Spending some quality time with Horizon, the 4-5 month old Cheetah Cub at Cheetah Experience. Even younger than 4 months old, baby Cheetah cubs will purr if they feel content, safe, and happy.\r
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Baby sitting duties of Big Cat cubs have a purpose, not just to pet them and enjoy a fantastic encounter. Its called Human Enrichment and designed to make working with, transporting, playing, feeding, medicating, treating, and caring for the animal less stressful. It grants an overall better life of the captive animal you are enriching. If you must have a captive animal. then having them feel safe and happy around you makes things safer and better for everyone. It certainly enriches the life of the caretaker as well. Win Win.\r
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This facility DOES NOT condone cub petting that leads to Canned Hunting (An Evil Enterprise) that some places support. Only endangered species are bred here, not lions. And placement of these animals is strictly monitored to prevent such an ending.\r
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Enriching The World--- One Animal At A Time Dolph C. Volker\r
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