The Milgis Trust

Oh but its already been through a lot, poor little thing… There was 5 cubs and this one couldn’t keep up with the family, and was found by some children, as I said before things are looking up!!… In the past they would have killed it, but attitudes are changing, and they picked it up and took it to there father, who killed a goat to feed it!!…. Incredible.. Then sent a runner to tell us to pick it up… The Manager went with a young lad on the motor bike, with a box, but the poor little cheetah, it must be about a month old, if it didn’t have the black tear lines, you would say its a honey badger…Which is a ferocious beast! Very clever trick of nature…She could not handle the box, so eventually they chucked the box and held the cheetah in their arms…Would have been a good picture! Then the next problem arrives… a puncture, not so far away from our new radio hill, which I have climbed up earlier in the day, I kept on asking myself, who’s idea was this!! it is 1600 feet above the Parsaloi Lugga… Anyway they decided they needed to get this little cheetah to me as soon as possible.. We had slaughtered a goat, to open the hill, and to have fresh meat for our new guest!… They left the bike, and started climbing the hill… It became impossible, it was too hot… It arrived a little desperate, and over heated… We settled it down, it was crying for its mother all the time, an incredibly loud squeak, … then it started getting fits, and falling to the ground, on its side.. too sad, and it wouldn’t eat at all… But this morning it is fine, and hungry.. In the after noon I walked back down back to Elkanto, with it in my arms, and kept it out of the sun, and kept it cool… Shes eaten well today… and we ALL want it to live… Shes soooo beautiful.. I am off on safari tomorrow, it breaks my heart to leave her, but I will leave her in good hands…

The radio is up and working brilliantly, each scout is asking whats going on, I can hear you so well!! .. This is exactly what we need… Our scouts are scattered over a big distance , and reception, up to now has not been the best… Good job done… Worth the climb after all… Not to mention the view of all views from the top, I slept on a rock, with my little black dog by my side… In fact I didn’t sleep, it would have been a waste of a beautiful night… plus ‘Ndoto’ was worried about the leopard!!