The
Atascadero Lake and Charles Paddock Zoo are located in the beautiful
city of Atascadero, California. The lake and zoo are right beside
each other and we highly recommend a visit to the zoo and park.
If
you would like to see the tigers eyes up close Click Here.
My
wife and I visited the zoo on a cloudy day in November 2010. We were actually surprised to find
the park and lake in the same location. Mary, my wife wasn't
interested in the zoo so she walked our dogs through the
wonderful, little park while I took pictures of the animals in
the
zoo.
You can walk the zoo and see all the wild life zoo animals in about 10 minutes. The zoo doesn't have a million plus animals but the ones they do have are really cool.
I
was taking pictures of the monkeys when I noticed a few people gathered
by this big cage and my curiosity sent me running in that
directions.
When
I got a little closer I understood why all the people were standing
gawking through the bars. There was this big ole tiger eating a
dead
rabbit. Wow, that was so neat. The tiger was only 20 feet
away and you could see it up close. It was really awesome to be
that close to the tiger.