Big Cats

Tamair

Born November 1977 Tamair is OLD. He seemed content lying on the grassy knoll until we started lobbing horsemeat at him, then he looked up for a few minutes at least.

Puna

This shot was taken about 5 seconds before Puna charged directly at me. Luckily there was a fence there and I stepped back just in time...!

Locked On

Puna only has eyes for me. Or maybe that bloke next to me, she really really liked him.

Neptune

Intense Eyes

Small and cute - and not unlike Puss in Boots from Shrek...

Front Paws Airborne

Two Puma's reside in this large enclosure - this was Viktoria, the more placid of the two. She was happy to make several jumps for us to catch the meat but I don't think I ever nailed the focus on her face it all happened so fast.

Jack the Jungle Cat

A cute and playful little guy, tricky to shoot because he darted around a lot.

Old

Xizi

Xizi is one of two Amur Leopards and was much quieter and better natured than Artur who we would visit second.

Snarling Artur

Artur isn't the happiest of cats...

Lookout

Artur looking around at something off to my right which is clearly vexing him.

Griffin the Caracal

This guy was a little shy at first, but throw some horse meat at him and soon we got a good chance to get him into the patches of sunlight in his little enclosure.

Petra, Lynx

Samia, Serval

A small but hyperactive cat - Samia spent ages sprinting all around the cage and it was only towards the end of our time with her that we got her to slow down enough for a decent shot or two!

Jua

Jua the Serval sticking her tongue out at us while climbing up the log in the centre of the pen.