Tiger base

We arrived home safely from Harbin (Harbean) and had a terrific trip. These pictures were taken at the East-north Tiger base.  We started the tour at the souvenir room.  They have 80 tigers in this preserve that roam at will.  We road a bus through the area...the tigers came right up to the bus. There were many gates and safeguards to pass through before the bus could enter an area.   The pictures are a little fuzzy as the windows of the bus were not clean.  The tires of the bus had chains all around them.  Ahh..such sweet things!  A few lions are also kept in this facility but they are in separate "homes." Notice the white and black tigers, cheetah, famous white lion...not a very good picture but he didn't want to cooperate.  This preserve also raises chickens.  The animals are fed a chicken a day or maybe two.  The visitors could purchase a chicken for  $10 and you could throw the live chicken to the tigers.  Thankfully, we didn't see that happen. The safest tiger was at the end....he didn't bite.

The Tiger is enjoying his dinner

Our tour bus!