London Meerkats
I have been lucky enough to travel the world with my job and with my family and take photographs of wild animals in their natural habitat. However not everyone can afford to travel to these exotic places and take an organised safari or boat trip, so the next best thing is zoos and safari parks in the UK. I'll be honest I don't like the concept of zoos but most now have conservation programmes that means their existence can now have a positive effect on the wild populations of endangered animals. London's Regents Park Zoo in one such establishment at the forefront of these various campaigns. We visited the zoo in 2007, which was also my first trip to London Zoo for 30 years, since my childhood. Things have changed for the better and all the enclosures have a natural feel. However at the end of the day I still have mixed feelings because however nice the enclosures are they are still cages for the public to go and see these magnificent creatu...