• Every ten days we have to do a slaughter so the cheetahs can have fresh, lean meat like they would in the wild.  They usually eat the lean antelope, but because they are in captivity they are fed horses and donkeys as they are the least fatty red meat.  We do not kill or skin the horses, and the horses are bought from an auction and are either very old or sick with cancer or an irreversible injury (I am still a vegetarian, this experience only furthered my distaste for meat).  We only cut the meat off the bone, but it was nonetheless a messy process as you can see.  The cheetahs eat once a day at 4 pm whatever amount of kg is best for them with a calcium and probiotic supplement, except on Wednesdays and Sundays it is almost like a diet day and they are each given a bone.  No part of any animal is wasted.

  • Mini sandwiches in Madrid!
    Inette the volunteer coordinator she’s only 20 and she’s wonderful.
    Slaughter day :/
    The snuggliest gay cats you’ll ever meet spooning in my bed.  I want to take them home!!!
    New Volunteers!  Left to right:  Michelle (from Utah 24 years old), Rob (Canada 48 years old), Riley (Utah 28, married to Michelle), Kirby (Australia 28), Cleo (England 19), Eleanor (Switzerland 20), me
    Hi! Just wanted to say that I'm in love with your blog! Really really nice pics. (:

    scratchmeoutfreeyourselfofme

    Thank you so much!  They are the loveliest creatures.


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