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Cheetah Conservation Fund working to save the Wild Cheetah from Extinction

The world's fastest land animal, the sleek and long-legged cheetah, Acinonyx Jubatus, is losing its race for survival. Once a common animal found on five continents, with about 100,000 wild cheetahs in the early 1900s, the cheetah is now an Endangered Species, with only about 10,000 cheetahs left in the wild today.

Loss of habitat, conflict with humans, as well as its own loss of genetic variation, are the main threats facing the cheetah.

The Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) (www.cheetah.org) was founded in Namibia (the country with the largest percentage of wild cheetahs) in 1990. We manage a program in Kenya, and collaborate with all cheetah-range countries such as Iran, Algeria, Zambia, Botswana, South Africa, Ethiopia, to name a few. We work to:

- create and manage long-term conservation strategies for the cheetah throughout their range

- develop and implement better livestock management practices, eliminating the need for ranchers to kill so many cheetah.

- conduct conservation education programs for local villagers, ranchers and school children

- continue intensive scientific research in cheetah genetics, biology and species survival

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The Cheetah Blog

Follow CCF's work on behalf of the Wild Cheetah.

There's never a dull moment at CCF's Field Research and Education Centre in Namibia!
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Volunteering with Cheetahs

Work with Cheetahs and help support our efforts!

Volunteers are the backbone of our work in Namibia and Kenya. We have programs for general volunteers (working guests), student internships (including Masters & Ph.D. students) and zookeepers.

All our volunteer programs require a mandatory donation. However, discounted/subsidized fees are available for student interns and zookeepers, and also for Namibian, South African and Kenyan citizens. We charge a fee for volunteering to cover the costs of training and supervising our volunteers, as well as the costs of room and board. Your contribution also ensures the future of our programs.

CCF does not provide funding or scholarships for volunteers, interns or zookeepers. Many of our volunteers are successful in seeking funding through their schools, friends and family, local community, employers or other special programs. If you need information on CCF to complete grant proposals, you can search these pages and also look at our annual and mid-year reports for details.

For more information, please visit our web site by clicking here.

You can also volunteer from home via one of CCF's chapters. Click on this link, for information on CCF chapters.

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Help Us Save the Wild Cheetah!

The Cheetah Conservation Fund works to ensure the long-term survival of the cheetah and its ecosystem through a multi-disciplined and integrated conservation program of research and education.

Cheetah Conservation Fund videos

Lern about our work to save the wild cheetah.

From dogs saving cheetahs to converting invasive thornbush into clean-burning fuel logs, CCF creates and implements innovative programs aimed at accomplishing our vision: To see a world in which cheetahs live and flourish in co-existence with people and the environment. View more videos at our YouTube channel.
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Reader Feedback

  • KeenanSteel Jan 7, 2011 @ 12:25 pm | delete
    Thanks for the work you do, I appreciate your goals and commitment.
  • charlene Sep 17, 2009 @ 5:07 am | delete
    weldone i do give money for the cheetahs every month because they are my fravrite animal in the world
  • AddisonsCompass Apr 22, 2009 @ 7:35 pm | delete
    I am very happy to have this as my squidoo charity and I want to see what else I can do through other efforts. squidoo.com/addisonscompass
  • BlueMtnWildlife Feb 27, 2009 @ 11:04 pm | delete
    Glad to see a fellow nonprofit doing more good. We are based in Oregon, and the Oregon Zoo's General Curator is really into helping the cheetah...and is a part of the "run for the cheetah" benefit in Portland. Great cause...best of luck.
  • wayfarer Dec 22, 2008 @ 2:54 pm | delete
    Cheetahs are at a disadvantage because of the genetic bottleneck they experienced in the past. An organization like this is necessary to intervene and save cheetahs. Well done!
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