Emmett the cheetah has been inseparable from Cullen the labrador retriever since they were pups. Cullen works as Emmett's emotional support animal at the Columbus Zoo.

@ickplant · 7 months ago

Emmett the cheetah has been inseparable from Cullen the labrador retriever since they were pups. Cullen works as Emmett's emotional support animal at the Columbus Zoo.

@ickplant · edit-2 7 months ago

You can read more about why cheetahs need emotional support dogs here.

kindenough · 7 months ago

That was a real good read, thank you.

Mossy Feathers (She/They) · 7 months ago

How long until we domesticate cheetahs? I mean, they’re kinda like super-fast dog-cats.

@frickineh · 7 months ago

We kind of did with greyhounds.

@[email protected] · 7 months ago

Cheetahs have been tamed and used as hunting animals intermittently for thousands of years, but it seems that breeding them in captivity is difficult (in premodern times, almost impossible), so there are no true domestic lineages.