[FEL-L] Fwd: cheetah DITTO

[Cindy D.]

I would have been wary of such a photo, but I've met
Jan and I have been to her home.

Amazing woman and amazing set up! She is a "class act"
and "icon" of the exotic cat world..... she should be
everyone's mentor that loves exotic cats.

She invited me into her home (as a complete stranger)
about a year ago just from meeting her off of one of
these lists and I don't think I'll ever meet anyone
that can devote themselves more to the world of exotic
cats.

She is not out to exploit and might even be making 
money if she were to exploit.

Her cats were in the best of care with squeeky clean
cages; the cages were to die for!  She had just
installed a $20,000 huge walk-in zoo-type cage.... Her
cats are handled daily and she personally goes into
their cages regularly because they are kept very close
to her living quarters..

Her litter boxes are cleaner than my domestic cats'
litter boxes in my home...

She also gave me a hint that we all could use.... use
rabbit pellets for litter.... if the cat cleans its'
paws and licks off the litter, it's completely
digestable.

I don't think anyone on any of these exotic cat lists
will fill her shoes... her experience, her passion,
her knowledge from handling big cats and smaller
exotics..

cindy d.
bellflower, ca

--- Barry <darksidhe_of_avalon at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I live a few miles away from the owner of Cheetahtu
> (Jan) and can say that she is much more then a
> respected animal broker.  She has taken in many
> rescue animals over the years and has always given
> them loving permanent homes.  Many of these animals
> have serious behavior problems that make them
> difficult to place yet she has made the time and
> effort to take them in and care for them personally.
>    
>   She has also been given a mounted tiger that had
> unfortunately been hit by lightning.  This tiger has
> been used dozens of times as an education piece that
> allows people to get up close to safely admire the
> size and beauty of a tiger.  She always tells the
> story of its life and the importance of conservation
> and explains why it’s not a good idea for people to
> buy them without the resources and knowledge to care
> for them.  
>    
>   I have the utmost respect for Jan.  She has helped
> so many people and animals.
>    
>   Barry
>   
> Tim Stoffel <tim at lionlamb.us> wrote:
>   On Mon, 2006-07-31 at 08:20 -0400, Craig Andersen
> wrote:
> > Reading through this weekend's posts, I was asking
> myself why I'm
> > subscribed to this list. This one didn't answer
> why, it just indicated
> > what my next step should be.
> > 
> 
> Cheetahtu is a well known and well respected animal
> broker. There are
> plenty of legitimate reasons to have a mounted
> cheetah. Because of all
> the laws here, it is now hard to move these sorts of
> things around. If
> it's here in NV, and was an animal that was loved by
> a human, I would
> be glad to give it a home here. Incredible for
> educational work.
> 
> Tim Stoffel
> 
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