Maybe the cat though he looked a bit like a mate, hair cut

http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/a...etah-in-south-africa

They eat Kiwis in South Africa?

Does that really qualify as an "attack"???

We have had cheetahs for many years, and I have noticed that they do not like certain people!

They can be as docile as any pet with many people. And they will take a deslike to a certain individual.
We have not been able to determine what their. Criteria is.

Walter...

The outfitter I use to hunt with in the 90's in Zimbabwe had 2 tame cheetahs. As far as I remember they only twice attacked anyone , or showed distinct aggression. Both times the individual( males ) in question was gay or at least very feminine..

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Originally posted by Saeed:
We have had cheetahs for many years, and I have noticed that they do not like certain people!

They can be as docile as any pet with many people. And they will take a deslike to a certain individual.
We have not been able to determine what their. Criteria is.

Same with my working dogs Saeed. I had a dog that hated women and my last one hated kids. My first dog took a dislike to one particular fella on base. A few weeks later we found out he was looking through the windows of the females on base. The dog knew he was a creep.

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Originally posted by Saeed:
We have had cheetahs for many years, and I have noticed that they do not like certain people!

They can be as docile as any pet with many people. And they will take a deslike to a certain individual.
We have not been able to determine what their. Criteria is.

I had a chocolate lab like that. One of the people she intensely disliked was my brother. I suspect she was right!

My heelers never liked men
Go figure

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We have had cheetahs for many years, and I have noticed that they do not like certain people!They can be as docile as any pet with many people. And they will take a deslike to a certain individual. We have not been able to determine what their. Criteria is.

I had limited experience working with Cheetahs at the Fort Worth Zoo, but I have worked with and around various species over the years, not just pet dogs and cats, but horses/cattle and various other mammals and birds, and with 60 years of experience both animals and birds for some reason simply do not like some people.

Two instances I can relate concerned a horse and a House Cat.

The man I work for owned the horse, and it is a really good horse around most people, but he hated the local vet, to the point that even under a heavy dose of tranquilizer, he would still fight at that one person.

In the second, Lora and I had a smallish Maltese female cat, that was really sweet and loved Everyone, except 8 to 12 year old boys. Half a dozen people in a room, and she would pick out boys in that age range and attack them.

Having worked at a Public Zoo for 25 years, I have seen animals of various species, that just could pick a specific member of the Public or a Keeper pout of a crowd and go after them.

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Originally posted by Saeed:
We have had cheetahs for many years, and I have noticed that they do not like certain people!

They can be as docile as any pet with many people. And they will take a deslike to a certain individual.
We have not been able to determine what their. Criteria is.

Gingers

We once had a cocker spaniel that seemed to like everybody. Then my wifes brother came over one night & I thought she was going to eat him up. He ask what was wrong with that dog & I told him that she was just a good judge of character.

An update.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/a...forward-to-cool-scar

That picture looks like a different kid compared to the photo from the first article.

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Originally posted by Fjold:

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Originally posted by Saeed:
We have had cheetahs for many years, and I have noticed that they do not like certain people!

They can be as docile as any pet with many people. And they will take a deslike to a certain individual.
We have not been able to determine what their. Criteria is.

Gingers

That's because they have no souls.

Many years ago, we had workers digging a trench for a swimming pool we were building.

I noticed one of our male cheetahs breathing hard and seemed tired. But he also looked upset.

I went and started to stroke him, which he loves, and just lent against me, lay down and started purring.

I mentioned this to one of the boys who feeds them, about him being tired.

He said some of the workers at the pool apparently come ove and annoy the cheetahs from outside the fence.

Next day I was in my office, and sure enough, one of the workers comes over and starts teezing him.

I could see Norty was getting really worked up.

I went out and called the worker to come over.

I was standing by the cheetah cage door.

He came over, I open the door, and pushed him, and closed it behind me.

He started screaming, and fell down, totally scared out of his wits.

I thought Norty would just come a growl at him.

But, by the looks of it, Norty was bent on killing him! From the way he was coming.

I tho8ght better of it, and grabbed hold of Norty - he had a collar around his neck! And shouted at the man to get out.

I have no doubt in my mind that Norty would have caused that man a lot of damage!

Needless to say, the man refused to come and work there again.

On occasions I have seen two of our cheetahs have a serious fight. And I have always gone in and separated them.

They have never turned on me.

But I am talking of animals we have raised, and they never show any sign of aggression towards us.

My daughter brings her friends from school, and they all enjoy spending time with them.

One of her tricks is her friends lay down on their backs, next to each other. She has a stick with a string attached at the end that is about a meter long, on that end their is a dog toy.

She has taught the cheetahs to chase that toy, and she guides it over her friends.

The cheetahs runs over them, and the girls absolutely love it.

They got to the stage where they get the sheaths to actually press on their phones screens to take a selfie.

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Originally posted by Fjold:
That picture looks like a different kid compared to the photo from the first article.

The first photo is a family one taken in 2014, the boy is now 14 years old so has changed a bit and does have a different haircut

I had a dog that liked everyone until it growled at snapped at a little girl that was visiting with her family. The mother remarked that my dog was a good judge of character.

I think animals are a better judge of character than we are. I had a chocolate lab that loved everyone. He attacked two people. One was a creep that I later found out had hit on my wife and the other was a former girlfriend of my son, who turned out to be a drug addict. Very out of character for him, but he got it right both times.

Pay attention to the animals! They are always right about a persons character.

Bill Murray once said:

"I’m suspicious of people who don’t like dogs, but I trust a dog when it doesn’t like a person."

He may not be far from the mark. Cheers. Chip.