Big Cat Week celebrates wild felines at Assiniboine Park Zoo
Winnipeg's Assiniboine Park Zoo is celebrating its big and wild felines this week.
Cougars, lynx, ocelots, lions, tigers, snow leopards take centre stage at zoo Aug. 1 to 9
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Assiniboine Park Zoo is home to several species of wild cats, including snow leopards. (Cliff Simpson/CBC)
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Winnipeg's Assiniboine Park Zoo is celebrating its big and wild felines this week.
Assiniboine Park Zoo's Big Cat Week takes place Aug. 1 to 9. (Cliff Simpson/CBC)
Big Cat Week comes on the heels of the July 29 annual conservation awareness celebration of Global Tiger Day.
Winnipeg's zoo is home to cougars, Canadian lynx, ocelots, lions, tigers and snow leopards.
Janaye Zacharias, an attendant at the zoo, said the week-long event is meant to get people more invested in the lives of big cats around the world.
Two lions sun bathe in their enclosure on Saturday afternoon at the Assiniboine Park Zoo. (Cliff Simpson/CBC)
"The more that we can spread the word and get people to get excited for big cats and tigers, and the more we can raise funds for them to protect them out in the wild ... the better it will be for these animals," said Zacharias.
Big Cat Week runs until Aug. 9, with special activities — like watching cougars feeding — held daily.
