How cute! Here's an article about the practice that I found while looking to see if this was true or not. It is, and it's adorable! <3
I guess it makes sense that the fastest land animal is a bit skittish.
I wonder if some cheetahs are jittery and run around due to the anxiety?
Now I'm imagining a supremely relaxed cheetah just chilling out in a sunbeam 🥰
Do they need the support dog due to living in captivity tho?
So kind of, what they probably tried first is giving it to another mother with similar aged cubs, which might happen in the wild. This is also really only male cheetahs due to their social patterns.
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