
Cheetah Portrait - Color Photograph

by Duane Miller
Title
Cheetah Portrait - Color Photograph
Artist
Duane Miller
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
One of the first things I noticed after we arrived at the Quivertree Rest Camp near Keetmanshoop, Namibia was the large fenced-in pen near the main building. There were a number of border collies outside the pen barking at something. I went over with my camera to investigate and was surprised to see two cheetahs inside hissing and snarling right back at the dogs. It turns out that the two cheetahs had been born and raised in captivity, which would otherwise be illegal in Namibia, but because these were the result of an accidental pregnancy rather than intentional breeding, it was allowed. The dogs finally backed off and the cheetahs calmed down and I took this portrait of the closest cheetah through the fence. The next day I would encounter the cheetahs a lot closer...
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August 24th, 2014
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