“National Geographic channel has paid one million dollars for the footage of a woman taming cheetahs”
What FACTLY found
This video shows Namibian wildlife conservationist Marlice Van Vuuren, teasing her pet cheetahs at the ‘Naankuse wildlife sanctuary’ in Namibia, Africa. This video was shared on different websites at least since 2010. It is nowhere reported that the National Geographic channel had paid one million dollars for this video. Earlier, clips from several films were shared with a similar claim on social media
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 11 July 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 16 July 2021, 5 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.