Taylor Swift, the cheey puppy that managed to escape the illegal pet traffic

The singer’s love Taylor Swift For cats it is well known by the general public. Throughout his career, he has openly expressed his fascination with these animals, whom he considers not only his life companions, but also an extension of his artistic personality. Owner of three felines –Meredith Gray, Olivia Benson and Benjamin Button-, Swift is part of its public image to its cats, making them authentic celebrities.

This love has been expressed in multiple interviews. In 2019, the interpreter of All Too Well commented in an interview with the magazine Time: “I am obsessed with my cats. I love you so much that when the opportunity arose to participate in the movie CatsI knew that he should do it. ”This statement not only reaffirms its attachment to felines, but also shows how their personal and professional life is intertwined with this affection.

Swift’s influence on the feline world has become so significant that even the international organization Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) rescued a chest baby and decided to baptize her as “Taylor Swift” in honor of the artist’s devotion for cats.

The Guepardo Taylor Swift is a breeding that just a few months of life. Although he was born in the care of his mother in some region of the horn of Africa, she was captured by Exotic animals traffickers They intended to sell it as a pet in the illegal market.

The rescue was carried out by personnel from the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF), a non -profit organization based in Namibia and presence in Somalilanddedicated to the conservation of the Guepardo. When they found her, the puppy barely weighed 1.3 kilograms and had a size similar to that of a domestic cat. Thanks to the timely intervention of the specialists, it was possible to save their lives and avoid its definitive income to the illegal trade of Wildlife

Since its rescue, this Guepardo with celebrity name remains under the care of experts in a Specialized Rehabilitation Center In Somaliland. Dr. Laurie Marker, founder and executive director of the organization, reported that the puppy responds favorably to a balanced diet and has already started a process of Desensitization to human contactfundamental for your health and medical management. Although it is still at an early stage of its development, its progress describes as “very successful.”

The founder made a humor reference to the “Eras” tour of the homonymous singer to this feline and said he is All Too Well (as one of the iconic Swift songs) because there is a “hopeful spirit that surrounds this rescue and survival story.”

The center of Somaliland where Taylor Swift now lives is a reserve of 720 hectares equipped with enclosures between two and five hectares. These spaces provide rescued cheeks a safe and wide environment to play, develop and, in some cases, prepare for a possible reintroduction to nature. The work of CCF in this region is essential, since Somaliland has become one of the critical points of illegal fauna traffic in the African continent.

Although the cheer (Acinonyx Jubatus) He is one of the most emblematic felines in the world, his survival is severely threatened. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) currently classifies it as “vulnerable” speciesalthough many scientists consider that it should appear in the category of “in danger of extinction”, given the accelerated reduction of its population.

At the beginning of the 20th century, about 100,000 individuals were estimated at freedom, mainly in Africa. Today, there are hardly less than 7 thousand 100 crazy, which represents a dramatic decrease of 93% of its historical distribution.

The causes of this crisis are multiple and complex. First, the loss and fragmentation of the habitat due to the agricultural expansionurbanization and deforestation They have considerably reduced the spaces in which the cheetah can hunt and reproduce. Likewise, poaching, both of the animals themselves and of their natural prey, contributes to their disappearance. Another critical factor is the conflict with human communities, especially when cheese attack cattle, which frequently triggers lethal reprisals.

An additional threat is the illegal trade of exotic pets. Guepardo’s offspring are especially vulnerable to this practice since they are captured young, separated from their mothers and sold in clandestine markets, especially in Middle East. It is estimated that for each breeding that survives traffic, four others die in the process, due to stress, malnutrition or poor transport conditions, according to the Guepardo Conservation Fund.

The situation is even more serious for the Asian Guepardo (Acinonyx Jubatus venaticus), A subspecies that today survives only in Iran with a population of just dozens of specimens. Virtually extinct in the rest of the continent, this variant faces imminent extinction without immediate and sustained intervention.