Cheetah Conservation Fund

Category: Cheetah - Conservation Programmes | Date: Sep 14 2008 | By: cheetahconservation

CCF Kenya’s renovation of four cattle dips in the Kiu area, designed to encourage sustainable farming, is having a great impact on the community only two years after implementation. CCFK Community Liaison Officer Lumumba (left, at community meeting) says the attitude of people who have lost livestock and their willingness to be interviewed has dramatically improved in the last year; he often gets thanked for our community work as well. With a donation from Eco-Sys, CCFK has purchased trees that are being planted in the areas with the two best-managed dips and has covered part of the cost of running piped water and building a water trough for the cattle to drink from (rather than the dam 500m away). CCFK has also finalized details of the National Census for a final report. More than 8500 data points on cheetah, other predators and prey species were collected in central and northern Kenya from June 2006 to September 2007. This data will fill in many questions on the distribution and status of cheetahs. Click here for more information on CCF Kenya’s activities and newsletters.