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Tango0112 Dec 2015 10:16 p.m. PST

"This week, two cheetahs attacked an officer on a South African air-force base.

The officer was not seriously injured, and was treated for minor wounds on her shoulders and the back of her head. After that, the cheetahs got back to work.

Wait, what?

The cheetahs didn't wander onto Makhado Air Force Base by accident. They were deployed there earlier this month as part of a program started in the 1990s that places cheetahs on military bases for animal-control purposes. The big cats roam the base freely, hunting small game that might run onto airplane runways from nearby nature reserves and pose risks to flight safety…"
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Personal logo Legion 4 Supporting Member of TMP In the TMP Dawghouse13 Dec 2015 7:17 a.m. PST

Well … cats got'a eat too …

15mm and 28mm Fanatik13 Dec 2015 10:48 a.m. PST

This reminds me of a study conducted on the feasibility of using hawks to take care of the gull problem at a local landfill.

And the first thing I thought upon reading the title were the retired Atlas Cheetahs derived from the Israeli Kfir.

Tango0113 Dec 2015 11:36 a.m. PST

(smile)

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