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Sunday, June 14, 2009

Saturday, June 13, 2009

The Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) (www.cheetah.org) , Namibia

Received from Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) (http://www.cheetah.org)

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, the cheetah is now an Endangered Species, with only about 10,000 cheetahs left in the wild.

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

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. 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

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 Master’s & 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 (http://www.cheetah.org/?nd=volunteer)

You can also volunteer from home via one of CCF's chapters. Follow this link (http://www.cheetah.org/?nd=locations) for information on CCF chapters and partners worldwide.