Cheetah Conservation Fund

Category: Cheetah - General | Date: Nov 16 2007 | By: admin

The end of the year is always a very busy time for all of us at the Cheetah Conservation Fund. Dr. Laurie Marker, our Executive Director, just ended a two-month fundraising tour in the USA. In Namibia, we continue gathering data from the GSM collared cheetahs. Our teaching farm is very busy and the two litters of puppies are just about ready to be placed. I just finished sending out cheetah updates to everyone who has sponsored one of 45 non-releasable cheetahs under our care in Namibia, and am working on our next eLetter which should go out within the next few days. This will be also an appeal, as we are in urgent need of cheetah sponsors. With 45 mouths to feed, our costs are approximately US$5,000/year per cheetah, which provides food and veterinary care for all of them. If your holiday plans include giving a gift that lasts a whole year, sponsor one of our cheetahs! You can meet them at www.cheetah.org = Sponsor a Cheetah.

Worldwide, we are preparing to send out our year-end thanks to everyone who has supported us in 2007. Through all this flurry of activity, I couldn’t stop but thinking of all the great and supportive comments we have been receiving since we first started posting our blog at wildlifedirect.org just about two months ago, and today, much to our delight, we received news of our first donations through this great web site! On behalf of all of us at CCF, staff and cheetahs, I want to thank our new donors, our readers, and the entire wildlifedirect.org team, which has been truly fantastic. Every donation we receive reinforces our belief that saving the wild cheetah is worth every effort on our side. Thank you so much!

Patricia Tricorache - International Programmes

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