A Day with the Animals

I thought I would share a few photos that I took this past week while visiting the local animal park. I won't call it a zoo because they have worked very hard to give the animals as natural a habitat as possible. Many are endangered species that they are working hard to save. Unfortunately, we have not been good stewards of this planet.
This fellow looks like a zebra, but is really a relative of a giraffe - the okapi:Hippos love to hang out in the water:Meerkat's have their own TV show now:
These gentle giants have been hunted almost to extinction:It is always best to let sleeping tigers lie: