There's nothing like waking up to the roar of a lion! When we pulled into our parking spot for the night, we knew we were going to have interesting neighbors!
We're staying at Tiger Creek Wildlife Refuge. This is our second camping spot using our new Harvest Host membership. It includes a no-hookup site in the parking lot of the Vet Center of the animal sanctuary.
When staying with a harvest host, campers are asked to purchase about $20 in products from the host. In this case, we purchased $20 in admission tickets into the wildlife refuge to see their animals.
That's actually a bargain, because all the occupants of the RV get in for that $20. It would be a great value for families traveling with children, and the kids would love seeing these cats. We know that the kids living in our RV certainly enjoyed it.
Tiger Creek didn't set out for such notoriety. They started with humble beginnings, taking in large cats that needed to be rescued from unfortunate circumstances. Each enclosure has a sign with the name and story of the animal. For instance, this is Padma and Skanda. They were brought here from Florida, when their facility suffered major damage in a hurricane and was forced to shut down.
They also have a rare white lioness. Luna is one of only 300-500 white lions in the entire world. They are endangered because they are especially attractive to poachers and trophy hunters.
It was interesting to watch these big cats. They have habits and mannerisms that remind us of the domestic cats we used to have at home.
The only other lion is on the far end of the facility. Even though we walked all the sidewalks and visited all the enclosures twice, we never did get a great picture of Max the Lion.
Denisa even snapped this picture of a bird that was just visiting on the chain link fence today.
We were there during their feeding time, and we can tell you that these slow turtles certainly picked up speed when the greens were laid out. Who ever thinks that a turtle is slow has never seen them devour a salad!
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