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2025, A Year that was ( once again ) wild & as usual, it’s time for this years breakdown, This Year my Safari Crew & I h...
31/12/2025

2025, A Year that was ( once again ) wild & as usual, it’s time for this years breakdown, This Year my Safari Crew & I have traveled to 5 AZA Zoological Facilities, Not a lot of trips this year but it was still amazing, We stayed in Columbus to see some of newest & cutest residences like Rita & Ollie the Baby Elephants & the Opening of North America Trek ( Phase 1 ) which it’s really becoming one of my favorite areas in Columbus, In Cincinnati, things are very similar though we just heard that their new Black Bear & Sea Otter enclosures is completed & we will be returning in the Spring but on our last visit we saw the New & Very Impressive Elephant Trek which has to be my favorite Asian Elephant Complex, Though this isn’t a zoo but seeing Native Wildlife is a wonderful sight to see especially the Birds & Reptiles we saw in St.Augustine Florida & On The Islands of the Caribbean, Though this trip wasn’t on my schedule for this year but I couldn’t say no to this one, My friend/coworker wanted to cross off the Akron Zoo off her list, so she invited me to journey with her & luckily we succeeded especially getting pictures of Sumi the Sumatran Tiger, My Zoo buddy & I made the journey to Cumberland Ohio to do an open air Safari at The Wilds & see some rare of Hoof stock & carnivores & lastly my folks and I went to Royal Oak In Detroit to do the Detroit Zoo which has the one of the friendliest zoo visits we experience and for sure we will be making a return especially now that we just got word that Detroit had Lion Cubs, also this year even though I did not visit but my stepdad went to the Blank Park Zoo and photography animals for me which I’m very thankful for & with their recent expansion on their big cat facilities I’m sure one of these days I will make a visit there. This year was a success for the crew especially with the help of the new photo tours which yes we are still planning to do more once we get more photographs of the animals in each area we come across, we already been discussing plans for 2026 and once again it is gonna be wild so happy new year everyone and we look forward for the adventures in 2026!!

28/12/2025

From Our Safari Crew To Your Families, Happy New Year Everyone, Please Enjoy our favorite video moments for 2025!!

Once Again It’s that time of year, so from our Safari Family To Yours, We Wish You A Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year!...
11/12/2025

Once Again It’s that time of year, so from our Safari Family To Yours, We Wish You A Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year!!

Before Working a late Night Event, I wanted to walk around on one of the very last warm days for 2025 ( Ohio Temperature...
16/11/2025

Before Working a late Night Event, I wanted to walk around on one of the very last warm days for 2025 ( Ohio Temperatures ) and got lucky getting some perfect shots including Diesel the Tiger & Photographing some beautiful birds including my first encounter of the ( Extinct in the Wild ) Socorro Dove, I just love to Photograph New Animal Species!!

NEW SPECIES!!, Ever since the North America Trek Aviary Opened back in September, there was a Species that I was on the ...
16/11/2025

NEW SPECIES!!, Ever since the North America Trek Aviary Opened back in September, there was a Species that I was on the look out for a good while, This is the Socorro Dove ( Zenaida graysoni ) this beautiful Bird was once Native to Socorro Island off the West Coast of Mexico, It is a close relative to the Mourning & Eared Doves, the diet of the Doves include in captive environments include seeds, chopped fruit & Vegetables but it will also go for insects like mealworms, Their habitats while still living on the Island was mainly low seasonally humid Forests, The Main reason I Mentioned things that are past tense is because the Socorro Dove is Extinct in the Wild, In 1957 a Naval Base was established on the island which in toll brings Domestic Cats which some of them became Feral and caused damage to the native wildlife including the Socorro Dove Population, The Very Last Socorro Dove seen in the Wild was back in 1972, though it’s sad to hear what happened to their home, there is hope for them, Luckily there was a few of them in zoos which the population number as for the Moment is between 180-210 Individuals including some of them hatched at a couple zoos in the U.K within the last few Months, This is why zoo’s are important, it can help animals like the Socorro Dove bring their numbers back up along with other Animals that are Extinct in the Wild like the Kihansi Spray Toad & Pere David’s Deer, hopefully one day when the population is large, the Socorro Dove can return to the Island.

Before clocking in and took the plane to Africa, I had some time to walk around to see some new species of birds from me...
06/11/2025

Before clocking in and took the plane to Africa, I had some time to walk around to see some new species of birds from me and some cute newcomers along with some recognizable residence!!

Photo Tours #12, Cat Canyon-Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, In this Historical Zoo there was a time when there 3 enc...
02/11/2025

Photo Tours #12, Cat Canyon-Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, In this Historical Zoo there was a time when there 3 enclosures as formerly known as the Tiger & Lion Grottos from the early 1930’s but later on it was renamed the Tiger Canyon which I did a Glimpse of it myself during my first 3 Visits to Cincinnati which had a one of them occupied by one of the big cats were about to see, along with one of them was occupied by a African painted dog one time and then some other time in that same exhibit cheetahs were also in there & then the final one was for White Bengal Tigers, The Grottos lasted for over 75 Years Until 2012 as part of Phase 2 of the Project that also includes the Night Hunters Building which I did mentioned this on our last Cincinnati Photo Tour & we will continue right where we left off from Night Hunters, As soon as you leave the building you will find the first enclosure for Mountain Lion Brothers Tecumseh & Jospeh that came to the zoo in 2010 and came to their enclosure in 2011 which this enclosure was built after Night Hunters & Before Cat Canyon, as you continue down the forest you will find the next enclosure which was the former home of their White Bengal Tigers which lived in Cat Canyon for several years until passing away in 2017 & 2018, as of today this enclosure and the next enclosure are for the Zoo’s 2 Malayan Tigers, Male-Zero & Female-Jin that helps out not only for Malayan Tiger conservation but to cheer on for the Cincinnati Bengals, as you leave Tiger Territory, you could take a path to the left to find a small enclosure that was added somewhere between 2020 and 2021 which now contains the beautiful Eurasian Eagle-Owl which was actually first displayed in Night Hunters, continuing the mountains of Asia which in the very last enclosure is Home to Snow Leopards Renji & Nubo which even though i’m really late for World Snow Leopard Day, I do want to make one cool fact about them, even though they look and have the word leopard in their name, these guys are actually more closely related to tigers than to actual leopards, after the snow leopards you take the boardwalk back up the path and continue your journey at the Cincinnati Zoo.

Photo Tours #11, The Herpetarium-Columbus Zoo & Aquarium, even though this is really a Reptile House, I called it Herpe...
29/10/2025

Photo Tours #11, The Herpetarium-Columbus Zoo & Aquarium, even though this is really a Reptile House, I called it Herpetarium mainly cause well there are Amphibians in the Building as well, The Historic Building First Opened in 1967 it houses a diverse collection of reptiles and amphibians, including snakes, turtles, lizards, and even axolotls. It is one of the oldest buildings at the zoo and features a unique, 16-sided design. The building was renovated in 1998 to create a more comfortable and colorful environment for visitors, with a 1998 renovation. When you first enter, you will see the entry Galley and see animals like the Green Mamba, Axolotl, Tortoises, Kenyan Sand Boas, Turtles, Frogs and Lizards, after all that you entered the deserts to see Reptiles like the Scrub Python & other Australian Python Species along with Spitting Cobras, Beaded Lizards, Newly Arrived Aruba Island Rattlesnakes & a mix of Spiny-Tailed & Grand Cayman Blue Iguanas, right after the Iguanas you will find the Florida Cottonmouth, More Rattlesnakes, Crocodile Lizards with Geckos, several species of Poison Dart Frogs & Prehensile Skinks, Next is the Flooded Forest to find multiple species of Turtles like the Annam Turtle, Fly-River Turtle, Mata-Mata Turtle & Alligator Snapping Turtle along with their roommates like the Webber’s Lizard, Merten’s Monitor & Smooth-Fronted Caiman along freshwater Stingrays, Next is the Rainforests and home to Majesty the King Cobra, Malgasy Hognose Snakes, South American Lizards & Turtles, Cape Cobras, McCord’s Box Turtles with Blood Pythons & also another New Arrival of a Mangrove Snake, right after them and the Asian Rat Snake display is the North America section for Timber Rattlesnakes with Eastern Box Turtles & Black Rat Snakes but also for the Eastern Massasauga’s, Lake Erie Water Snakes, A mix of San Esteban Island Chuckwallas, Desert Whiptail Grassland Lizards & Gila Monsters and then the final displays shows more Black Rat Snakes with Canebrake & Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnakes, This has to be one of the Biggest reptile collections i’ve ever seen, but I know one thing though, more larger reptile collections are on the way.

Photo Tours #10, Wild Asia-Akron Zoo, Opened on May 29th 2021 of a 2 part capital project along with Pride of Africa wh...
19/10/2025

Photo Tours #10, Wild Asia-Akron Zoo, Opened on May 29th 2021 of a 2 part capital project along with Pride of Africa which opened back in 2019, Wild Asia replaced the former grounds of the Tiger Valley & Asia Trail which closed in 2018 ( which closed shortly after my first visit to Akron back in October 2018 ) We will start our journey from our last Akron Adventure from the Snowy Owls in the Grizzly Ridge, just before the upper entrance of Wild Asia is the Garden View Building which has a Aviary which I’ve seen some bird species in that enclosures for the past couple of years, For the past of couple years I’ve seen a Temminck’s Tragopan but last time I went, my friend/coworker and I saw a pair of the Beautiful Lady Amherst’s Pheasant, Ok now we enter into Wild Asia which starts off with the very tall habitat that comes with a indoor viewing for the critically endangered Northern White-Cheeked Gibbon, Male Milo & Female Parker came to the zoo to be part of a breeding program and as of October 2025, they had 2 babies born within the last few years including a female named Lolani born back in December of 2021 & a male named Leuco that we born in June of this year, Moving Down the hill and after the ground level viewing of the White-Cheeked Gibbons, you will journey to the bamboo forests of the Himalayas and it’s home of the Red Panda and right after them are 2 more enclosures and home to the apex predator of Wild Asia, The first of the 2 which is elevated and next to the Red Panda has a water viewing and enrichment tree for the predators to use to climb and grab meat, the second habitat down the seating area of the amphitheater is a bamboo forest that comes with a overhead viewing above the amphitheater and these 2 enclosures are home to the Sumatran Tigers, Back then, the zoo had a female named Diburu ( pictured in this post ) came to Akron with a Male named Eko to have some breeding attempts but then Diburu went to the Dallas Zoo in Texas and they sent a young female named Sumini to hopefully breed witb Eko and create more Sumatran Tigers, this is definitely a must see exhibit especially to see Tigers in Gibbons go to new Heights.

Photo Tours #9, Deserts-Indianapolis Zoo, Added as part of the opening of the new location for the Indianapolis zoo bac...
18/10/2025

Photo Tours #9, Deserts-Indianapolis Zoo, Added as part of the opening of the new location for the Indianapolis zoo back in 1988, The Deserts building is 1 of 3 Desert Domes in the United States and this one is considered the oldest of Americas Desert Domes, When you first enter the desert you will notice the natural light and temperatures that hits you and the temperature stays around the 80° mark, In this desert 5/6 of the habitats are open topped and blends in with the rocky environments, be sure you look for the Rhinoceros Iguana, Spiny-Tailed Lizard & Egyptian tortoises in the first one, the next one also contains more lizards and tortoises like the Blue-Tongue Skink, Bearded Dragon, Grand Cayman Blue Iguana and Radiated Tortoises, Enclosure number 3 has a Great Plated Lizard, Leopard Tortoises & a Colorado River Toad and then the stars of the Desert which is 2 enclosed habitats containing Meerkats & now Sand Cats ( my visit to Indy was in 2022 & they added the Sand Cats not to long after my visit ) The 4th Open Topped enclosure has more Iguanas, Tortoises and more and then you are entered the Extreme Snakes Room which is home to the Biggest, Fastest and has the deadliest venom of snakes of the World like the Reticulated Python & Black Mamba for example and then there’s another dark hallway with more terrariums for reptiles both in Deserts and not Desert related, after seeing the snakes you are pushed back out into the desert to see the final enclosure which is a little river bed for the Australian Snake-Necked Turtle, This building has to be one of my favorite areas in Indy and I recommend it for you to see it ( especially if you’re into reptiles ) and just a reminder the building can be really hot though.

Photo Tours #8, Grizzly Ridge-Akron Zoo, The $12 Million Build that is containing 3 acres opened in 2013 that replaced ...
18/10/2025

Photo Tours #8, Grizzly Ridge-Akron Zoo, The $12 Million Build that is containing 3 acres opened in 2013 that replaced much of the still existing Wild Prairie section, this section is not only displaying animals in America but mainly the animals of the Past & Present that lived in Ohio. Before you take the right to Wild Asia ( Even though I do go to Wild Asia first lol 😂 ) you would want to take the hill and see the window of Grizzly Ridge Aviary which has a upper portion of the Aviary that makes you think your in a tree house to see very cool & beautiful Ohio Native Birds like Cardinals, Eastern Bluebirds & More, before going to the upper portion of the aviary, you will come across a group of Bald Eagles that were rescued from the wild due to their injuries, moving up the hill, you enter a small hut that comes with a underwater viewing and move up just a little further you will see more underwater viewing areas & a slide to see the territory of the River Otters, Next to & before the main viewing area for the River Otters, you will come across a forest meadow and it is the home of the animal that gave the area it’s name, yes i’m Mentioning Grizzly Bear Siblings Jackson & Cheyenne, moving from the bears & otters you will find a small shack which a couple birds found their way in like the Screech Owls & Bobwhite Quails, The Next Habitats is the territory for 2 species of Canid like Common Coyote & the Critically Endangered Red Wolf, thats everything for the Ridge but to continue the North America Theme, the zoo has 2 more enclosures in the Wild Prairie section with one containing Barn Owls & the other one has a breeding pair & family of Snowy Owls.

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