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Spot On - Pitter-patter of tiny paws as a quartet of Cheetah cubs born at Longleat.<br />
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Staff at the Wiltshire safari park are celebrating a record big cat litter for miracle mum Wilma.<br />
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It's extremely rare to get four cubs all surviving, even in captivity. And in the wild only 1 in 3 cubs would be expected to reach adulthood.<br />
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Part of a captive breeding program, the two boys and two girls are a ray of hope for the 'Vulnerable' species whose habitat is threatened in Africa.

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Pic: IanTurner/BNPS

Spot On - Pitter-patter of tiny paws as a quartet of Cheetah cubs born at Longleat.

Staff at the Wiltshire safari park are celebrating a record big cat litter for miracle mum Wilma.

It's extremely rare to get four cubs all surviving, even in captivity. And in the wild only 1 in 3 cubs would be expected to reach adulthood.

Part of a captive breeding program, the two boys and two girls are a ray of hope for the 'Vulnerable' species whose habitat is threatened in Africa.