Why the Cheetah Conservation Fund?
CCF’S Field Research & Education Centre:
CCF operates a Field Research and Education Centre to conduct formal and informal education programs. The objective of CCF’s Research and Education Centre is to teach visitors the value of sustainable practices in environment and conservation.
The Centre allows visitors to be exposed to CCF’s integrated research programs on the cheetah’s ecology, habitat and prey base, and the demonstration of CCF’s non-lethal livestock/predator management techniques. Relevant issues are presented regarding factors that affect conservation efforts at the community level. The Fund's education program and cheetah museum displays are designed around CCF scientific research findings and provide detailed information about the cheetah; its history, physiology, importance within the ecosystem, conflict with humans, and what CCF is doing to ensure the species’ survival for future generations.
During your visit you have the opportunity to:
Meet CCF's Founder and Executive Director Dr. Laurie Marker.
Learn about the history of the Cheetah and its struggle for survival at CCF's Hilker Education Centre.
Meet some of CCF's orphaned cheetahs based at the Sanctuary.
Visit the Haas Family Veterinary Clinic and Research Centre and learn about CCF’s Model Farm and Livestock Guarding Dog Programme, which is helping ensure the cheetah’s survival.
Spend a full day with CCF and its staff, from morning exercise to talks by the staff and even a cheetah safari.
The Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) was founded in 1990 by Dr. Laurie Marker. As Namibia has the largest and healthiest population of cheetahs left in the world, CCF's International Research and Education Centre is based in Namibia, near Otjiwarongo.
CCF works 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
In the early 1900’s cheetah numbers were perhaps as high as 100,000. Today, scientists estimate that as few as 10,000 remain, meaning that the world’s fastest land animal is also Africa’s most endangered cat. Although recognised as one of nature’s most beautiful and compelling animals, the cheetah's plight has gone from simply alarming to extremely critical in the space of one human lifetime. Namibia has the largest and one of the few sustainable populations of free-ranging cheetahs in the world.
The tragic decline in the number of cheetahs is due principally to the loss of the cheetahs' habitat and their prey. Within game parks and reserves, more dominant carnivores such as lion and hyena often force cheetahs out of protected areas to hunt in adjacent farmland. The cheetah's survival depends on the total ecological system of farm land management, species management and habitat stability
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