Big Pussycats

I paid a visit to Nino and Dimity yesterday, and in all the excitement I almost forgot about going to see the big cats! Luckily Dimity remembered so off we went. There's only a few pics as some of them looked a bit hungry so I didn't want to poke the camera too close! there's an absolutely gorgeous leopard with such lush fur, but she did growl a little too much!


Little Lynx who miaowed at us


Sleepy Snow Leopards (looking rather cuddly!).


The Bobcat.


The filmstar himself. He was having a little doze halfway down his pen and wouldn't come to the front no matter how much Nino called him. Eventually I got him to come over by playing "peek-a-boo", hiding behind the wall then popping my head out He must like his food to play with him!

Ooooooh they are lovely Emma. You must have had a great day. Wish I was closer to you all over that way!

Yep I had a lovely day, Nino and Dimity are always very welcoming

I've got some piccies of baby Mearns too which I need to sort out and send to Nino and then pop up here. Although s/he's covered in feathers and is hardly a baby now!

fantastic pics Emma looks like you got into the snow leopard enclosure to take the 2nd pic, luckily they don't seem hungry (or had lunch already)

Aww they are gorgeous!!
Are these kept on Nino and Dimity's garden/land?
Don't you need a zoo license for them?
I wish I has the money/time/space and knowledge to keep a big cat

They're not theirs, they belong to some friends just down the road. You do need licenses for them, yep.

Andy - not quite in the enclosure, but it was one that wasn't double wired so while they looked peaceful I poked the camera lens bit through

Hehe, I just had a meeting with my supervisors, and we got onto the weather and I said "look I tanned on Sunday!", they asked where I went so I said to visit a Quail Friend and some Snow Leopards...needless to say they thought I was joking, but were quite exited by the big cat piccies!