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It’s 5:15 a.m., and the sun has yet to rise over Bonsall, just east of Oceanside and north of Vista. The various nighttime sounds that come with living at the end of a long road in rural North San Diego County permeate the stillness of the pre-dawn air: the faint engine rumblings of an occasional truck and horse trailer in the distance; a coyote yip; leaves rustling on an acacia tree; crickets. Then, loud enough to be heard a mile away comes a series of high-pitched chirps from just outside the window of a well kept, tile-roofed home.

An unsuspecting visitor might take them for a common bird with some serious volume, but Jackie Navarro (née Levine), who is trying to sleep inside, knows better. She awakens, fully expecting the cheerful chirps that, for the past three years, have served as her alarm clock. They’re a reminder to “hurry up and come see me!” from Victor, Navarro’s cheetah, who has come to anticipate her daily early-morning visit.

Victor lives in a large enclosure down a small hill from the home Navarro shares with Henry, her husband of 19 years. The 90-pound spotted South African native is not Navarro’s pet (though judging by his loud purr and nuzzling when she enters his enclosure, it’s hard to believe). Rather, he’s one of about 120 exotic animals who live on Navarro’s five-plus acre spread, built specifically to run Wild Wonders, Inc., a federally and state licensed and insured wildlife education organization she started in 1991.

Many residents, like Victor, are ambassadors who help to educate the public about the plight many wild animals face in their natural environments and about the importance of conservation. Victor counts American alligators, wallabies, boa constrictors, owl monkeys, Burmese pythons, Siberian lynxes, foxes, porcupines and various other animals among his neighbors.

“We focus on what people can do as individuals at a grassroots level to help these animals in the wild,” Navarro says. “It’s really tough, especially with kids, in today’s increasingly urban environment. They’ve lost their place in nature and don’t even realize we are the only ones who have the capability to change nature, which we do every single day. We talk a lot about the animals’ value in their environment.”

About 60 percent of the animals at Wild Wonders find their way there after being picked up by the California Department of Fish and Game or because of owner relinquishment, abandonment, confiscations or development of issues that make them non-releasable, Navarro says. None are taken from the wild, but under Navarro’s care, one suspects they might not even choose to go back if they could. Navarro has been in the industry since her senior year of college in 1989, and she’s an impassioned animal lover at the very root of her being.

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