Visit the Big Game Alaska Wildlife Center on your Alaska Vacation
While on your Alaska vacation you may want to visit the Big Game Alaska Wildlife Center to get a close up view of some of the big game from the state. You won't have to hike for miles and hope to see some, you will have the opportunity to visit them at the place where they are cared for by caring people. This 140 acre area was opened to the public in 1993. Here you will be able to see the animals that have been injured or orphaned and are now either back to good health or on their way to it.
The Bald Eagle you will most likely see was saved from a severe gunshot wound. The Great Horned owl will have you trying to turn your head 360 degrees! There are bison for you to learn about and get up close to see. Did you know they can't see very well but they have a great sense of smell and hearing?
So what is so great about the relative of the goat, the Musk Ox? One of the things that make them so valuable is the winter coat they have that when combed out in the spring yields some of the warmest cloth available anyplace. There are items made from this fabric in the gift shop which is located in the log lodge which was built by the owner, by hand, from logs of trees killed by spruce bark beetles.
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