Zoos, Circuses, Safaris: A Gallery of Captivity

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I went to Lions, Tigers and Bears this past weekend in Alpine, Ca.

It's a great sanctuary that takes in retired or abandoned animals and the habitats are large and well maintained, the animals all looked very healthy and happy.

All Photos taken on my Phone

Himalayan Black Bear
(there was 2 brothers here but this is just one)

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I don't know why they wont rotate, sorry


American Black Bear, there were 5-7 individuals in here and all looked healthy

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Brown Bear

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He was in there with his sister, both had spinal defects from undernourishment from when they were used for cub petting.

White Male Lion

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He was from Timbavati, he's 500lbs and massive. He was with two females from Namibia and they were humongous!


To give you an idea about how large the females there are, this male lion is the largest cat there. He's 11 years old and 570lbs!
Check out the size of the female next to him... The keepers said the two sister are 470lbs! They are just as large in frame but not as thick. They are all siblings

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This is Hank the white tiger, He is 15 years old and a new rescue. This was his first time ever coming down this far and had never seen any other cats there before, he has a sister but she was too nervous still, as he was but being a male he was more willing to investigate his new surroundings. He's 500lbs, not very tall but very long and thick.

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I was really impressed with his head and neck region, the lions all had huge heads but this guys head was really thick and same with his neck.

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This is the male lion coming to check out Hank, he was jealous since his two girls couldn't take their eyes off of him since he was this new cat they had never seen before. I actually got to feed this male lion and my GF did as well, he was a gentle beautiful male, he would take the meat softly and had a very mellow look in his eye.

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This is Maverick, he's around 3.5 years old, 500lbs and beautiful. He's much taller in the shoulder than Hank but not as thick. Being so young, he was full of energy and running back and forth, jumping and chasing a puma across the way, I'll post the video when I can. His head isn't as large as Hank but his body has the capacity to put on some serious weight if he gets the same thickness as Hank, he'll probably be the same size as the large male lion when full grown I think.

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They also had a Lynx Pair, a few Puma, a Female Leopard, Serval and another Tigress but she also wouldn't come out of her cave. Reply