You wouldn’t anticipate sensitivity from one of the quickest and most lethal animals on the planet. Cheetahs, on the other hand, are just like this. In fact, they can get so worried and disturbed that they are unable to socialize or reproduce.
That is why these lovely felines require assistance. And the ideal solution came from an unexpected place.
Observations of their behavior revealed that they clearly require assistance. As a result, zookeepers are now providing them with their own emotional support dogs.
“It’s a love story about one species helping another species survive,” said Jack Grisham, vice president of animal collections at the St. Louis Zoo and the North American species survival plan coordinator for cheetahs.
“A dominating dog is extremely useful because African animals are fairly timid intuitively, and you can’t breed it out of them,” Janet Rose-Hinostroza, animal behavior supervisor at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, adds.
“When a cheetah baby is paired with a service dog, the cat looks to the pup for cues and learns to mimic the dog’s behavior.” It’s about training them to read the dog’s calm, happy-go-lucky attitude” – which makes them more assured and willing to get it on.
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