Yesterday, for the first time, Ruth and the cubs were rolling around and playing. Reh and Ro seem to prefer Reese so far, but that might be because Reese has been there longer, Rapp said. The cubs and the puppies are friendly to one another without quite being buddies yet. ![]() “Just because they are being raised with dogs doesn’t mean they will act like dogs.” “Like it or not, they are wild animals,” Rapp said. Reh climbed on top of a Dispatch photographer’s head while the photographer was on the ground, trying to snap Ro. They’ve been scratching holes in the office’s couch. There’s no mistaking what they will become. They might grow larger than 100 pounds, but it’s hard to see that now. Reese and Ruth are still tumbling, floppy puppies, not quite secure in their bodies. Yesterday at the zoo, they didn’t act like it. They are two days older than Ro and Reh, who are 10 weeks old. A couple of weeks after the cheetahs arrived in Columbus, Reese the puppy did, too. ![]() The zoo found a farm in Alabama that raised the dogs. If Ro went on a trip, his dog friend would come with him.Īnd besides, Rapp said, it would allow the zoo to tell the story of cheetah conservation and Anatolian Shepherds wherever they went. If you ever go to Columbus Zoo, this is a true highlight of your zoo experience I apologize for the herky-jerky camera movements if theres any in here. It was thought that if the Columbus Zoo paired Anatolian Shepherds with the baby cheetahs, Ro and Reh would never be alone. Rapp said zoos sometimes raise cheetahs alongside dogs, because cheetahs can be shy and nervous, and dogs help them feel more secure. By keeping the cheetahs away, the dogs save the cheetahs’ lives. To protect them, the international Cheetah Conservation Fund has worked with the farmers to place Anatolian Shepherd dogs to guard the livestock. ![]() She needed to find them some friends.Ĭheetahs are a threatened species, but in Namibia, farmers kill them for attacking livestock. Females like being by themselves, but Ro and Reh would always get lonely without each other, she said. She has raised cheetahs and knows about their personalities. Suzi Rapp, the zoo’s director of promotions and animal encounters, saw that right away. Ro and Reh, born at the Cincinnati Zoo, hate to be apart, though. The brothers would live together, but one might go with Jack Hanna for an appearance on a national television show, while the other might visit local schools. Takes place at Columbus Zoo and Aquarium or their conservation safari park, The Wilds zoo docs rush to save a Cheetah with an orthopedic problem rescued macaws get new lives and baby polar bears go off the deep end for swimming lessons. The zoo named them Ro and Reh (pronounced Ray), and decided that they could be used best not for display but for education and to promote cheetah conservation. Run Cheetah Run: Directed by Matthew James Williams. The keeper had been invited to approach closer when cheetah Isabelle was. ![]() Two baby cheetahs, brothers, came to the Columbus Zoo about six weeks ago. COLUMBUS (WCMH) A four-year-old cheetah out for a walk with her care team at Columbus Zoo lunged and hurt another keeper. The International Union for Conservation of Nature lists the species as a whole as vulnerable to extinction, with smaller populations in Iran and northwestern Africa categorized as critically endangered.įollow Christine Dell'Amore on Twitter and Google+. (See National Geographic photos of cheetahs on the edge.) The big cats, which live in Africa and Iran, have dwindled from about 100,000 in 1900 to an estimated 9,000 to 12,000 individuals today, particularly due to widespread loss of prey and habitat. However, their speed hasn't helped them tackle threats to their survival in the wild. But did you know their tails play a crucial role in hunting? Check out this and other fun facts about cheetahs.Īs astonishingly swift as Sarah's world record time of 5.95 seconds might seem in a human context, it's almost certain that cheetahs in the wild-lean, hungry, chasing down antelopes for their own survival or that of their cubs-have run considerably faster. You may already know that cheetahs are the world's fastest land animal.
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