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One more collared cheetah!

Category: Cheetah - Research | Date: Oct 31 2007 | By: admin

We have now collared cat number four and are currently downloading data from the first three. From these collars we hope to learn the habitat type the cats are using and also their daily movements and use of playtrees. We will also be comparing range size to a 10-year study already conducted at CCF to determine how prey and vegetation changes may have affected this. The pictures below show the collar which weighs 350 grams, and a GMS map showing the movement of one cat through neighbouring farms.

Collared cheetah being released.

Collar.jpg GMS Map.jpg

7 Responses to “One more collared cheetah!”

Lisa, California, on 31 Oct 2007

Awesome job! Can’t wait to hear more. Keep up the great work. Lisa

Lauren, Chicago, IL, USA, on 31 Oct 2007

What a magnificent animal! I also look forward to hearing more about the important work you’re doing.

Paula, on 01 Nov 2007

Hi Patricia, I’d love to hear the day to day goings on in cheetah world….I have been watching cheetahs here … look at Simon Thomsetts blog - a very funny picture of a cheetah with a jackal

Bruno, on 01 Nov 2007

Good job !! I can hardly wait to hear more about this incredible animal

Michelle - Cali, on 01 Nov 2007

If the cats roam into neighboring farms, will the farmers shoot them? Or they are all aware of the conservation and just scare them away?

F. J. PECHIR, on 01 Nov 2007

Good work! The radiotelemetry is one of the best ways to study and preserve wildlife. I did it with grizzlies and wolves for some years in USA, Canada and even Mexico (in this last place working with the last groups of mexican grey wolves back in 80´s in Chihuahua) for the A.C.W.P. It is an extremely interesting and adrenalyne-bomb work! I hope that you could do some more of this work with cheetahs, they need it!

cheetahconservation, on 05 Nov 2007

Michelle - Cali: Yes, there is a possibility that a cheetah might get shot. This is why our farmers’ training programs are such a crucial part of our overall strategy.

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