Natural Bridge Caverns

Natural Bridge Caverns
Natural Bridge Caverns, an incredible underground world of natural beauty.

TEXAS WILD FLOWERS

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

The Cat House


 We were at Solidad Canyon Thousand Trails for the new year, and yes it snowed.

Bella loves the snow. 













 
Black Leopard from India through Southeast Asia.

Snow Leopard from mountainous regions of Central Asia. 
Hunger makes Leopards cranky. 



















The Cat House is dedicated to the protection and preservation of endangered felines.  Exotic Feline Breeding Compound's Feline Conservation Center is home to over 70 of the worlds most endangered Felines. Residents include 18 species to include tiger, jaguar, fishing cat, serval, pallas' cat, caracal, ocelot, bobcat, Canada lynx, Geoffroy's cat, margay, jaguarundi, jungle cat, cougar, leopard cat, clouded leopard, snow leopard, and 4 subspecies of leopards.

The six species pictured here hardly do justice to this preserve, to learn more this conservation center visit there website.


                              http://www.cathouse-fcc.org/


Jaguar, from Mexico to Argentina.
Most of the compound is open for viewing, guests are aloud to explore at their own pace. There are sign at all the enclosures that describe the species, range, habitat, and general characteristics.




Unlike a zoo there are no moats.  Visitors can get within five feet of these beautiful cats.
Canada Lynx from, you guest it Canada.  OK, as well as Alaska
and the Rocky Mountains of the US.
Cougar, Puma, Mountain Lion from Western North America and
most of South America.
Once roaming free over all of North America populations have
been eliminated in the east except for a small area of Southern
Florida.
Bobcat smallest of the North American wild cats.