Tombi & Friends

As the only institution in the United States accredited as a zoo, an aquarium, and a botanic garden, the Indianapolis Zoo is home to a wide variety of plants and animals. None is more spectacular than Tombi, a 31-year-old African elephant who we first met in 1998. Our association with this gentle and intelligent creature has not only opened our eyes to the incredible world of elephants and the Zoo's path-breaking research on elephant reproduction and health necessary to protect them from extinction. It also has introduced us to other extraordinary animals who inhabit the Zoo, as well as to the talented and dedicated people who care for them. This site shares some of the many pictures we have taken of Tombi and her friends at the Indianapoliz Zoo and as we have traveled elsewhere. You can learn more about these animals and what's on at the Indianapolis Zoo by visiting the Zoo's website. -Fred & Beth Cate

"In all things of Nature, there is something of the marvelous." -Aristotle
Bears Giraffe Amali Seals & Sea Lions Red Panda Eagles Wild Dogs Deserts Cats Lemurs & Friends Rhino Kangaroo & Emu Tombi Amazon Walrus Meerkats Zahara Lorikeet Horses & Ponies Flowers Mata Atlantica Ajani Butterflies Bonnie & Friends Kedar Dolphin Visiting Friends

"Yet all experience is an arch wherethrough gleams that untravelled world...." -Alfred Lord Tennyson, Ulysses
Sanibel, FL, 2008 San Francisco Zoo 2007 San Francisco 2007 Aspen & Snowmass, CO, 2007 Kirkland, WA, 2007 Beijing Zoo 2007 England and Wales 2007 Lowry Park Zoo, Tampa 2007 Africa 2007 France 2006 England 2006 New York City 2006 Beijing 2006 Bhutan 2005 India 2005 Bangladesh 2005
Copyright 2006-2008 Fred & Beth Cate