The Wilds, part II

The carnivore enclosure had Cheetahs and African wild dogs. Both of which are endangered. There was a worker there that was talking about what they get fed and how they feed them and interact with them. She said that they will actually go into the Cheetah area in pairs, but will never go into the wild dog area. The dogs are more likely to attack and tear you apart. Nice to know, eh. The dogs are being killed by people, who moving into their habitat, and the dogs are eating the people's goats, (well, duh) while the Cheetahs are being killed by poachers, for their fur, mostly. This is some type of Oryx, which is in the Antelope family. They have about 5 types of antelope here. There is one that is used as a surrogate for other antelope, which helps increase the other populations quicker.
For those of you that saw the carp pictures from Pymatuming lake, here are some catfish. They have the same mentality, since there is fish food and people feed them constantly.
This is the white Rhino. Our tour guide says they aren't white at all, but the Dutch word for wide mouth sounded like white, hence the name.
They have an area that is called the perimeter area where they have animals native to North America only. They have Bison and a few others that they have put in there, and then they have the ever popular white tail deer, who knows where it's safe. They have even had a bobcat move into the park.
This was an awesome trip. We really had a great time, and it was worth the 2&1/2 hour drive. We are thinking we might go again in May so we can see the babies after they are born. At least one of the guides said that was when they have babies to look at. They also have a butterfly area, although we didn't go see it. We went on the air conditioned busses and got dropped off at different areas, then got back on a different bus whenever they were available. For a little more money, you could get on a "safari" bus, with no sides and a canvas over top. No air conditioning, but the bus waited for your group until everyone was done looking at whatever was in the area. Maybe next time we'll have to expand our trip, now that we know all the little details.