Monthly Archives: August 2011

Project Survival

After leav­ing the AAZK con­fer­ence we headed north to the Fresno area. Here we are hosted by Wendy and Guy Debbas and by Dale Anderson from Cat Haven. We were treated to a day at Cat Haven on the 29th August where Tango (chee­tah) ran a lure course and Morato (jaguar) went for a swim. Project Survival, as
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American Association of Zoo Keepers

Bowling for Rhino’s sup­ports more than just rhi­nos! Proceeds from the BFR fundrais­ers in 2009 and 2010 not only sup­ported white, black, Indian, Javan and Simatran rhi­nos, but a por­tion of the funds also assists chee­tah con­ser­va­tion in north­ern Kenya. The bulk of the funds raised by zoo keep­ers across the US and Canada is sent
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Salama Cheetahs

While our Samburu staff was busy with Nataanywe, the Salama staff and Cosmas were con­tin­u­ing their habi­tat and con­flict mon­i­tor­ing in Salama. With hyena as the great­est threat to the live­stock farm­ers at the moment, our scouts have been busy assist­ing peo­ple with boma improve­ments. During drought times the level of chee­tah con­flict is always
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Nataanywe and Family

After the col­lar stopped trans­mit­ting Nataanywe was seen with 4 cubs in late August 2010. The cubs were already fol­low­ing her when they were seen, mak­ing them at least 5 weeks old. In October 2010, two of the cubs went miss­ing and the local nat­u­ral­ists reported that they were killed by lions. She was a good mother to
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Malili Technopolis

A large por­tion of our Salama study area was sub­di­vided in 2007 – 8 — the Malili and Aimi ma Kulungo share holder ranches were dis­olved from being com­mer­cial ranches and prop­er­ties of 7 to 10 acre plots were dis­trib­uted to the share hold­ers. The open plains of the Malili Ranch are a grass­land par­adise for Grant’s gazelle, har­te­beest (Kongoni), eland, Thompson’s
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