The weekend of May 15 we took a quick trip with my family to the GW Exotic Animal Park in Oklahoma. If you've ever driven from Dallas to OKC you've seen the signs. It's only a two hour drive from Dallas. We stayed at the Gaylord Texan hotel in Grapevine.
This was my Mom's Mother's Day gift - she loves tigers. This place has the most number of large cats in the world. 
Casper the White Lion. He's only 19 months old and won't get his full mane until he's five years old. 
A female lion playing with Miller. It was amazing how much they watched Miller compared to everyone else. I think they wanted to eat him and knew he would be easier prey to catch.
Can you see the baby tiger nursing? It was born only a few hours before we got there.
Each and every tigers face has different markings and you could really tell the difference. The only thing that is the same is that each one has white spots on the back of their ears.
They rescue large cats from around the world. This lion came from Hollywood. He didn't really like the acting thing - seriously.
White Peacock.
Evan fed a monkey goldfish right out of her hand. Miller loved it.
One of my mom's dreams in life was to play and hold a baby tiger. The baby was two weeks old and his eyes weren't even open. I'm guessing she's hooked now and will for sure go back.
Miller petting the baby tiger.
Miller giving the baby tiger a kiss.
This is my new favorite type of large cat - a Taliger (the dad is a tiger and mom is a liger (lion/tiger mix)). Tigers and lions mate on their own, but aren't in the same locations in the wild.
We fed raw chicken to lions and tigers below. 
Feeding the lions and tigers.
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