Scotland VI: Wildlife Park I

Left Inverness Monday morning and drove down to the Highland Wildlife Park, where I spent several happy hours. I first did the driving tour and got some pics of various deer, horses, bison etc and then did some walking. I spent most of my time with the wolves, an animal I've always liked. It's a very special feeling to stand not ten feet away from them. The park is a wonderful place, and well worth the £10,50 you pay to get in. True to British form, when I bought my ticket the old guy in the booth apologized for the "unseasonal weather". It was sunny... I took so many pics I'm going to divide this into several posts. Click for larger versions.


Tibetan horses:




European bison. Hot damn, those things are huge.







Reindeer. A bloody nuisance to traffic in the north of Norway, they SHOULD be locked up in parks.



This one turned completely loco on me. I rolled down the window to take some pics, and he started shaking and snorting and then ran around like crazy. I was afraid he'd attack the car, so I drove on.




Moose. A bloody nuisance to traffic everywhere in Scandinavia. Their peasized brains just can't process the concept of cars bearing onto them, and it's touch and go if they run away into the woods or stay in the road.

A cow, nibling some food:



Here comes daddy - it's only the bulls that have antlers.



A wee one: