In Reply to: JBR 27Sep-9Oct posted by 1Sue on Friday, 23. October 2009 at 15:57 Bali Time:
owner's daughter admitted to a journalist that the animals were given ketomine??? or something which is a tranquilizer. The complete info is somewhere in the BTF archive. I certainly saw the lion stagger and most of the big cats prefering to sleep than pose for photos (which I also assume is normal for big cats during the day), I guess it wears off (which is when they bring out the "no young children because I'm still a bit feisty" sign which I saw put up a couple of times.
We went along to, but to be honest I would prefer less up close and personal experiences and drug free animals....but obviously they make a lot of money on those photos....