Cheetah Conservation Fund

For those starting school whether, in-person, online or at home please remember cheetahs are fascinating animals to learn about! CCF has developed many resources to compliment your education programs. Check them out via the link in our bio. 🐱 .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #CCF #cheetahconservationfund #ccfcheetah #backtoschool #newschoolyear #conservationeducation #savethecheetah #raceforlife #endextinction #namibia #africa

For @natgeo and @disneyplus subscribers, please read a great article in National Geographic Society #WILDLIFEWATCH - "Conflict between cheetahs and pastoralists is one of the biggest threats to the cats’ survival. It’s also sometimes the impetus for selling cubs to smugglers: When a herder loses a goat to a cheetah, he’s likely to know that he could track down her cubs and sell them to a smuggler to help recoup his losses." ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Read the full story via the link in bio. 🐱 📸: @natgeo .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #CCF #cheetahconservationfund #ccfcheetah #natgeo #nationalgeographic #disneyplus #disney #natgeosociety #cheetahcubs #illegalwildlifetrade #illegalpettrade #savethecheetah #notpets #humanwildlifeconflict #namibia #somaliland #africa

We're excited to receive a 4-star rating from @charitynav for the sixth year in a row! This rating means you can donate in confidence knowing that CCF has strong financial health and accountability. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Thank you for your support in contributing to our mission of saving the cheetah in the wild. 🐱 .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #CCF #cheetahconservationfund #ccfcheetah #charitynavigator #charitynavigator4star #support #donate #savethecheetah #endextinction #namibia #africa

Cheetahs are often taken from the wild illegally, which was the case with this small cub that we tried to save earlier this week. In the Horn of Africa, rural livestock farmers are in conflict with wildlife. A lack of arable land and lack of access to water exacerbates the situation. Sometimes farmers will take cubs in a misguided attempt to prevent predation. They might try to keep them or they will try to pass them along. Unfortunately, sometimes passing them along includes selling them to traffickers. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ CCF Director Dr. Laurie Marker and Senior Veterinarian Dr. Iman Memarian traveled out to the port city of Berbera, Somaliland to pick up a 3-6 month old cheetah cub. When we finally reached the ministry official and the cub, we found that he was in very poor condition. He suffered from severe shock due to dehydration and digestive bleeding as a result of inappropriate nutrition. Despite our best efforts, we could not save him. Sadly another victim of the illegal wildlife trade. 🐱 .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #CCF #cheetahconservationfund #ccfcheetah #savethecheetah #keepnaturewild #illegalpettrade #humanwildlifeconflict #illegalwildlifetrade #drlauriemarker #somaliland #notpets #africa

Doing Good While Doing Business @Chantecaille selected CCF as a long-term conservation partner.  Sylvie Chantecaille and her family "decided to create something beautiful to spread awareness and to use this company as a platform for information, support, and change. It has been a privilege to match style and beauty with conservation." Thank you, Chantecaille, for helping #SavetheCheetah.  Join Chantecaille in the CCF Conservation Circle, do good, while doing business. Link in bio. 🐱 .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #CCF #cheetahconservationfund #ccfcheetah #chantecaille #chantecaillebeauty #savethecheetah #chantecaillewild #wildlifeconservation #makeup #eyeshadow #luxuryeyewear

Chewbaaka's Wild Cheetah Challenge is happening NOW! Make twice the impact toward CCF's programs by donating directly on social or on our website before August 31st. Details in bio. 🐱 .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #CCF #cheetahconservationfund #cheetah #ccfcheetah #savethecheetah #chewbaakaswildcheetahchallenge #doubledonation #support #namibia #africa

Come join us for movement and meditation in the heart of the idyllic hamlet of Locust Valley, NY on Long Island to support the Cheetah Conservation Fund and the effort to save the cheetah from extinction. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ On Saturday, July 24th, the Cheetah Conservation Fund New York Chapter is organizing a yoga event in support of the Cheetah Conservation Fund programs in Namibia in an amazing setting on the north shore of Long Island. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ For more information and registration, visit the link in our bio. 🐱 .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #CCF #cheetahconservationfund #ccfcheetah #mindfulmovement #caturday #locustvalley #longisland #longislandevents #savethecheetah #namibia #africa

Released cheetah Georgia and her two cubs are still doing well in Erindi Private Game Reserve (@erindinamibia). The family is being monitored via tracking collar on mum, as the cubs prepare to move away from her and live on their own we will most likely do a health exam and give them their very own collars. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The data that we collect is very valuable for the global scientific community. The animals also enjoy added security in case they run into any serious problems that require an intervention. 🐱 .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #CCF #cheetahconservationfund #ccfcheetah #erindi #erindinamibia #rewildling #savethecheetah #namibia #africa

Back in May, Dr. Laurie Marker was honored to receive VIP visitors from Taiwan at the CCF Safe Houses in Hargeisa, Somaliland. Ambassador Allen Chenhwa Lou, the Representative of Taiwan in the Republic of Somaliland; Minister (deputy ambassador) Mr. Chen-chi Wu; Deputy Counselor Mr. Yun-bo Chen; and Third Secretary Mr. Shuo-wei Chou, toured the project. Dr. Marker shared CCF's Master Plan for the Cheetah Rescue & Conservation Centre at Geed-Deeble, and they spoke about possibilities for collaboration on cheetah conservation initiatives in Somaliland. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We’ve also had visitors from the UK, Denmark and the EU. The group was visiting to observe the elections held on 31 May. While in Hargeisa, Somaliland, Dr. Laurie Marker met up with Johannes Martin (MP) from Namibia who was there to monitor parliamentary elections with the Brenthurst Foundation. 🐱 .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #CCF #cheetahconservationfund #ccfcheetah #somaliland #hargeisa #savethecheetah #drlauriemarker #raceforlife #namibia #africa

Fun fact: cheetahs have semi-retractable claws, this means that their claws are always ready to dig into the ground for when they need to reach speeds of up to 110 km/hour! (70mph). Unlike some of their big cat cousins, cheetahs aren’t big and bulky—they’re lean and made for speed from their long legs to their long tail. 🐱 .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #CCF #cheetahconservationfund #ccfcheetah #funfact #savethecheetah #fastestlandanimal #racingextinction #endangeredspecies #namibia #africa

CCF's newest cheetah cub Khaleesi turned 10 weeks old on Thursday! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ She is growing bigger by the day and getting more and more active. She is currently 3.4kg in weight, and eating about 400g of meat a day! She gets a diet with a mixture of milk, mince meat, and is now also eating meat off a bone. All of her baby teeth have come through, and she is starting to look and act more like a cheetah. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ She is currently living in the nursery and has a fenced outdoor area to explore. She had made friends with some of the older retired dogs Isha (LGD) and Finn (Scat Detection), but also with the cheetahs in the nearby enclosures through the fence. Every day is a new adventure getting used to new sights and smells. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Backstory: Her mother Daenerys was released in February of 2019 and we had been monitoring her, collecting her satellite collar data ever since. In February 2021, CCF and @ErindiPrivateGameReserve staff noticed that there was a problem. Daenerys had a broken leg so we took her back to our Centre. Animal healthcare staff also noticed she was pregnant. While she was in recovery she gave birth to this little cub, Khaleesi! 🐱 .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #CCF #cheetahconservationfund #ccfcheetah #savethecheetah #khaleesi #daenerys #endangeredspecies #cheetahcub #babycheetah #namibia #africa

CCF celebrated Somaliland's Independence Day on May 18 with our local staff! In this photo with Dr. Laurie Marker we have Farah, Hamda, Dr. Ahmed in the mask, veterinarian Dr. Carter from Grenada holding Phoenix, our project dog, and Yoana Martin, a cheetah keeper from Spain. Thanks to Hamda for the beautiful cake! 🐱🍰 .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #CCF #cheetahconservationfund #ccfcheetah #somaliland #somalilandindependenceday #celebrate #savethecheetah #drlauriemarker