Wildlife Conservation Centre

On our first full day in Anchorage we took a bus tour out of the city along the Cook Inlet to visit Portage Lake and Glacier (see blog for Friday 11 August).

The tour also included a visit to the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Centre, home of many different Alaskan mammals and a few birds, mostly rescue animals who have been injured or kept inappropriately as pets and cannot be released into the wild.

This Black Bear was one of two young cubs of a bear who was shot by someone who felt threatened by her.

Although this bear looks a little sad behind the wire mesh, the enclosures were large and interesting for them and, had they remained in the wild they would probably have become prey to adult male bears or wolves.

This is his twin.

This Brown (Grizzly) Bear could see no reason to get up and move on this particularly wet day.

Indoors a chance to see some huge Moose, sheltering from the weather.

In the fields, the antlers being carried on the Caribou had to be seen to be believed..

There is a large herd of American Bison st the Centre..

It was a shame that the weather was so bad as the Centre was set in many acres but it was muddy and difficult to explore.