tigers

http://www.wildanimalsanctuary.org/animals/photogallery.html
We packed a picnic and got to the sanctuary around 6. The animals were mostly sprawled in the late day sun and as it began to cool off two lions called to one another, and the wolves and grizzlies began to get more active... The mountain lions began purring and the tigers who were staying cool in their galvanized pools pulled themselves out to dry off.

None of the animals will every be released into the wild- they're all there for the rest of their lives since they were born in captivity and most had been [mis]kept as pets or as circus performers, and would never be able to survive in the wild. It's a better life than they could have had otherwise, though- but strange to see a huge male lion roaring in the dried grass of Colorado farmland...