How We Spent our Summer – Part 1. Snow Leopards.

While in the U.S. summer is on the way, we are heading toward winter now. Good time Charlie’s that we are, we did a lot of different things over the summer. I already reported on the Trip to the sub-Antarctic Islands. Here are a few other highlights presented in several parts.

We visited the snow leopards at the Wellington Zoo. I don’t normally go in for zoos, but the Wellington Zoo built a sanctuary for two snow leopards. They were offering an encounter—which entailed getting up close and personal as one can get with a wild cat—with a metal fence between us—and letting us set out their food. It was hard to resist not visiting.

So gorgeous. Big paws and long luxurious tail. The visit was arranged for feeding time. We went into the working area of the enclosure, a fenced in/caged area where the cats come in through a series of gates to get dinner and whatever else they need. We were asked to take their meal, some lovely legs of lamb or goat or some other creature and put them out in the feeding area. Once done, we left the caged area and the keeper let the cat in.