Austin Zoo

Who knew Austin has a zoo! It's the Austin Zoo and Animal Sanctuary.

Their main mission is rescuing exotic and domestic animals from people who are either mistreating or just don't want the animals anymore. Check out their website. http://www.austinzoo.org

Matt's dad, Larry, knows that we like to visit zoos in our travels and that Jack loves animals so part of our Christmas present was tickets to the zoo. The day we visited it was kinda chilly and windy and being Christmas Eve, there weren't many other visitors but we enjoyed seeing the animals and riding the zoo train (despite the cold).

It was hard to take pictures of some of the animals because their habitats were surrounded by chain link but they were out relaxing or playing. The big lion had just gone into his house with a zoo helper but there was another one out playing. One of the tigers walked right up to greet us and have his picture taken. The other was resting on a rock. There were two cougars chillaxin' in their area and a black panther hanging out in a tree in his area (I thought he was the coolest cat, unfortunately my picture of him didn't turn out). The roosters were hilarious cuz they were not contained in a pen and seemed to be following us around. Then would occasionally let out a loud crow which Jack found super funny!

There were also a bunch of pretty peacocks.

Hopefully this zoo will be able to continue its mission of rehabilitating animals in need.

Thanks to Larry for our day at the zoo!