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THE BIG CATS
Beautiful, sleek and graceful, the big cats have always fascinated me.  They're among the most photogenic of all of the earth's creatures and my web search has produced some wonderful examples.  Some of the pictures are large, so the page may take some time to load.  Enjoy!  Nancy
Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it.
-- Confucius

We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts. -- William Hazlitt

Those who find beauty in all of nature will find themselves at one with the secrets of life itself. -- L. W. Gilbert
Animals give me more pleasure through the viewfinder of a camera than they ever did in the crosshairs of a gun sight.  And after I've finished "shooting," my unharmed victims are still around for others to enjoy.  I have developed a deep respect for animals.  I consider them fellow living creatures with certain rights that should not be violated any more than those of humans. -- Jimmy Stewart
There is a beauty, a synergy, an interconnectedness, an absolute overpowering aspect to the natural world, which I think leads you to the divine. -- Peter Garrett
An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language. 

All animals, except man, know that the ultimate of life is to enjoy it.
-- (both) Martin Buber
Except for children, few of us spend time wondering why nature is the way it is. -- Carl Sagan
Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
When a man wants to murder a tiger, it's called sport; when the tiger wants to murder him, it's called ferocity.
-- George Bernard Shaw
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LINKS:
Big Cats Online

Game Reserve. com

The Big Cats

The Big Cats: Posters

Tiger Galleries

Wildlife Conservation Network

"Nowhere to Roam"

Cats Up Close

Tiger Homes

Leopard Gallery

Cheetah Gallery

Adopt a Big Cat

Art of Big Cats

Pip McGarry Art

World Wildlife Fund: Big Cats

Siberian Tigers

Florida Panther Society

Hercules, the Liger

Big Cats of Serenity Springs

Bengal Tigers

Wildlife Links
Beauty, in its supreme development, invariably moves the sensitive soul to tears. -- Edgar Allan Poe