Then we retrofitted the bison yard, made a cheetah survival center out of it. And then we bought two cheetahs from Amanda Blake, Miss Kitty from “Gunsmoke”. She and her husband had a ranch near Phoenix, Arizona and they were successful in breeding cheetahs. And we bought two female cheetahs, brought them to St. Louis and added them to the group of cheetahs we had. Our breeding program started in fact 1974. I think we opened the cheetah survival center and reproduced over 30 cheetahs within the next several years. So that was where we created a breeding program from nothing and were successful. Many directors say that they do the rounds, did the rounds.
