Mar
02

Cheetah cubs venture outside

On Feb. 12, the Smithsonian National Zoological Park’s cheetah cubs went outside for the first time. Zazi, the mother of the female and foster-mother of the male, kept a watchful eye over the cubs as they played. The cubs reside at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Va.

To read updates from the cubs’ keepers and to view the cheetah cub cam, please visit nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/AfricanSavanna/default.cfm.

Photo by Mehgan Murphy


Posted: 2 March 2011
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