Sunday, November 25, 2012

Cheetah and Puppy Pal at Busch Gardens

Busch Gardens Tampa Bay is a 335-acre animal theme park located in the city of Tampa, Florida. The park's animal care team took in a cheetah cub whose mother wasn't caring for it, and they  have identified this perfect four-legged friend for the 8-week-old cat. There was a a 16-week old female yellow Labrador puppy. Eventually, the pair will live together and even travel together, helping the park's education team teaching the public about the plight of cheetahs in the wild and the importance of Busch Gardens' conservation efforts. Beginning Saturday, and later these cub and puppy moved to Jambo Junction in the Nairobi area of the park, where guests are able to see them at select times throughout the day.

Cheetah Cub and Puppy Pal




They marked the one-year anniversary of the first time park guests got to see an 8-week-old male cheetah cub and a 16-week-old female yellow labrador puppy start to strike up a friendship that the park's animal experts expect to last a lifetime. 



The pair -later named Kasi and Mtani - spent only supervised play times together at first.


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