A few nice free animals images I found:
MyWeek_September_24_2008
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My wife and I visited Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Kanab, Utah this week with her mother, her aunt, and her cousin. We volunteered to help with some of the daily caregiving and maintenance during the day and slept in guest cottages at night.
We had wanted to make this trip for some time, so it was really satisfying to finally see it. We've been contributing to the Best Friends Animal Society (The organization that operates the sanctuary) for years and have read stories about the sanctuary in their monthly magazine.
It's a 3,000+ acre tract of land known as Angel Canyon. The sanctuary is split up into sections for various animals but the bulk of the residents are cats and dogs. There are on average about 2,000 animals onsite everyday. They come to the sanctuary from rescues, shelters, pounds and anywhere else needy animals are found. The Society rescued hundreds of dogs in NOLA after Hurricane Katrina. They also look after the majority of the dogs that once belonged to Michael Vick. The animals are all free to live out the rest of their natural life at the sanctuary, but the staff try very hard to put every animal into a stable, loving home.
The whole area is breathtakingly beautiful and during our short visit we were lucky enough to drive through Zion National Park. We also spent some time in Pink Coral Sand Dunes State Park. I flew out of Las Vegas alone while my wife and her family spent another week together up in Salt Lake City.
The image above was taken from a small, hand-dug mine on a hillside near our cottage. It was likely made over a hundred years ago, but I can't recall what was being mined. These openings could be seen every so often on the rock faces in the area. This one overlooks the entrance to Angel Canyon.
Blijdorp, Rotterdam Zoo
Image by F.d.W.
Blijdorp, Rotterdam Zoo
Diergaarde Blijdorp
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Diergaarde Blijdorp
Old entrance of the Diergaarde in Blijdorp.
Date opened
1857
Location
Blijdorp, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Coordinates
51.9269605°N 4.4481325°ECoordinates:
51.9269605°N 4.4481325°E
Memberships
NVD[1] and EAZA[2]
Website
www.diergaardeblijdorp.nl/?lang=EN
Diergaarde Blijdorp (Official Dutch name: Stichting Koninklijke Rotterdamse Diergaarde, Foundation Royal Zoo of Rotterdam) is a zoo in the northwestern part of Rotterdam, one of the oldest zoos in the Netherlands. In 2007 it celebrated its 150th anniversary.
Diergaarde Blijdorp is a member of the Dutch Zoo Federation (NVD) and the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA).
Breeding programs
A Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens fulgens) in Diergaarde Blijdorp. Blijdorp coordinates the international breeding program for this species.
Diergaarde Blijdorp participates in about 70 breeding programs and studbooks, and coordinates a couple of them, including the international breeding program for Red Pandas, EEPs for Asian Elephant, Komodo Dragon, Red-crowned and Siberian Crane, Visayan Warty Pig and Egyptian Tortoise, and the ESB for the Crowned Pigeons.[7]
[edit] Botanical garden
Blijdorp also houses a botanical garden and manages both the Dutch National Bromelia Collection and the Dutch National Primula Collection.[8]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diergaarde_Blijdorp
Blijdorp, Rotterdam Zoo
Image by F.d.W.
Blijdorp, Rotterdam Zoo
Diergaarde Blijdorp
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
Diergaarde Blijdorp
Old entrance of the Diergaarde in Blijdorp.
Date opened
1857
Location
Blijdorp, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Coordinates
51.9269605°N 4.4481325°ECoordinates:
51.9269605°N 4.4481325°E
Memberships
NVD[1] and EAZA[2]
Website
www.diergaardeblijdorp.nl/?lang=EN
Diergaarde Blijdorp (Official Dutch name: Stichting Koninklijke Rotterdamse Diergaarde, Foundation Royal Zoo of Rotterdam) is a zoo in the northwestern part of Rotterdam, one of the oldest zoos in the Netherlands. In 2007 it celebrated its 150th anniversary.
Diergaarde Blijdorp is a member of the Dutch Zoo Federation (NVD) and the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA).
Breeding programs
A Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens fulgens) in Diergaarde Blijdorp. Blijdorp coordinates the international breeding program for this species.
Diergaarde Blijdorp participates in about 70 breeding programs and studbooks, and coordinates a couple of them, including the international breeding program for Red Pandas, EEPs for Asian Elephant, Komodo Dragon, Red-crowned and Siberian Crane, Visayan Warty Pig and Egyptian Tortoise, and the ESB for the Crowned Pigeons.[7]
[edit] Botanical garden
Blijdorp also houses a botanical garden and manages both the Dutch National Bromelia Collection and the Dutch National Primula Collection.[8]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diergaarde_Blijdorp
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