The Conservation Center is about 45 minutes outside town and a good place to see a lot of the animals Alaska has to offer. The animals get a lot more square footage than they would in a zoo and live in a space that more closely resembles their natural habitats. That said, they are all pretty domesticated - the Brown Bear pictured below gnawing on some giant bone is also trained to do tricks.
A pair of moose in their formative years.
You can't tell from this picture, but this eagle only has one wing. He was rescued by some very heroic people in some incredible circumstances that I can't remember at all right now. Point of the story, don't feel bad that he lives in a cage - it's a pretty big cage too.
Black Bear pining for his long lost love. If you look behind him, you'll see a rut that he's worn into the mud by pacing back and forth. I don't hang out with a lot of bears, but it seemed like odd behavior.
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