10 月 3 日星期日，我们的 2 周大雄性猎豹幼崽被转移到俄勒冈州温斯顿的野生动物园，并介绍给他的寄养猎豹家庭。我很高兴地说进展顺利，野生动物园的工作人员相信他在第一个晚上就喂了几次奶！

在与他的新家人安顿下来之前，我有幸陪伴他从东到西。周日清晨，食肉动物管理员维姬·莱克 (Vicki Lake) 载着我和我的幼崽从弗吉尼亚州弗朗特皇家的史密森尼保护生物学研究所 (SCBI) 前往宾夕法尼亚州的华盛顿县机场。在那里，我和小熊登上了 LightHawk 的航班。 LightHawk 是一个保护性非营利组织，它与志愿者飞行员合作，通过北美的飞行动物、保护科学家和决策者来推进保护工作。

这只幼崽在从宾夕法尼亚州到俄勒冈州的大约 6 个小时的旅程中表现出色。虽然他睡得不多，但他确实让我喂他两次。我们降落后，驱车大约一个小时即可到达野生动物园。他们的动物护理团队从寄养猎豹家族的窝里带来了一些干草，将其放入幼崽的运输车中。在过去的两周里，这只幼崽只被人和毛绒动物包围。为了增加他成为养母的机会，耶洗别接受了他，他需要闻起来像猎豹！

一到野生动物园，我们立即将幼崽介绍给他的新家庭。在寄养家庭的最初几个小时里，他在窝里闲逛。耶洗别非常有耐心，继续把他带回幼崽堆。最后，他加入了其他幼崽，从那时起一直是这个家庭的一员。

虽然这是我们对这只幼崽的 #CheetahCubdates 的结束，但我们对这种寄养配对的成功感到兴奋。我要感谢整个 SCBI 团队，感谢 LightHawk 和 Wildlife Safari 与我们合作实现这一目标。当然，非常感谢从第一天起就一直关注这只幼崽故事的所有人。我们期待很快在 SCBI 出现更多猎豹幼崽——敬请期待！

CheetahCubdate: Cheetah Cub Successfully Living with Foster Cheetah Family

Oct. 06, 2021

This cheetah cubdate was written by Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute biologist Adrienne Crosier.

On Sunday, Oct. 3, our 2-week-old male cheetah cub was transferred to Wildlife Safari in Winston, Oregon, and introduced to his foster cheetah family. I am happy to say it’s going well and the Wildlife Safari staff believes he nursed several times during his first night!

Before settling in with his new family, I had the honor of accompanying him from coast to coast. Early Sunday morning, carnivore caretaker Vicki Lake drove the cub and me from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) in Front Royal, Virginia, to Washington County Airport in Pennsylvania. There, the cub and I boarded a LightHawk flight. LightHawk is a conservation non-profit that works with volunteer pilots to advance conservation, through flying animals, conservation scientists, and decision makers across North America.

The cub did wonderful on the roughly six-hour trip from Pennsylvania to Oregon. While he did not sleep much, he did allow me to feed him twice. Once we landed there was about an hour drive to Wildlife Safari. Their animal care team brought some hay from the foster cheetah family’s den placed it in the cubs’ carrier. The cub was only surrounded by people and stuffed animals for the previous two weeks. To increase his chance of foster mom, Jezebel accepting him, he needed to smell like a cheetah!

Once at Wildlife Safari, we immediately introduced the cub to his new family. For the first several hours with the foster family, he wandered around the den. Jezebel was extremely patient and continued to bring him back to the cub pile. Finally, he joined the other cubs and has been part of the family ever since.

While this is the end of our #CheetahCubdates on this cub, we are thrilled by the success of this foster pairing. From the entire SCBI team, I would like to extend a thank you to LightHawk and Wildlife Safari for working with us to make this happen. And, of course, a huge thank you to everyone who has been following along on this cub’s story since day one. We’re looking forward to more cheetah cubs at SCBI soon – stay tuned!