0.0.2 Cheetah cubs have been born to 0.1 Kesho at Monarto Safari Park. The cubs were born on the 24th February: Monarto Safari Park welcomes the birth of two adorable Cheetah cubs • Glam Adelaide
Australasian Cheetah Population
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Monarto’s cheetah cubs have been confirmed as 1.1 - reported on their social media page.
Monarto's cheetah cubs have been named. They have been called Hani and Absame in honour of two cubs that were recently rescued in Somalia by the Cheetah Conservation Fund - reported on their social media.
0.1 Thabo was euthanised yesterday at the impressive age of 18. She was Kamo's only cheetah: Log into Facebook | Facebook
Though her current owners did a great job of caring for her in her old age, it’s a great shame she and the male (both founders) were held privately and therefore never contributed to the regional breeding programme.
Bearing in mind what we know about husbandry of this species, it was unlikely they’d ever achieve success from breeding a 1.1 pair housed in close proximity to multiple lions and tigers.
Hi guys! Does anyone know where the second Cheetah at Hunter Valley Wildlife Park went? I’ve visited twice in three weeks, and both times there’s been a solitary cheetah. I can see that brothers Jabari and Aibu were there when the list was first done, but I can’t see anything else around them. Thank you!
They’re unrepresented founders and would be eight years old, so my guess is they’ve been transferred to either Monarto or Dubbo for breeding. The Cheetah you saw may be a Cheetah they received in exchange?
Thanks Zoofan! I’ll touch base with them and see what I can find out
Monarto have these females:
0.1 Kwatile (Jala x Nakula) 02-06-2012 at Monarto Safari Park
0.1 Milele (Jala x Nakula) 08-10-2012 at Monarto Safari Park
0.1 Kesho (Jala x Nakula) 08-10-2012 at Monarto Safari Park
0.1 Quailee (Luigi x Mia) 16-11-2015 at Cango Wildlife Ranch
0.1 Quella (Luigi x Mia) 16-11-2015 at Cango Wildlife Ranch
0.1 Mara (Saadani x Kesho) 21-05-2018 at Monarto Safari Park
0.1 Mapenzi (Saadani x Kesho) 21-05-2018 at Monarto Safari Park
0.1 Kuishi (Saadani x Kesho) 21-05-2018 at Monarto Safari Park
They’ve recently loaned a male (Innis), who produced 1.1 cubs with Kesho, but given he has a few offspring in the region now, they may want to bring in new males. He’s also been loaned before and presumably didn’t hit it off with the Q females etc. Breeding from these females would be a priority given they’re unrepresented. They have 2.2 siblings in New Zealand, who have also never bred.
Thanks for the update. I'd assume he's passed as seperating them via a breeding loan would disrupt their bond and make it impossible to reintroduce them.
1.1 Cheetah cubs have been born at the Wild Cat Conservation Centre - a first for the facility. The cubs were born to 0.1 Emmy, presumably the individual that was living at Australia Zoo and had since been moved to the Wild Cat Conservation Centre: Log into Facebook | Facebook
Wonderful news!
Interestingly this is the second litter of 1.1 cubs born in the region this year (with these litters being the first births since 2018).
Given the preference for keeping males of this species (both breeding and non breeding) in coalitions, I wouldn’t be surprised if the male from this litter is paired up with the male at Monarto.
They’re approximately five months apart in age, so a match would be safe to attempt when the younger cub is around 10 months of age - also allowing time for a foundation of social skills from their respective mother and sister.
2.0 Cango and Kunjuka have been euthanised. This leaves Wellington Zoo without any cheetah currently: Wellington Zoo euthanises its two cheetahs after their health deteriorates
Looking back on Wellington Zoo’s records, I was interested to see this is the first time they’ve been without this species since their first Cheetah arrived in 1975 - as all their previous Cheetah overlapped.
It’ll be interesting to see if Wellington Zoo continue with this species. Their exhibit isn’t huge and they may wish to reallocate it to another species.
It would be good for them to have another exhibit to allow breeding for Caracals.
Extending the enclosure for Lions too, may be another option, to allow some females to be imported for breeding too.
The cheetah cubs at the Wild Cat Conservation Centre have been named - 1.0 Dakari and 0.1 Edie. The announcement also states that 1.0 Duke (born in South Africa in 2017) was the sire of this litter, meaning these cubs provide new bloodlines for the region through both their imported parents - reported on social media.
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0.1 Quailee and 0.1 Quella have both given birth to cubs at Monarto Safari Park. Quella’s single cub was not able to raised so the cub was introduced to Quailee and her two cubs in what is believed to be a first for Australasia - reported on social media.
Link: Spot-foster: Australasian first for vulnerable little Cheetah cubs and their carers - Monarto Safari Park
Link: Spot-foster: Australasian first for vulnerable little Cheetah cubs and their carers - Monarto Safari Park
It is indeed a first for Australasia with this species - though as mentioned, synchronising litters is commonsense as a contingency for this sort of occurrence; and for the formation of bachelor groups (as was done with Dubbo/Monarto to pair the lone male in a litter with three male littermates).
It was similarly useful when Sumatran tiger cub Sali was rejected by her mother and peer raised with the litter of a tigress who gave birth a month later; and indeed this could have been the fate of these two Cheetah litters given the high incidence of rejection observed in the region.