Roger Williams Park Zoo

We just got a membership to the Roger Williams Park Zoo and we plan to use it to the full! Coming from Africa, I had a really hard time seeing the animals behind fences for the first time. Funnily, the elephants didn't really bother me. It was more the wild dogs and the big cats - they cover so much ground so fast (although elephants also cover many, many miles in a day.)

However, the Roger Williams Park Zoo is actively involved in the Endangered Species Breeding Program and are currently trying to breed the elephants through artificial insemination.

They have been to Kenya and will soon be going to Madagascar to procure some of the endangered animals from there. Many of the animals are from rescues (e.g. one bald eagle was hit by a car, and the other flew into a power line) and all the others were bred in captivity. It's good to know that none of them long for the wild...

That being said, we had a fabulous time with 78 deg weather, and 2 very excited children!

Giraffes (who are both currently pregnant)

Moon Bear

Penguin Exhibit

Bald Eagles (Endangered Species)

It's a good thing we have a membership - perhaps he'll see some of it next time!