Enroute from Crater Lake to Crescent City, we stopped at Great Cats World Park in Cave Junction and enjoyed a personal guided tour of the park, while staff and trainers interacted with large and small cats including…
- African Lions
- Siberian Tigers
- Bengal Tigers
- White Tiger
- Black Leopards
- Snow Leopards
- Amur Leopards
- Jaguars
- North American Cougars
- African Serval
- African Caracal
- South American Ocelots
- Yukon Lynx
- Fishing Cat
- African Wildcats
- Geoffroy’s Cat
These animals have been featured in major motion pictures, such as “Vertical Limit”, and various TV shows and commercials, such as “The Crocodile Hunter”, “The Late Show with David Letterman”, “The Late, Late Show with Conan O’Brien”, “Newton’s Apple” and the “Today Show”.
I was especially enchanted with Sabah the Fishing Cat! Watching a cat catch fish in a pond is not something one sees everyday.
A sweltering hot day, we also appreciated the shade cloth and misters around the exhibits.
See our other pictures from the Great Cats World Park.
See the full list of places that we visited during our Washington / Oregon / California road trip
Wow, Ros! I lived in southern Oregon for 12 years … right on the Rogue River, and this is the first I’d heard about the Cat Park.
Yes, many trips through Grants Pass, Cave Junction, and on to Brookings. Especially for the Azalea Festival in mid-spring.
My great aunt had a motel in Crescent City (reported to have an exotic history. Well, what the hey, loggers get lonely, too) right on the ocean. My ol’ Grandad and I found a Japanese glass fish net ball right out from the motel. We were on our way to the 1939 San Francisco World’s Fair at the time.
Thanks again for the report.
Gene B
Hi Gene,
Thanks for stopping by!
It’s good to have family with ‘exotic history’. I hope to be one of those people someday. 🙂
And wow! The 1939 world’s fair! How cool is that!!! Even cooler that you can remember that far back,.. I can’t remember last week. 🙂
And yes… although I wasn’t keen to see cats in cages, I was REALLY glad that we went. The gentleman who runs the place is SO into what he does… the tour keeps going around and around and people join in the midst. It was VERY cool.
Cheers,
Ros
I work with/for craig and cindy (r.i.p) in minnesota years ago when Tarri was just a cub and I miss them all. Looking for more pixs of Tarri if you have any suggestions so I can draw them for my coloring books that I give away FREE to kids in the hospitals. Ronald G. Smythe President/CEO S.T.Productions and Publications and founder of White Tiger Foundation rgjs42@yahoo.com
Hi Ronald,
Thanks kindly for stopping by and leaving your comment.
All the pictures that I have of Great Cats World Park are at http://www.flickr.com/photos/roamsters/sets/72157607002960802/
I’m sorry that I didn’t take more… would have loved to have been able to help with your creations and cause.
Best,
Ros
Thanks Rosalind,
I found a picture of craig being hugged by Tarri, it was at
http://www.funnyphotos.net.au/userimages/user756_1164673794.jpg
Send your address to my P.O.box 2205 MPLS,MN.55402-2205 and I will mail you a copy of the first book in the series. Ronald / S.T. Productions
Ronald,
What a BEAUTIFUL picture! Tarri looks like she’s really into that hug.
I’ll pop you my addy via email… would love to see your books!
Cheers and thanks very kindly!
Ros
You can see pixs of me at http://www.microgiving.com/profile/222616/?all=1 My web site is down currently and I am having problems getting it back up and running on the internet since my vice-president quit. My e-mail is rgjs42@yahoo.com I will be moving soon so contact me and I will mail out a book asap. Ronald
You can see Tarri at http://www.gretcatsworldpark.com/photoalbum.html but I am sorry to say he is a male tiger born in 1996. Some pics on craigs site are gone and I hope Tarri is still there. Still have not seen a e-mail from you as to where to send a copy of my book. Please contact me as soon as you can. Thanks, Ronald G. Smythe
sorry its http://www.greatcatsworldpark.com/photoalbum.html not gret!