Since my last post is private
Well I will post what I wish to share with you all instead of everything that's been going on in my life lately.
I may get to play with a mountain lion later today....I know I will get to play with the ligers but I really want to play with the mountain lion. There is a group that travels around raising money to support their rescue operations back home by selling pictures, playtime, and merchandise. They have a free magic show at the mall that their boss does to raise children’s awareness of the hazards of drugs and alcohol. They had sent a fax to our hotel asking for room donations at one of our other properties and in return we would get the Golden Ticket. It's a package of one 8X10 photo with a liger and 8 min. of playtime. I jumped on it and negotiated for play time for my boss, his wife, and I as well as two golden tickets for his kids to use if we gave them two rooms at our hotel which is full service instead of just a bed the entire time they are in town.
When I went to the mall on Thursday I didn't expect the "star treatment" I would get when I told them who I was and presented the gift certificate for playtime before the magic show. They told me "We take care of our sponsors." I was given as long as I wanted in the cage but I had to cut it short to get to the show and they told me "come back after the show and you can play as long as you want." I did and it was great! I got to feed the ligers their bottles that night and they told me that they would hook me up with pictures as well. I ended up leaving on Thursday without getting the pictures taken because I was planning on going back to the mall the next day. I ended up getting to play with the ligers again on Friday when I got my pictures taken. I got one picture with Falcon the mountain lion and one with Jack (the kangaroo that is staying with them at our hotel). I will post the pictures later when I get my scanner hooked up to my computer. I didn't know that baby kangaroos are as soft as a chinchilla but that's how he felt when I pet him. The ligers are a soft as an average house cat and they have the same playful mentality and sleepiness of domestic kittens. I am in love with their babies as the workers call them.
The great part about this group is that they rescue any animal needing rescue. This means that they also have two pot bellied pigs with them and a collection of other animals exotic and domestic back home. They have plenty of land to accommodate the animals and a large staff to take care of all their special needs animals that they have rescued. I am so in love with this group that I want to turn my next "big vacation" into a trip down to Oklahoma to help out down there and volunteer my time to help take care of the animals and learn more about them.
Well I am out of time to type and in desperate need of sleep since I have to work before going to their last day at the mall to play with the babies. I will post again as time permits