to describe it? More than just depressing and sad, it’s unfair.
I do believe in the power of change, though, so I suppose instead of angrily complaining about it, I could do something about it. There was a tv show about a group of people who made a trip to some other country where the townspeople were killing cats, since the cats were eating their livestock. What they did is they educated the people about the cats, and they also introduced other food sources so that the big cats would stop killing the people’s livestock, and therefore the people would stop killing the cats. And it worked. And the cat population there rose.
It just reminded me that there are solutions out there, and if we all try to do what we can, maybe we CAN make a difference. Don’t mean to sound cheesy – but I’m serious.
Thank you for dropping by!
And thanks for kind word on my photography – the images are all clickable and fairly big, so you can cuddle a panther or a panda if you like :-)
I know what you mean – I would have liked to see the tasmanian tiger somewhere live, instead of just one tortured individual in a shaky black and white film.
There is a contradiction though – we want cats, and we want people. In some places there are simply not enough space and forest left for them, and conflict is inevitable. In the long run, people tend to win.. it is sad, yes. And the next best solution is zoo and wildlife parks like this one.