Many people would be afraid to approach a huge wild cat, but an animal rights activist named Dolph Walker spent most of his life next to them. He formed a very strong friendship with one of them. At first, according to Dolph, he was a little afraid of getting close to these wild cats, but when the man first came to the reserve in South Africa, as a volunteer, he met an eight-month-old cheetah, Gabriel, whom he began to care for as his own child:
He raised him, played with him and even taught hunting. The cheetah completely trusts his two-legged friend, so the zoologist often feeds him by hand and even spends the night next to him.You’re such a blessed man to have a friend like that. Animals are more devoted than humans are. It’s in their instinct where humans will turn their backs on you in a heartbeat. Even family.I love that he understands that they’ve bonded to him and they need him for their mental, emotional, and social health. He respects the complexity of their “personhood”, including respecting that they’re not human.I like that he’s made arrangements for them, in the event of his death or his becoming disabled in some way! He’s so responsible and I wish more domestic pet owners would think like he does!
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