Steve Brend has been a great friend. He invited me to come out to the Born Free project and get a follow-up on Kuching. He’s the little cheetah that sustained a fractured humerus at the hands of a local worker, and I subsequently saw and casted his humerus. Deji, Gladys , Barbara and I made the trip 1 hour west of town.
They have 190 acres of natural land and have a handful of animals, including the 3 siblings of Kuching. They are kept in fenced in areas—not cages, and Steve took us into the field with the cheetahs. Kuching's siblings hissed at us, and we could not approach, but Kuching permitted me to pet him, remembering they are wild animals essentially in the wild. He has recovered with no visible signs of a limp and appears to have full function. Steve will reintroduce them to the wild in about 6 months. Surprisingly, he says there are leopards in the woods around Born Free and they would attack these young cheetahs, but are inhibited by the 2 rescued lions in the adjacent field. The male lion had been captive on a 3ft. (1 meter) chain for most of his life and was a malnourished skeleton. He is now free and gaining weight. Saving the wildlife from the abusive hands of man is heartwarming.
They have 190 acres of natural land and have a handful of animals, including the 3 siblings of Kuching. They are kept in fenced in areas—not cages, and Steve took us into the field with the cheetahs. Kuching's siblings hissed at us, and we could not approach, but Kuching permitted me to pet him, remembering they are wild animals essentially in the wild. He has recovered with no visible signs of a limp and appears to have full function. Steve will reintroduce them to the wild in about 6 months. Surprisingly, he says there are leopards in the woods around Born Free and they would attack these young cheetahs, but are inhibited by the 2 rescued lions in the adjacent field. The male lion had been captive on a 3ft. (1 meter) chain for most of his life and was a malnourished skeleton. He is now free and gaining weight. Saving the wildlife from the abusive hands of man is heartwarming.
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