Tigers!

Just wanted to post a few pictures from our visit to Tiger Kingdom. We'll definitely describe the trip in more detail later, but for now I wanted to get some sleep before the big move tomorrow!

I'd also like to say a quick note about the ethics of the place. First off, contrary to popular belief, Tiger Kingdom doesn't drug the tigers to prepare them for human interaction. If a tiger seems sad, it's probably just because they're tired, as a tiger sleeps up to 18 hours in a day and is a nocturnal animal. These tigers are born and raised to be less aggressive (the same way some wolves became dogs and eventually pets) and trainers don't let the public play with the tigers until they are at least the third generation in captivity. The place is as humane as a zoo and maybe even more so as they get to play around with each other as well as people and we didn't see any pacing animals. Really the only bad thing is that they have to deal with us annoying them for 8 hours of the day while they probably would rather be sleeping. Overall we had an amazing experience and have some great pictures to share. Enjoy! And remember, click to enlarge :)