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“Something told us it’s all happening at the zoo, we do believe it, we do believe it’s true” … Ok, you might be saying zoos are a terrible habitat for keeping animal’s captive. Well, in many parts of the world that is true. Conditions are often times less than acceptable and even on the verge of animal cruelty. We have to say we were pleasantly surprised during our visit to the Cape May County Park and Zoo in Cape May Court House. This pristine property, donated by the Matthews family, once housed their plantation here in southern Jersey. What was so impressive to us was the animals that require free range habitats were given acres of space to roam and graze. The air had a crisp clean aroma, partly, we are sure, because of the beautiful weather conditions and excellent grounds keeping in the park. Jersey has a reputation, especially from folks who have not lived there or only associate the state with the ports and industry in the metropolitan Newark corridor. Contrary to that assumption and not speaking of the politics or high property taxes, Jersey is a beautiful state replete with farmland, mountains, pristine lakes and rivers, a world-famous shoreline, boatloads of history and food that is not rivaled anywhere on the globe. So now that we have given our pitch for the state, let us tell you more about the zoo. We walked quite a bit following the well-marked paths guiding us to the different animal and bird habitats. Photos, photos and more photos are always a must everywhere we go. Due to muscle and joint damage from my past health crisis, I use a cane to help me keep at an acceptable pace and steady on my feet, so I don’t fall on my face. What do you do with a cane when you are taking photographs? Sometimes hand it off to Janet or lean it against anything available. While visiting the Leopard habitat we crossed a bridge overlooking the area. Cardinal rule, do not lean a cane on the rails of a fence. Why you might ask? Reason is, the cane will inadvertently fall into an area where you might never see it again and fall it did. We were not climbing into a Leopard habitat to retrieve the walking stick. We reported the mishap to the office. They called the next day letting us know they retrieved it. The last time that happened to me was on a prior visit to Hoboken, NJ and while photographing the NYC skyline on the Jersey side of the Hudson River I did the same thing (of course I sometimes don’t learn lessons), I leaned the cane against the fence and watched it fall through the rungs into the Hudson River, never to be seen again. We are sure that someday in a few hundred years when they dredge the river my Bat Masterson replica cane will become a museum artifact.
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