For some reason, our white lions have a distinct and unmatchable ability to make funny faces for our volunteers and their cameras. Whether chowing down or snoozing hard these beauties are clearly not afraid to let their personalities show and we could not be happier at the result!
After the chores and before the tours today i went to get my little serval friend Michael and take him for a walk… He LOVES these walks and sits patiently while i put on his harnass….
As we headed past the lions, Faye, Alex and Adamu’s enclosure Michael obliviously played in the long grass… While his attention was diverted Faye became interested and stalked on over to see who was playing near her enclosure… When Mikey looked up and saw this big brown lion face looking at him he hissed and jumped! But then didnt want to leave his spot..!
He has a particular interest in the volunteer’s room so after stalking insects in the long grass and being stalked by a cheetah he headed over to the volunteer room… We have no idea why it holds his interest so, but he curiously walks around the volunteers bags, hops up onto the table and has a sniff then walks under the table…
As he was investigating, Lizaene had gone into the baby room to feed the serval kittens Angie and Alegra, we could hear them chirp and call to Lizaene and Mikey decided to investigate… Lizaene held up one of the babies to a small window that looks into the volunteer room and Mikey and he met her for the first time… Because the babies are still so small they cant have any contact but Michael was definately interested and curious :O)
Im sure Michael is now looking forward to the day that the 2 little girls have grown big enough to be his girlfriends… :O)
Claire
Volunteering here at cheetah experience gave me the priviledge last night to sleep with the two amazing cheetah cubs -Apollo & Abby! It is an experience that I will remember forever. Apollo particularly was so cuddly and loving at my side whereas Abby was so inquisitive and always on alert. I really appreciate Riana and Renes hospitality and preparations for my stay xoxo. Jess