Nearing the fag end of my walk through the path enveloping the caged realm, that seemed to be receding slowly as imprinted
memories in my mind, I tried to get a few last compelling shots of the wildlife
around me.
So if I had to take 'An invisible you' along with me this is how I would relive that memory:
So if I had to take 'An invisible you' along with me this is how I would relive that memory:
On a mental note, you start with the Giraffes
strolling calmly on your right as you enter.
Moving on you take a curved bend to your left that leads to the birds sanctuary.
Also on your way here, don’t miss looking up at the trees that border
the walkway – you might just be lucky enough to spot a few surprises up there!
After having graced the Hornbills, Sparrows, Cranes, Stork, Budgerigars, Pheasants, Parakeets,
Owls, Eagles, Vulture, Lorikeets, Macaws, Cockatoos, Conures and Flamingos you move on
to meet a couple of Capuchins.
A little straight ahead takes you to the Tiger
clearing. I think there were 3-4 tigers
in all, but just the sight and noise of the crowd in front of the ‘somewhat-just-big
-enough’ cage making the striped King pace around restlessly, was much too gut wrenching
for me to want to be a part of that crowd. I just stood behind the now half mocking impenetrable
crowd, looked on for a few seconds at the one animal I was so looking forward
to see and just managed to get a fleeting glimpse of! I just took a couple of half-hearted clicks
for the record and decided to move on with my folks, casting a dreary look
behind me. It all just felt out of place
and nothing else could have made me more reminiscent of the fact that, they so
did not belong in there! But, well that
is just my honest opinion. I just simply
convinced myself that they were rescued animals that couldn’t have made it otherwise
on their own in the wild and were well taken care of here- something I did at
almost every other clearing! On the flip side, it did give me an unasked for
excuse to be at close quarters with some of the animals that I may never
otherwise have had a chance to see, like the Lemurs, Marmosets, Kangaroos
and Blackbucks
up ahead.
