Over the past four years and many different studies in the Ghanzi District, CCB has collected over 2500 photos of cheetahs from motion-activated cameras. From this photographic record, we have compiled a “Cheetah ID Book” using unique spot patterns to identify individual cheetahs. So far we have identified 148 individual cheetahs (71 solitary cats and 77 found in a total of 24 groups) from photos from 13 farms in the Ghanzi commercial farm block. Individual identification and recognition will allow us to better understand local cheetah population dynamics as well as allowing us to analyse behaviour and demographic characteristics such as male/female ratios, information about family groups, group sizes and territory sizes. Camera traps give us an amazing insight into the lives of these elusive cats. Contact us if you would like to sponsor a camera trap!
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