A trip to the zoo

[QuietOne]

Dad was here for a couple of days, and among the places we went was the Boise zoo.

Each visitor got a "coin" to vote on what animal the zoo would send a grant to support. Up for consideration were the giant panda, polar bear, and Andean spectacle bear. The organizations for the first 2 were international ones, and everyone knows about the plight of those animals. The 3rd is less well known, and the organization for it was one attached to the San Diego zoo. I figured they could use a bit more help than the other two.



Like just about everyone else's zoo pictures, I'm shooting through "glass". Some turned out better than others. This bobcat was clearly posing.



The ocelot had eaten a bit earlier and had settled down for a nap. In fact, most of the zoo residents were brighter than the people - it was hot, so they laid in the shade.



At the feed the animals spot, the goats were doing a fair amount of head butting and other tussling.



A meerkat doing what meerkats do.