A different angle on a cheetah. Taken last week at Cat Haven in central California. They are deeply involved in conservation projects around the world. You have to go on a guided tour which normally does not provide good photo ops. I have become friends with the owner and he always takes me around personally and lets me get right up against the fence for photos.
Two more pictures of the snowleopard and lion cubs in Basel Zoo. Some 'catch as cat can' I would like to say.
After a really stormy night a big cardboard box fell into the lions compound. It didn't survive very long. As all cats in the world they just used it to play hard with it. Even the big male has had a good time with it (or with the leftovers of the box / third picture).
Don't you want to give him a good belly rub? He looks so innocent and cute : - if it weren't a fully grown male lion, I could really really cuddle him all day long!