A major crop job, so not at its sharpest.

Taken at John Ball Zoo

Henry Doorly Zoo

Omaha, Nebraska

2012

Big Cat Sanctuary in Kent

Olmense zoo

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Lions at folly farm

Taken at the Hamburg Zoo, Germany

"Tiger, tiger, burning bright

In the forests of the night,

What immortal hand or eye

Could frame thy fearful symmetry?"

~ William Blake (1757 - 1837) "The Tiger"

Female Sumatran Tiger, Fota Island Wildlife Park, Cork, Ireland.

There are, apparently, only about 350 of these tigers left in the wild in Sumatra.

Audobon Zoo Jaguar

Cheetah resting

Ndutu, Tanzania

7th April 2024

snow leopard

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Rusty Spotted Cat at the Big Cat Sanctuary

Zoo

Tiger at Howletts

Mum and two daughters savouring the last of the afternoon warmth

These are the jaguars at Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, Washington. They were taken last year so I don't think the cubs are still with mom. I must have gone back to the exhibit at least 10 times in the course of a couple days to try to catch them awake and not in an area with lots of glare.

Samutran Tigress, Fota Wildlife Park, Cork, Ireland

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The San Diego Zoo's highly endangered Amur Leopards play with some vegetation they dug up from their enclosure. The trio (two brothers and a sister) will soon be celebrating their first birthday.

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Cheetah portrait at Broxbourne zoo

Lion cub

Detroit Zoological Park

Lioness

I took it in the Servion Zoo (Switzerland). The composition and the light were not easy to arrange because of the wire fences. It was the same for the clearness.