U.S. Troops Find Abused Cheetah Cubs

This will break your heart. Send them to me--I'll take them!


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051125/ap_on_re_af/ethiopia_cheetahs

GODE, Ethiopia - U.S. soldiers discovered two endangered cheetah cubs being held captive and abused in a restaurant in this dusty, remote Ethiopian village and have launched a campaign for the animals' rescue.

The 3-month-old cubs were being forced to fight each other for the amusement of patrons at a Gode restaurant; one cheetah was blind, possibly from poachers who kicked the animal in the face.

The soldiers, part of the U.S. counterterrorism task force for the Horn of Africa, discovered the cubs last month. They provided medical treatment to the blinded cub, fed both animals and tried to persuade restaurant owner Mohamed Hudle to hand them over to wildlife officials.

The soldiers also contacted U.S.-based cheetah experts as well as Ethiopian authorities

I hope they can rescue those little guys and get them to a place where they'll be taken care of.

...even dirt poor, undeducated people.