Another Trip To The Sanctuary – 6/27/25 – The Mountain Lion

I have lived in Colorado for over 25 years now, and the Wild Animal Sanctuary (WAS) has been around since 1980. I only just discovered the WAS a little over a month ago though. And now, I have already been 4 times. In case you hadn’t noticed, I LOVE it there and what they do. All the animals are so well cared for and they all look very healthy and happy. It is another one of my happy places, along with being in the water and diving in the ocean. 🙂

This time, Larry and I went at the end of the day, trying to avoid the heat. We packed up a picnic lunch/dinner, and ate at the Sanctuary, with lions and tigers nearby. It was still very hot, especially when we first got there. We even had to sign a waiver because of the heat; definitely a first for us. Initially, a lot of the animals were just doing their best to cool off too. But they got a lot more active later. Of course I took another bazillion photos, but this time I am only going to focus on one specific animal.

Every time we go, we see different animals and animals doing different things. But this time, it was our first time to see the mountain lion, aka puma or cougar. One of the volunteers said we were very lucky to see her too, since most people do not get a chance to see her out and about. She is still kind of shy and likes to keep to herself. But last night, she was out and about and was definitely posing for the camera, looking right at me a lot of the time too. She was NOT shy last night. She is so beautiful. AND, we have a lot of mountain lions in our mountains as well. We’ve never seen them in the wild, but I know they are all around, and I am certain they are watching us.

When we first spotted her, she didn’t venture out too far from the fence. But soon, she was out and about.

See. She is looking right up at me.

I think I made a new friend. I think she wanted to cuddle like our panther and puma like to do. 🙂

Every day is a gift. Appreciate all your day sand all your gifts. Make them all great.