Malta has some terrible small zoo where the animals are treated pretty terribly, but the Bird Park was a wonderful little sanctuary, cared after by a bird lover.
I even made cat friends ;)
And my favorite bird: the gold crested sulfur cockatoo:
Wildlife Park sounded fun, but I found out it's a very sad place that overcrowds animals in ways that are illegal just about anywhere else. Many of the animals looked sad, and I got yelled at for being friendly with the cockatoo that was delighted to get attention (they are high maintenance birds)
like seriously? I paid to not be allowed to take pictures
poor thing
and this poor guy too
[rigimg:1024:2269*|you cane make your own guesses how drugged those baby tigers are and what happens to them when they grow up