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I took another trip down to the WHF the other other day. It was great to see the cubs again, they have grown so much in the past two months!

The Amur Leopard cubs, Anuy and Argun, are about four and a half months old now and are a real handful for mum Xizi

This is Artur, who is the farther of the Amur Leopard Cubs.

The Sumatran Tiger cubs, Asu and Bawa, have grown a huge amount since I last saw them and are starting to become very confident and striking tigers.

This lovely girl is Indy, she’s a cross bred Bengal with Amur (Siberian) Tiger. Indy knows how to pose for the cameras, and is very affectionate when she comes up to the fence.

One of WHF’s smallest residents is Tula, she’s a Pallas Cats. Pallas Cat’s are small wild cats which live in Central Asia and are very shy.
Tula however decided to come out and say hello in exchange for some tip bits of meat.

Petra is the WHF’s European Lynx. I was very privileged to be allowed to go inside her enclosure, we were getting her to jump for tip bits of meat. She’s got a good 6ft jump and I was on the floor next to her! It was an experience I won’t soon forget.

This is Kafara, he is one of three male African Lion brothers at the WHF. He was a bit beaten up after a fight with his brother Manzi. Being the biggest of the three Kafara tends to rule the roost, however Manzi doesn’t like to think so.

Next up are the Puma’s (also known as Cougars or Mountain Lions). Viktoria was showing us her new party trick, jumping over her pond.

Next is Pepo the Cheetah. Pepo is spending his ‘retirement’ posing for the cameras and chasing the train which runs near his enclosure.

And last but not least, Ranschan the Snow Leopard.

Dave