Lions, Tigers and Bears! Oh My!

If you are ever in the Spokane area, check out the unique Cat Tales Zoological Park near Mead, Washington.

Cat Tales is mainly a refuge for big cats of all kinds. It's also a Zookeeper Training Center. Students from throughout the United States and Canada receive hands on experience from the professional team of instructors at Cat Tales, and it is the only zoological training center of its kind in North America.

On our visit, we saw lions, tigers, white tigers, jaguars, cougars, leopards, bobcats, and a couple of grizzly bear cubs. Oh, and a LIGER (half lion, half tiger)!

The kids were thrilled to see so many big cats in one place. They also enjoyed the rabbits, goats and chickens in the petting zoo because they were just dying to TOUCH something. It's a fun couple of hours!