Thanks to everyone who came out for Enrichment Day! The cheetahs and dogs made a another run with the lure course, one of their favorite activities.
Here’s a shot from the good old days when the cheetahs and dogs ran the course together.
maybe the dogs should get a head start
One of the highlights of SOS Cheetah was the lure course – here you can see some great footage of the world’s fastest land mammal…But first, its never-before-seen footage of the cheetah exhibit’s fastest canine:
The lure course is an important part of our Enrichment Program for the cheetahs and dogs. Not only is it great exercise, its an opportunity for them to exhibit a behavior that they would do in the wild – chasing down prey. Of course the prey in this case is a toy, which they gladly trade for some meat at the end of the run.
Spotlight on Species: Cheetah raised over $800 this weekend for Cheetah Conservation Botswana! Thanks to everyone who came out and saw keeper chats, training demonstrations, enrichment, and our fabulous table of cool cheetah stuff!
someone check the radar gun!
There was so much going on, this is going to take more than one post. Today we’ll focus on one of my favorites, the lure course. This is the same type of device that is used for racing dogs and cheetahs LOVE it. It turns out our dogs love it too – check out these action shots from Carnivore Supervisor Kevin Hodge.
run Taji run!
Did you come by for SOS Cheetah? What was your favorite part?
