Dolph C. Volker | Caracal Plays Follow The Leader | African Cat Walked Like A Dog | Plays Red Light Green Light @CheetahWhisperer | Uploaded November 2018 | Updated October 2024, 12 hours ago.
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I spent sometime volunteering at Cheetah Experience lately and discovered a female Caracal named Saturn loves to be walked 'off lead' inside her enclosure. She lost her right eye due to glaucoma.
The vet removed her damaged eye. She still sees OK and uses her keen hearing to listen on her right side. Really cute animal.
I talk a little about enrichment for captive wild animals and my opinion on the matter. Since traveling the world, seeing captive animals in all sorts of enclosures I've come to the conclusion that human enrichment is best for the health and happiness for the animals who allow it and determined safe enough to interact with.
There's whole books about the 'captive/interactive' debate but I've taken my stand after experiencing the difference in overall mental and physical care of captive animals. There is certainly added risk, but that is a decision for the keeper. I find that the stronger bond you have with a wild animal, the better off your relationship is and less risk. Gabriel, and many captive predators, choose to interact and absolutely loves it.
In the case of Gabriel, whom I own legally, I want him to have more freedom and plan on training him to walk off lead inside an open game range for enrichment, after I finally have my project started :( Gabriel is a captive born and resident breeding cheetah at Cheetah Experience. I pay for his healthcare and grounds upkeep while I am away.
Gerald M. Durrellis was a renowned British naturalist from the 50's who advocated that only endangered species should be housed in captivity, like in zoos, and bred for release. He also saw the benefit in zoos for educational purposes as well, but the focus of any zoo that houses wild animals should be for re-introduction purposes and none exploited. He also believed that captivity should be designed with the animal's benefit in mind rather than the keepers or tourists; allowing the animal to find safe places to hide. I tend to agree and hope to form my project around these principles.
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"Enriching An Animal's Life - One Animal At At Time"
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I spent sometime volunteering at Cheetah Experience lately and discovered a female Caracal named Saturn loves to be walked 'off lead' inside her enclosure. She lost her right eye due to glaucoma.
The vet removed her damaged eye. She still sees OK and uses her keen hearing to listen on her right side. Really cute animal.
I talk a little about enrichment for captive wild animals and my opinion on the matter. Since traveling the world, seeing captive animals in all sorts of enclosures I've come to the conclusion that human enrichment is best for the health and happiness for the animals who allow it and determined safe enough to interact with.
There's whole books about the 'captive/interactive' debate but I've taken my stand after experiencing the difference in overall mental and physical care of captive animals. There is certainly added risk, but that is a decision for the keeper. I find that the stronger bond you have with a wild animal, the better off your relationship is and less risk. Gabriel, and many captive predators, choose to interact and absolutely loves it.
In the case of Gabriel, whom I own legally, I want him to have more freedom and plan on training him to walk off lead inside an open game range for enrichment, after I finally have my project started :( Gabriel is a captive born and resident breeding cheetah at Cheetah Experience. I pay for his healthcare and grounds upkeep while I am away.
Gerald M. Durrellis was a renowned British naturalist from the 50's who advocated that only endangered species should be housed in captivity, like in zoos, and bred for release. He also saw the benefit in zoos for educational purposes as well, but the focus of any zoo that houses wild animals should be for re-introduction purposes and none exploited. He also believed that captivity should be designed with the animal's benefit in mind rather than the keepers or tourists; allowing the animal to find safe places to hide. I tend to agree and hope to form my project around these principles.
Thanks for watching!
"Enriching An Animal's Life - One Animal At At Time"
My YouTube Channel:
youtube.com/channel/UC25bqOksVyD-SfdAToam-Bg
Twitter: twitter.com/cheetah_petter
Facebook: facebook.com/The-Cheetah-Whisperer-200126363927484
Google+: plus.google.com/+DolphCVolker/posts
Check Out My Books I Wrote
1: amazon.com/DIRE-ENCOUNTERS-Man-Meets-Wolf-ebook/dp/B00UEHUB2G
2: amazon.com/dp/B072N5M7KB
