Big Cats of Bandon

On our recent holiday through BC, Washington and Oregon our southernmost destination was the town of Bandon whose claim to fame is a walk-through safari with extensive petting zoo. They work very actively with big cat preservation with zoos and the like and as a result frequently have young cats that are too young to be moved and to cute not to be patted.

There'll be more pictures from this place later, but for now we'll just leave it at the 'big' cats.
Kathryn is patting a baby leopard named Bently who weighs a little less than our cat and is still small enough for lap sitting. If you ask her nicely about it she may tell you more about this leopard :PNext was a lion cub named Bella who is a little too big for laps but still quite a charmer.And last but not least was a Siberian Lynx named Kesa who is almost big enough to move to her next home but was still present for our attention.