I love photography and I love animals. So, when you put them together, I'm very happy. That's why I love wildlife photography so much. It combines two of my passions and is so much fun. The Cincinnati Zoo is one of my favorite places to take wildlife photos because they have such a wonderful range of beautiful animals that live in realistic, pretty exhibits.
Recently, my mom and I went on a trip to the Cincinnati Zoo to take some photos because for Christmas I received a brand new 600-milimeter telephoto lens! I really wanted to try it out, and what better place than a zoo? Once we entered the zoo, we went immediately to their Mexican gray wolf exhibit. Wolves are my very favorite animal and this zoo has three stunning wolves on display. I tooks lots of photos of the wolves, who were resting and relaxing. The new lens was absolutely amazing. It was so much different from my smaller telephoto lens! We spent lots of time there, before we headed off to see the adorable painted dogs, snow leopard, and eagles. These eagles almost looked like they were posing for me, with their sharp eyes perfectly still as I snapped photos. The Cincinnati Zoo provided perfect models for photos and a wonderful afternoon.
Many creatures in the animal kingdom are believed to be one thing, when they are actually quite another. Wolves are a perfect example of this. Wolves are often villainized as "big bad wolves", but in truth they are kind, gentle, majestic creatures. Recently, they were removed from the endangered species list and some states allowed nearly their full population of gray wolves to be hunted out. Now, all across America, gray wolves are being torn away from their families, because wolves live in packs, family groups exactly like us. Often when a human hunts a wolf, they are taking another wolf away from their parents, siblings, or even pups. The biggest thing that we can do to help is to write letters to the President and other elected officials asking them to relist wolves on the endangered species list. We can save wolves if we try. Don't let their howls be silenced.
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