Sharing your bed with common pets like cats or dogs is so last year. Right now it’s all about big cats, and lots of them.
Riana Van Nieuwenhuizen thought she should do her part in saving
cheetahs from extinction, so she bought one back in 2006. The
46-year-old South African left her job at the department of justice and
found some temporary employment on a game ranch, where she could raise
Fiela.
Now, Riana runs Fiela Funds Cheetah Breeding Project, a non-profit
that fights to ensure the survival of cheetahs in their own ecosystem.
Along the way, she also took in another 10 big cats, with which she
often shares her bed.
Her four cheetahs, five
white lions
and two tigers are a handful, but Riana loves every one of them and
puts up with all their naughtiness. Her 2 dogs have also grown quite
fond of the felines and don’t mind snuggling up to them.
