Conservation project
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The cheetah is Africa's most endangered large cat with less than 10,000 remaining in the wild. Cheetahs are more numerous in Namibia than in any other country, with approximately 3,000 individuals or nearly 30% of the world's population. However, Namibia's cheetahs are not safe, as over 95% of Namibia's cheetahs and the other remaining populations in Africa are found outside of protected reserves on commercial and subsistence livestock farmland where they share habitat with domestic dogs and cats, which have viruses that could threaten the health of wild cheetahs.
Many cheetahs are killed indiscriminately in response to perceived or actual livestock or wild game depredation. The lack of quantitative data on cheetah distribution and numbers across Africa hinders efforts to implement conservation measures. Cheetahs are wide-ranging, secretive, and exist in low population densities throughout their range, making conventional census techniques difficult. CCF is working to develop reliable census techniques that can be used throughout their range countries. CCF provides base-line data and long-term studies necessary to understand the health factors that affect the cheetah's survival on the Namibian farmlands so that policies and programs can be developed and implemented to sustain the cheetah population in Namibia.
Cheetah Conservation Fund
NAMIBIA - Founded in 1990, the mission of the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) is to be an internationally recognised centre of excellence in research and education on cheetahs and their ecosystems, working with all stakeholders to achieve best practice in ...
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