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 ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - Two cheetah cubs held captive and abused at a remote village restaurant in eastern Ethiopia are now in the custody of a government veterinarian and U.S. troops, a senior official said Monday.
Government vet, Fekadu Shiferaw, confiscated the 3-month-old cheetahs on Sunday from a restaurant owner in Gode, where they were being forced to fight each other for the amusement of children.
He gave them to U.S. troops for safekeeping until they can be flown to Addis Ababa, about 700 miles west of Gode, said Kifle Argaw, the government's senior wildlife vet.
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