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Nature And Wildlife Tv | Sylvester The Cheetah Has Formed A Warm Bond With His Trainer Ed Oelofse

Sylvester the cheetah has formed a warm bond with his trainer Ed Oelofse

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They say leopards don’t change their spots, but this distant cousin seems to have.

Sylvester the cheetah has formed a warm relationship with his trainer after being saved as an orphaned cub.

The four-year-old will happily sit next to Ed Oelofse, 31, from Zimbabwe, although he could easily ki.l.l a grown man in the wild.

The young cheetah was found in the wild after a lion a.tta.cked and ki.l.led its mother and four siblings.

Nature And Wildlife Tv | Sylvester The Cheetah Has Formed A Warm Bond With His Trainer Ed Oelofse
Heart-warming bond: Four-year-old Sylvester the cheetah has a close bond with his trainer, 31-year-old Ed Oelofse, from Zimbabwe
Nature And Wildlife Tv | Sylvester The Cheetah Has Formed A Warm Bond With His Trainer Ed Oelofse
Man’s best friend: Ed Oelofse and her friend Sylvester the Cheetah

Ms. Oelofse, a professional animal sitter at Wild Horizons Wildlife Sanctuary, Victoria Falls, has looked after Sylvester, the sole survivor, ever since.

She said: ‘Sylvester is unbelievable. I’m glad we were able to rescue him. ‘

Miss Oelofse tried to train Sylvester to tame so she could sit next to the wild animal without fearing for her life.

She said: ‘I’ve been working with animals all my life. I first started helping out in the safari park, taking pictures of our family, and then participating in the wildlife scene.

Nature And Wildlife Tv | Sylvester The Cheetah Has Formed A Warm Bond With His Trainer Ed Oelofse
The young cheetah was found abandoned in the wild after a lion savagely attacked and killed his mother, and four siblings
Nature And Wildlife Tv | Sylvester The Cheetah Has Formed A Warm Bond With His Trainer Ed Oelofse
Ms. Oelofse is a professional animal carer at the Wild Horizons Wildlife Sanctuary, Victoria Falls

Nature And Wildlife Tv | Sylvester The Cheetah Has Formed A Warm Bond With His Trainer Ed Oelofse

Nature And Wildlife Tv | Sylvester The Cheetah Has Formed A Warm Bond With His Trainer Ed Oelofse
Mr. Oelofse has looked after Sylvester, the sole survivor of the attack on his family, ever since

‘I worked on a lion breeding project as a lion keeper and the lion training manager basically teaching lions how to work with people and vice versa and is the main instructor.

‘It was a big change from lions to cheetahs and so had to quickly learn to deal with different behaviors but as cheetah manager it was my duties as well as two guides who worked with me, to teach the cheetah how to be an ambassador, do publicity activities, and going for a daily walk for exercise and stimulation.

Nature And Wildlife Tv | Sylvester The Cheetah Has Formed A Warm Bond With His Trainer Ed Oelofse
The trainer said: ‘I have been working with animals all my life. I first started out helping with work on our family-run photographic safari park and then got into the wildlife scene’

‘Every Friday we go out with our bus and pick up 20 rural children from school, some of which have never seen cheetahs or elephants before and those that did, understand that they are pests and destructive to normal life, and so brought them to the Wild Horizons Sanctuary, and they can physically interact with elephants and cheetahs to try to provide them with active conservation methods on how to care for the natural environment and habitat.

‘I’ve been the cheetah manager for just coming up to four years. In most of the pictures, they were timed, so it took a few shots to get the right ones, but Gift Siziba, my instructor and manager with Sylvester, brought some with me in them…but yeah, that’s me in all photos. ‘

Nature And Wildlife Tv | Sylvester The Cheetah Has Formed A Warm Bond With His Trainer Ed Oelofse
Sylvester the cheetah knows not to bite the hand that feeds him
Nature And Wildlife Tv | Sylvester The Cheetah Has Formed A Warm Bond With His Trainer Ed Oelofse
Ms Oelofse managed to train Sylvester to be so tame she can sit next to the wild animal, without fearing for her life
Nature And Wildlife Tv | Sylvester The Cheetah Has Formed A Warm Bond With His Trainer Ed Oelofse
‘Sylvester is incredible. I am just so pleased that we were able to rescue him’
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