THE CHEETAH - Scared as I’m a Dog Person!

Anneka meets Willow, a rescued Cheetah at The Big Cat Sanctuary in Kent and discusses leopard conservation in the wilds of Africa with Giles Clark, big cat expert.
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[@pallaveesingh6748]

Willow is absolutely gorgeous! She is not a house cat but a Cheetah cub! Even a 'Dog Person' should be able to appreciate that. A Cheetah is one of the most amazing animals on this earth. Just see a Cheetah run. Absolutely breathtaking!😍👍

[@SheepdogSmokey]

I am HIGHLY allergic to feline dander, but oddly, not "big cats," as I found out when a friend who worked for a zoo managed to hide a plan from me, and I walked into a room where MUFASA (full grown African male lion) was on the table, sedated thankfully, and I didn't sneeze once.

[@aimeenygaard934]

pallave singh you are so right

[@BobiR-bl9fc]

This wild animals love rainy day so dont lock them in the box during rain

[@doc.voltold4232]

THAT PURR!!!!! OMG

[@TheKyrix82]

They do have loud purrs

[@tinyrobot9989]

It's purrfect

[@taraelizabethdensley9475]

It's like a motor

[@gretahunt4401]

Apart from Willow, the best part of this video is when Anneka brought up trophy hunting and the tired line of 'it's for conservation'. I was so pleased to hear an expert, Giles, agree with that! I'm from Zimbabwe and absolutely hate trophy hunting, it makes me sick thinking about it but whenever I say that conservation does not start by killing the animal you're trying to conserve, I get told off by the professional hunters and guides that I am wrong and that without the money generated by trophy hunting they wouldn't be able to do half of what's needed. My counter arugment is that photo safaris generate more money than hunting does and the animals get to live. Also if hunting really was driving conservation then why are the animal numbers dwindling so rapidly because hunting hasn't slowed down that much, even with the security concerns of travelling in southern Africa, and hunting quotas are always exceeded by hunters, they just pay the fine and charge it as part of the package. In Zim everyone has a price and to the government, starving rural people or the people making money off killing animals, the animals are not prioritised, not even as a national commodity, so there are only a select amount of wonderful people who work tirelessly to safeguard what little we have left. Even the people who profit from killing the animals don't seem to worry about the future when there's no animals left to kill, everything is about the here and now in Zimbabwe - it's a symptom of living in so much economic uncertainty and civil unrest. It's a mess...

[@carolgoerke3109]

Greta Hunt You are so right on all your points. The fur always looks better on the animal!! They are making faux fur that looks real so there is no need to hunt an animal for its fur. It’s just cruel no matter how you look at it! Trophy hunting should be a crime with attached jail time! You are also on point. Photographs and videos are truly what people want when in the presence of wildlife. It’s a blessing to be in their company!

[@barbaravance6774]

Agreed! I follow a few big conservation persons online. And the thought of Trophy hunting literally makes me ill. When I watch videos of tourists who feel they have the right to kill an animal simply to stuff if or take it's head, tusks etc...I wish that we had tougher laws about importing animals. As an American I wish we had tougher laws. I remeber watching docs. about animals as a child was astounded by their beauty. On this point, I have two sons. I have NEVER been to the circus. Except Cirque du Soleil.😆 I never wanted to see animals hit with whips. Or being treated badly. But, my youngest son showed me how zoos neglect some of their animals. He was 5 and wanted to go see the animals. So I took him while his brother was on n school on his 5 the birthday. We were walking past the big cat sanctuary. And he pointed to a Lion, all by himself and asked if he wasn't sad all alone. Then he said he was panting like a dog. That he had no water in his dish. And we went and found someone right away. So, I paid much closer attention as we walked. At the end of the day I had made note of all of the problems we had seen. I called the administrator the following day. And made sure they followed up on these issues. But I still kept going back to the lonely Lion. After that, we stopped going to the zoo. And every year for their birthday, we would pick an animal to sponsor in conservation. That was the gift we gave our children and mankind! A hopeful, future with animals that were in dwindling numbers. My Mother-in-law, once said to me how she wished more people had thought of this. I'm just glad I did. And when I can, I try to pass the idea along to others. If we all sponsored just one animal each, imagine what we could do,?( Edited typo)

[@charlesdoyle3630]

They could swap to joining up with scientists in field who tranq the animals. These trophy hunters could join up and use a tranq gun to shoot the animal and yet animal still lives

[@gretahunt4401]

@@charlesdoyle3630 yeah you usually have to be properly trained to tranq animals. Usually vets do it or specially licensed wildlife experts. There’s a big difference between shooting to kill and shooting to tranquillise. And trophy hunters generally specifically like the killing.

[@anishadsouza167]

She is gorgeous. I like how the color of her eyes almost matches her coat . Beautiful baby cheetah 😍😍

[@jesushatesyoutoo]

They're contacts. Cheetahs are very fashion conscience.

[@BSingh-bv6pw]

I agree with you Ms. D'Souza.😊

[@i.am.OK.]

Cheetahs are my absolute favourite animals on the planet. Their elegance, speed, beauty and strength on the one hand and their vulnerability and small cat-like behaviour on the other hand makes them so unique. I could watch them move and run for hours... BUT I would never dream of having a cheetah as a "pet". To say the least, they belong into the wild. All efforts should go to protecting these beautiful animals in their natural habitat instead of removing them from it.

[@lihaochen15]

Willow is quite playful, and she's absolutely the cutest cub!

[@Lennox1492]

How cute that she purred and was whining because she was happy to see Giles! Very cool and heart warming!

[@catwhisperer911]

Willow is beautiful and to think that anyone would kill her and call that sport is repulsive.

[@rodrigoalvarado9524]

@Elementary Watson Lmao. You're always gonna have people who try to find for guilt and punishment in every act.

[@NapFloridian]

if a human hunts to survive/eat then I have no problem when "we" "hunt", however, most people hunting nowadays are high CEOs of Multi million $ companies or just insane gun-nuts, with no need to hunt to survive. Therefore I 100% agree with your statement above.

[@thefloridamanofytcomments5264]

You don’t shoot a Cheetah because you need to eat, you shoot it because you want to declare to instagram that you have a micro penis.

[@MegaDavyk]

I know but she would make a really cool jacket.

[@jonsanford2539]

@@thefloridamanofytcomments5264 People that make comments on youtube about other people having a micro penis just want to declare on youtube that they have a micro penis

[@brendajohnson7333]

I love your channel because I am A animal lover too

[@chriscox3709]

Awesome. I love kitties. Watch out Anneka. Spend too much time with them and you may turn from a wolf lady to a kitty girl. I love animals. Especially kitties. Awesome vlog.

[@vulpesvelox03]

Even though Willow is a wild animal she acts so much like a puppy or very large kitten and I want to play with it ❤😍 you're so lucky to meet her, hopefully one day 🐆❤

[@stevenreyngold1166]

A cheetah and a cougar, both beautiful.

[@manjeetsinghmann3592]

Wonderful conservation effort. All crudos to the young man. He and the hostess of the video deserve commendations for their service and love for wildlife.

[@HaunaMyKiki]

I'm, admittedly, a cat person. Cheetahs are something special.

[@chrischanflushed2467]

cats and dogs are so precious

[@chrischanflushed2467]

well animals in general are precious not just cats and dogs

[@autisticgamer24]

She is soooooooo cuuuuuuuuute! Just cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuute! ❤❤❤❤😄😄😄😄😄

[@starkv3003]

Bryant Fontenot Anneka or Willow?

[@fantasywlf6302]

That’s the cutest thing. I have seen. In my whole life.

[@ricksolo1174]

The fastest kitty

[@rolloboomer]

The fastest runner in the world

[@HeyItsZee_]

Wow what a beautiful and graceful creature. Shes so cute

[@matthewramirez4670]

*Trophie hunting* just hearing these two words to describe and treat wildlife it really puts me in so much rage, the reason why is because of how some or as should say most people see them as something not living like an object, instead seeing them as something that has value, life and a purpose like we do. Most of the time I just wonder how people who kill animals for pleasure and for profit, not see that their way of life is similar to ours they have a family like us they have to work for their food to feed their young just like we do and most importantly be their for us when we need them to comfort and protect us from certain situations. I wonder what pleasure they gain after taking a beautiful life away just to mount them on a wall as an trophie for memories. How would you feel like if someone hunted your family down just make a trophie of them? What I a beautiful cheetah she is reminds me of my cat rocky which acted the same way she did very aggressive and playful always curious of what I feel about him. Love this one.

[@OceanSwimmer]

Cheetahs are not on any legitimate hunters list of trophy animals--- it is illegal to take them.

[@DFX2KX]

The Whole idea behind it: The wardens of these wildlife reserves shoot animals themselves all the time: The sick ones, the elderly, etc (whether that should happen is a separate issue). The idea is let's let big game hunters, who already pay top dollar to hunt in Africa, do that instead. Charge them a fortune for the privilege, and then use those funds to help run the reserve in question. (When hunters go on these hunts, they're told which animal they're allowed to take, and they're *supposed* to limit the licenses to the animals that they would otherwise remove anyway, making it rather rare)/ In practice, however: The wardens sell tags for animals that are healthy in addition to the sick ones (which is illegal, but it happens). And on top of it all, the money isn't even finding it's way into back into the reserves that this arrangement was ostensibly there to help. It wouldn't even be necessary if the global community put more then a tiny drop of it's GDP into preservation. However, since that's not going to happen... If you can come up with a way to convince half the people in the US to donate half of their tax returns, that'd crush any funding record I can think of... But good luck doing so, I haven't thought of a way. As for hunting *people*? "The Most Dangerous Game" is an excellent book on that mentality. And while HIGHLY illegal for obvious reasons... It does happen from time to time as far as I know. I've hunted before. But I only hunt what I'll eat for this exact reason, and I prefer to hunt invasive species over anything else (Wild Boar in North America is one example).

[@silence-humility-calmness]

Your idiots ! Rhinos were farmed for thier horns but idiots like you came along to ban it and now they are at the brink of extinction ,if a trophy hunters money helps bring 5 of the animal killed to adulthood then hunt away! I would rather wildlife be persevered than your idiotic idealistic feelings,,it's sick how anti humanity most environmental and conservation advocates are,,there are very few advocates who seek symbiosis, you cannot fight humanity, no drug war or prohibition ever worked,,your feelings won't save animals

[@dragonproductions6222]

@Stephen Murphy wow thats an AWESOME way of putting dont hunt them down out to the world

[@dragonproductions6222]

I agree dont hunt them. After all im a cat lover. I also like dogs to but im more of a cat person. And do you hate pandas like me?

[@hehehe3215]

I love cheetahs they are so amazing and such beautiful creatures!💝💝

[@hollybronwyn8176]

I'm a canid person, also, but I adore cheetahs. Willow is gorgeous. Must admit that as far as take your breath away beauty is concerned, the Bengal Tiger is at the top of my List. Why do we humans annihilate so many of the creatures we are (instead) to care for, to love and to admire? ... I'll *NEVER* understand and feel much despair over the entire subject.

[@carolgoerke3109]

Holly Bronwyn We live in a fallen world. It’s called evil!

[@glorialewis4282]

I love the frizzy mantle baby cheetahs have! I'm happy to see you do these videos!

[@Whiteshell204]

*Awe everyone look.....a cougar and cheetah playing :)*

[@heliocho101718]

Soooooooooooooooooooo CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love cheetah♡♡♡♡♡♡

[@darkblue9314]

Oh she's so cute! I saw how big she was and I though "THAT'S A BABY!?!"

[@PeterWalkerHP16c]

Cougar and Chitra in the one enclosure!

[@winni2601]

When you see these big animals, one can hardly believe that they do not belong to the family of the big cats. They are beautiful cats. A wonderful video again, Anneka. 😘🤗

[@nancydeis7121]

ABSOLUTELY MAJESTIC and you being a 'dog' person do you think the 'kitty' senses your apprehension/caution and not that you choose dogs over cats? He said they stay with mom till 18 months, but since she was injured had to be away. Is it possible for another female to 'adopt' and mother another cheetah's cub?

[@carolgoerke3109]

My favorite cat, the gorgeous Cheetah! The Lynx is the second favorite. I just adore their huge paws!

[@antwanthompson3780]

Willow is very content and comfortable those black tears are amazing

[@davidoftheglen3447]

I love the baby Cheetah 🙌😄😄😘😘😘

[@amandarietz]

She is so cute 😍

[@lupusdeum3894]

She's absolutely amazing! And the cheetah & keeper were interesting too. Love you, Anneka!

[@mikecook7495]

Such an incredibly beautiful, creature!!!!! And, the cheetah, is so cute too!!!!😳 As always anneka, love your channel!!!

[@thareallaura726]

I have had a fascination with cheetahs since my early 20's. Beautiful, fast and mysterious. It makes me sick humans are depleting our planet of its beauty, resources and wildlife/ocean life.

[@shabnamibrahim7803]

Awesome 👍👍👍👏👏👏, Beautiful baby cheetah😍😍😍😍🤗

[@lettygarrido6307]

Just Beautiful .

[@craneywatch]

I am story writer. I made up the strong and very beautiful woman who loves animals in particular dogs and cats. And I only recently found out that THAT WOMAN WAS REAL. So Anneka, thank you very much that you are here. Please carry on showing your videos.

[@flake452]

What an amazing experience.

[@esraanaaman801]

I’ve played with a two year old cheetah before, absolutely gorgeous, they act just like domestic cats but bigger lol

[@michaelgautreaux3168]

She is not a heart breaker, but a heart stealer! Yes, by genetics, I'm a semi dog person, ( the Fox is not a canine), Big Cats are irrisistible .The Cougar tops the list. " Meow ow, or Roar" lmao! Cheers 😆 as always many thanx 👍 👍🦊

[@kentbeery8653]

She's precious

[@hipocampelofantocame]

This show always warms my cold heart. Kudos!

[@raxzxer1192]

What a magnificent creature! Thank you for sharing!

[@rmm2000]

The cheetah is not bad either.

[@Bonzaitjie]

I live in South Africa i live there and im only a kid but i love animals I rescued a meerkat from people and he is now in the wild again rhino are going extinct for they horns i love animals i will die for animals i love them they are the best if you can se i hath a gorgeous scottish terrier she is amazing i love cheetahs so much I will not go to a zoo becus they dont care for the animals i was just ones in whole life at a zoo

[@flatloli4076]

Such a beauty Cats are amazing animals to me

[@tenzinglama4859]

Most gorgeous animal in the world

[@rmm2000]

The cheetah is not bad either.

[@supriyachatterjee1894]

So Nice...Lovely...Stay Blessed..

[@TheChimples]

Cheetahs are beautiful animals. Playful little troublemaker lol

[@TheFrenchy82]

Impressive animal ! I'm not very fond of cats ... but cheetah and jaguars.... nice !

[@mjcapo1]

That's one cute cheetah! Looks like an exotic cat lol

[@lestermiller2717]

Wow I wish I could work their helping to care for your cats. It really is a shame how many of these cats get taken from the wild. Then made to try an act like a pet. And when it don’t work out they want to dump them very sad. I have rescued several cats over the years that got dumped. It is very hard on them trying to understand what has happened to them.

[@patsebastian1299]

She is absolutely amazing and having a cheetah at the back of where you stay. Really amazing

[@kanan360]

amazing Video Anneka, thanks for sharing :)

[@donnanoe6736]

I love big cats. They are gorgeous! I love smaller cats too.

[@Siriuss96]

I would love to see more cats/ big cats on this channel!

[@sedlyholmes3722]

2:11 "take pictures hooman, im adorable"

[@siobhy88]

i've played with one once but it was handrared, they are beautiful!!

[@adonnarowe1811]

She’s so photogenic!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@sonyhk3824]

So great. Cheers

[@maggiehydeck8182]

Amazing big cat.

[@asdfasdfg4630]

this girl is very beautyful

[@kristengibson6824]

love this channel!! please keep making these videos, it's amazing to watch you visit different enclosures and animals. (I just got a wolf necklace and stuffed animal too ^^)

[@bebeveritas7306]

Wonderful video, beautiful animals! Thank you for sharing.

[@TheKyrix82]

Little cub. Big cute

[@margaretayers7524]

Beautiful

[@LarryTaint-qn8pd]

Anneka is such a sweet person, besides being very pleasant to the eyes. I'm a dog person too. Though being we have two cats, I've grown to appreciate them as well. Two Huskies and two cats living in harmony. It's a beautiful thing.

[@rodolforiverol]

Very cute cat - quite energetic and rambunctious. Was that toy full of catnip I wonder?

[@UndeadJohnGaming]

Willow is such a cutie~

[@bessiemorris5282]

she is just so gorgeous guys yes we need to educate people about these beautiful animals and how very important it is to preserve them and keep them from becoming extinct I love all animals great and small willow is very beautiful and I thank both of you for being so kind and trying to save these and other fur babies out here without careing people like all of you we wouldn't have these gorgeous animals to enjoy they bring so much joy peace and happiness in this world god bless you guys for careing so much

[@taraelizabethdensley9475]

Wish i could work with these beautiful big cats

[@giorgio7062]

It's gorgeous

[@MrSingh1150]

That cougar is so beautiful. I want one.

[@hanorabrennan8846]

Exquisite beauty!

[@lornashandmadesoaps7034]

Love it. Thanks.

[@ishysaiyanprincefitnessfre4299]

So fluffy squeeze it's face ♥♥

[@mickeyweichner3718]

Beautiful cat

[@bhekidlamini1199]

I love big kitties 😍😍😍😍😍

[@gauravraj12]

This is my most preferred animal channel......Anneka is really an animal lover...love ur all videos...ur courageous...keep it up...Love from India..🇮🇳

[@clarenceyoung7511]

One BIG kitty!

[@khwaac]

I ♥ Anneka

[@deltanovember1672]

Oh wow. This reminds me of the Cheetah Walk I did in ZA. Beautiful animals. PS Looking amazing in those black leggings. 😍

[@pippipster6767]

Fap alert 🚨

[@staccobilancieregatto6960]

Bellissimo.

[@robertpickett6741]

Very beautiful cat 🥰

[@sddkcaferozyurt6594]

I LOVE CATS...😻💗💗💗

[@Wordsley]

These Rock! Animals Rock!!

[@PankajDAS-zx3ln]

Very great

[@verdiela2899]

Awww cute I love cheetah but my cat died and cheetah is her name..

[@jadeprinces]

what a beautiful cat

[@flyhigh6872]

You are brave girl Anneka. Tbh I can’t get closer much that

[@dragonproductions6222]

Have a good day

[@leo73323]

Gorgeous animal

[@rmm2000]

The cheetah is not bad either.

[@tamekatbi2944]

i just love your videos 💓

[@klloh5012]

Love your videos. And thank you for always including a final call for action to audiences to not support those illegal biz that makes uses of wild animals

[@LuisMartinez-hl9wv]

The Cheetah nice, but I like the Cougar a lot more!

[@animulovers3881]

Awesome

[@aping8664]

Such a cute Cheetah 😱👍 Greetings from Indonesia ✌

[@RhondaGraceExploring]

Willow is amazing. I'm both a dog & cat person. I love nature and wildlife. I also do not agree with Trophie hunting. It's a shame that it's still allowed today.

[@kaylaglenn7631]

Cheetahs were my favorite big cat when I was growing up( even now). I wanted to learn everything I could about them. I love everything about them. When I learn that there are dogs like cheetahs, I fell in love. Can you do some interviews with owners of Dogs like Azawahk, Saluki, and Greyhound. They are the cheetahs in the dog world. :)

[@adonnarowe1811]

I love the hair on the back lol