Cheetah Conservation Botswana in Africa Geographic

Mahina Perrot, a journalist who stayed at our Ghanzi camp recently has written an article about CCB for Africa Geographic about the work that we are doing in order to continue to secure a future for the national cheetah population.The population of wild cheetah has dropped by a staggering 90% over the last century alone. Today, only 10 to 12 000 of the 100 000 cheetah which were estimated to roam throughout Africa remain and the only place outside Africa where wild cheetahs are documented is in Iran, with a fewer than 100 individuals. CCB has been trying to combat conflict issues between predators and the community by combining community outreach supported with education and research. The use of the dogs is also incredibly efficient and a recent survey conducted by CCB found that 84% of farmers using livestock guarding dogs had a reduction in the amount of livestock they were losing to predators. To better record the animals’ activities, CCB works regularly with local San trackers and they have incredible skills in deciphering the natural world through the tracks and signs left on the landscape by its wild inhabitants. With the coming National Geographic Crittercam project in April 2014, we hope to find out how cheetahs interact with each other, how they’re hunting and moving through the environment. We are guessing that they’ve adapted their behaviors in many ways because of the bushy environment and the lack of larger competitors. To learn more on this article, please link to the below site.

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