Dublin Zoo

Last week we brought the kids up to the Zoo in Dublin, its been quite a while since we were last here, so they were excited to see all the animals. It was the afternoon before we got there and some of the animals had gone indoors for the day. A lot of work had been done since we where there last many of the enclosures have changed. The elephants had been moved from the African plains. The Gorilla’s also had a new home, which did not aid in taking pictures like before. A new play area had also been built for the kids. A visit to the zoo is not a cheap affair, but its worth it just to see some of the magnificent animals that live there. The gorilla’s are my personal favorite, but they are now indoors behind a glass enclosure with bad lighting which made in impossible to get a nice clean shot. Although I love seeing them, its quite sad to see them locked up like this. You can see in the eyes that their spirit is gone, when compared to watching them in the wild. As mentioned not all the animals  were out in view but here is a selection of shots from the day. I hope you enjoy them. 🙂

Watchful Lions

Sulawesi Crested Macaque

Snow Leopards

Siamang Gibbon

Me & Dylan

Ava in the new Play Area

The latest Monkey at Dublin Zoo

Ring-tailed Lemur

Sealion

Amur Tiger

A curious visitor

Ava & Dylan

 

 

 

Nellie the Elephant

African SpurredTortoise

Spider Monkey

Kids on Safari

Chimpanzee Prints

Tarzan

Spot the Monkey?

The African Plains

 

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