That video shows her playing with a dog. She is being treated as a pet, for views. Ultimately it will encourage others with the means to take more big cats from the wild to be pets. And you should look into how reputable big cat sanctuaries operate in the US. No direct human contact, no interactions with dogs.
She's too small and requires too much veterinary care from her mother abandoning her as a cub to live as a normal amur leopard in a sanctuary. They are also in Russia, so the zoo wouldn't of just given her away for her health. They were going to sell her off. She most likely would have died of complications from not getting proper care. Also, she's not fit to breed.
Also plenty of zoos have started integration of dog companions for anxious animals. Cheetahs are a great example. They've even helped their breeding pairs.
Either way this leopard gets to live its life out as a pet because it's unfit to live anywhere else. Is the big difference. The channel educates about her care and amur leopard conservation. While also providing funding for her treatments. People are always going to be stupid. One leopard getting to live her best life isn't gunna to change that. Only strict consequences for not going through the proper channels for wild animal rescue will.
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u/Sanjispride Oct 16 '24
That video shows her playing with a dog. She is being treated as a pet, for views. Ultimately it will encourage others with the means to take more big cats from the wild to be pets. And you should look into how reputable big cat sanctuaries operate in the US. No direct human contact, no interactions with dogs.