Just outside of the city of Kamloops, this spacious 50 hectare facility is home to 65 native BC species.  The park offers interactive displays, wildlife encounters and interpretive talks featuring some of their amazing resident wildlife.

While the black swans, pigs and bunnies may be more for the kids, they also have some more impressive animals such as bears, buffalo, elk, wolves, cougars, bald eagles, and many others.

One of their most recent acquisitions is Clover, a Kermode or "spirit bear" cub, whose fur is completely white or cream-coloured.  This interesting anomaly is said to occur in roughly one tenth of the black bear population, and members of this sub-species are neither albino nor bare any relation to polar bears.

The BC Wildlife Park is definitely worth a look, whether you make a day of it or just need a chance to stretch your legs while passing through Kamloops.