Esperanza
This is Esperanza ("Hope"), the first cheetah to be born in captivity whose mother was artificially inseminated with sperm from a wild male cheetah in an effort to increase the genetic variability in the zoo breeding program; Rio Grande Zoo, New Mexico; f3.5 1/200s @ 70.00mm; Cropped and enhanced in Photoshop; Feedback Greatly Appreciated!
Uploaded on November 29, 2004