Cheetah Raised by Humans Who Loved Her Enough to Set Her Free.. with photos

[Omaha Steve]

Hot and tired after her long adventure


http://www.care2.com/causes/cheetah-raised-by-humans-who-loved-her-enough-to-set-her-free.html

Editor’s note: This post is a Care2 favorite, back by popular demand. It was originally posted on October 24, 2012. Enjoy!

Every parent knows the bittersweet ache of watching their children grow and leave the nest, but what happens when your baby is not yet two years old and can already run as fast as a car?

No one knows exactly how a one-month-old cheetah cub made her way under the fence of the Ol Pejeta chimpanzee sanctuary in Kenya in October of 2010. It’s no small miracle that sanctuary workers spotted her before the apes could make a meal out of her, yet great concern set in after an extensive search turned up absolutely no trace of the cub’s natural mother. With nowhere else to turn, sanctuary staff loaded the little cheetah onto a jeep and they set off together on a journey into the world of mankind.


Sheeba on arrival. She was very frightened and understandably so.


“We have added a new member to the family and we are trying to make friends,” explained Sue Roberts of the Sirikoi game lodge in the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in her very first blog post about her latest wild orphan. As foster mom to all forms of wildlife including a baby giraffe and an infant porcupine, Sue was well prepared to be patient in bonding with the cub.

The Cub’s New Home – Cheetah Paradise

On the northern slopes of Mount Kenya, set in a shady acacia grove overlooking a natural waterhole, Sirikoi is the perfect place for the human race to unwind and an even more perfect place for a young cheetah to grow up. The lodge runs on solar energy, has its own extensive organic vegetable and fruit garden and a crystal clear mountain spring.


FULL story at link.



She tried stalking Zoe the tame Zebra who was not amused.

[smirkymonkey]

1. Awww! How cute!

Nice story!

[brer cat]

2. Charming story.

Her love of jumping into cars may shock hell out of someone someday.

Thanks, OS. K&R

[fadedrose]

3. Another win for Love

Love doesn't always win. Thanks for the awesome pictures.

Doncha wish that the millions of people in the world who are captive in one way or another could be let go by love...poverty, domination, illness, handicap, too much success, war, jealousy, etc...

Carry on, Steve, with your love guiding you.