Baby Cheetah & Dog Best Friend

Cheetah that is being hand-raised at a wildlife preserve in Florida because its mother rejected it. This is NOT a pet! No, you can not have one.

More Info: I recorded this at the White Oaks Conservation Center in northern Florida. I have no relationship with the center - I was just a visitor there. Since the mother abandoned the baby, they had to hand raise it, which required socialization. I was waiting for my ride when they brought this gorgeous creature in, and it was a remarkable, surreal, beautiful moment for me.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• cheetah
• dog
• friend

[LordAztahoth]

The dog is like "WTF why is that cat so big?!?!"

[Jefferdaughter]

Cheetahs have been tamed & kept for enjoyment & hunting for thousands of years. In the wild they are amazingly non-agressive, giving up their kills rather than fighting other predators that want to steal their food. Cheetahs were so easy to catch as cubs & tame that no one bothered to domesticate them. That said, they don't really become box trained very easily, and stand to urinate (spray).

[Jefferdaughter]

@lionsrose - Interesting how Western culture separates humans from nature, while other cultures do/ did not. Most agree, but since cheetahs are highly endangered, (habitat loss, competition from other big cats, estrrme limited gene pool from near-extinction event in their past, etc) human intervention is the cheetahs best hope for survival.

[mber18]

...and then the cheetah kills everyone..

[osukdawg76]

I love how the cheetah basically says "Fuck this, I'm lazy."



[kippister]

cheetahs are not as physically combat oriented as most of their competitors. lions, say. naturally, this causes them to be more inlinced to set up an aggressive display hoping to intimidate their opponent than come into contact with a larger predator, which results in more kills lost. does any of this indicate a non-aggresive disposition?

[headbutt1010]

just wait till it gets bigger.............

[dixiewife47]

Good to see that your in a wildlife preserve not just some person trying to raise a wild animal as a housepet. She's very pretty !

[kurtizkd]

yeah it's a turkish kangal. best dog ever

[adream0fsin]

time to go walk my cheetah...neighbor-double take....wave at neighbor with a smile and says to self...ya now youll think twice before you let your dog poop on my lawn

[Thief8Bit]

1:57 That dog scared the shit outta me!