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Friday, 27 January 2012
Pony kicks escaped cheetah in the face
A cheetah that jumped out of its zoo enclosure in Germany didn’t get far after being kicked in the face by a pony.
Turbo the cheetah used up one of his nine lives by getting kicked in the face by a pony.
The cheetah had tried to attack a pony after jumping the fence and escaping his enclosure.
“Turbo the cheetah certainly lived up to his name. He somehow managed to jump over the fence and got out of his enclosure,” said Nicola Mögel, spokeswoman for Nuremberg Tiergarten zoo.
“The fence not only has electrified elements, spikes along the top and a sloping part to make it more difficult to get over, it is higher than the legal requirement. It is a least two metres high.”
“The cheetah attacked the pony from behind, as they do in the wild. But all he got was a hoof, as the pony defended itself successfully,” she said.
The pony was slightly injured in the attack, and Turbo ended up with a bruised face, but both are doing well.
Zoo staff tranquilised Turbo and put him back in his cage. He's been taken off show while his face, and his pride, heals.
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superdog7 (Age 12) wrote on Friday, 27 January 2012 @ 13:05
oh poor pony and cheetah well that is what you get for jumping over the fence
kimkmr (Age 11) wrote on Friday, 27 January 2012 @ 16:51
Go Pony! It serves the cheetah right for trying to escape and live with the pony!!!!!!!!!!
animals1 (Age 13) wrote on Tuesday, 31 January 2012 @ 12:02
ahhhhhhh OMG I am glad that the cheetah is ok now and back is his cage! Well done to the pony! I LOVE horses!x