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Keenesburg

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Posted by bill meikle on September 2, 2007 at 10:00 AM
Keenesburg
Not sure if you folks have been there recently but the Animal Sanctuary at Keenesburg is worth a visit, they are a non-profit who rescue endangered wild animals, you can see and photograph 74 tigers, a pride of lions, grizzlies, black bears, wolves, mountain lions etc etc. Personally I love tigers.

I went there twice in the last week and enjoyed the evening session especially, you even get good views of thunderstorms over the mountains and it's in a good cause.

There are a few shots on my website.

www.billmeikle.com

Bill
Posted by Todd Caudle on September 2, 2007 at 12:01 PM
Perfect shot, Bill.
Posted by Rick Dunn on September 2, 2007 at 2:48 PM
Great framing of the shot, Bill - no choice but to make eye contact with this tiger.
Posted by Dave Showalter` on September 2, 2007 at 4:34 PM
Arresting!
Posted by John De Bord on September 2, 2007 at 5:20 PM
Now this is a place I am unfamiliar with, you have a website link for them at all?
Posted by John Klotz on September 2, 2007 at 6:17 PM
Beatuiful - I love also tigers. I once drove an 850# Bengal in a convertable for a parade. That is just about what I saw in the seat behind me :eek: Quite an excitment! Yeah, where is this place? I am lousy with wildlife and need some critters to practice on. Glad they are being rescued too!
John
Posted by Fred Stearns on September 2, 2007 at 7:02 PM
John,

I Googles it and found it is located at http://www.wildlife-sanctuary.org.

Cheers!
Posted by Joseph Finn on September 3, 2007 at 12:35 AM
Great stuff, as a long time supporter of the Sanctuary, my wife and I made a trip out there this weekend to drop off donations. I managed to get a pic of the only lion that showed his face. It was very hot and most of the big cats were in the shade, save for a few tigers in the water.
Posted by bill meikle on September 3, 2007 at 9:07 AM
Best time to go is the evening, they are open on friday and saturday evenings until dark. Then all the animals come out to "play". Wolves howling, tigers roaring, it's quite "interesting".

Bill