Nursery Dog Steps in as Surrogate Parent to Cheetah Cubs at the Cincinnati Zoo – Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden https://cincinnatizoo.org/nursery-dog-steps-in-as-surrogate-parent-to-cheetah-cubs-at-the-cincinnati-zoo/
CINCINNATI, OH (March 22, 2016) – Willow, mother of the five cheetah cubs born via C-section at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden’s Cheetah Breeding Facility on March 8, has passed away. Zoo vets were hopeful that the five-year-old cheetah would make a full recovery following surgery, but she remained lethargic and lost her appetite […]
Without the C-section, we likely would have lost both the mom and the cubs.”