My experience volunteering at the Lion and Rhino Reserve

Hey Guys

I am so sorry it took so long things have been so busy lately. Today I'm going to discuss something that happened on Sunday actually. So I have a friend that volunteers every Saturday at the Lion and Rhino Reserve here in Johannesburg so I decided that me and my boyfriend should tag along. The above two tigers are only 3 months old and they're two of four cubs. They are only playful for a few minutes then they carry on sleeping again. Here's a few more pictures of these babies.

Here's me with one of the more playful ones of the four. He ended up later biting my calf which was slightly sore ^-^

This one over here was soaking wet but all he wanted to do was jump on my boyfriends back (as you can see from the picture that wasn't well received and he kept dodging. The little tiger finally got his wish later on, unfortunately I didn't manage to get a picture of that )

This is six month old tiger Bacardi. Him and his brother (Babar) are by far my favourite. This cutie is 6 months old and you have to be over sixteen to see them (its easy to tell why because you can actually see the tigers watching and stalking the children outside the enclosure. The number one rule with these two is never turn your back on them they will try to pounce on you, not to hurt you but to play which may end up hurting you as they don't know their own strength.

This beauty above is Annabel, she's probably the cutest cheetah I have ever met, as long as you don't touch her tummy (otherwise she gets a bit nasty). She also does a cheetah run where they let her loose to chase a squirrel hide. They say that a cheetah is the only one out of the big cats (Lions, tigers etc) that will stay tame. Babar and Bacardi will be moved to the predators camp soon as 6 months is the maximum age before they are deemed dangerous and then no one but the game rangers can go near them. But Annabel here is already 3 years old and she is tame enough for them to walk her on a leash for the cheetah run (they never force her to run, if she wants to run she will otherwise they just take her back to her enclosure, whether she runs or not a nice big piece of raw meat is waiting for her).

This little mischief maker is called Zulu and he is a baby leopard. He is absolutely adorable but so naughty, he loves to aim for the neck when he jumps on you and is very energetic (we had to retrieve a teddy bear he stole from a little girl) due to his naughty nature will probably be moved to the predator camp even before he is 6 months because of how rough he plays.

Lastly is not part of the cat family

This is a baby hippo, we were in there to feed him and clean his little pool. He is very lovable but drools everywhere XD

anyway I hope you guys liked this post sorry it's so late