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Hurricane Delay but Back with the Team
I spent a week in Michigan after Cosmas returned to Kenya. I wrapped up the paperwork from the trip and said goodbye to my family. I was anxious to get back to Kenya, to our staff, the cheetahs and the beauty that I have grown to love. Hurricane Sandy had other plans though. After four hours at the airport
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Toledo Zoo — 2012 Fall Tour Closure
The Toledo zoo, Toledo workers Union and zoo kepers chapter have been supporting ACK in various ways since 2003. Here again working with the zoo is made more pleasant because of great friends on the zoo staff. We gave an evening talk to the zoo staff on 19 September 2012. Although it was open to
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Kansas City Zoo
It has been nearly three months since the fall fundraising tour and I have yet to complete the thanks to the last three places we visited. After a hop through Indianapolis, we spoke to staff and volunteers at the Kansas City Zoo in an evening event. Prior to the event we had a tour of the zoo and learned
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On the Road…
Early in the morning of 23 September we left Reno for the longest portion of our drive. With a brief stop at Flaming Gorge for the night we spent a total of 47 hours of drive time in three days. We spent the evening at my nieces house in Pennsylvania and passed by Niagra Falls before landing in
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Project Survival — Fresno
We spent several days in Fresno with Dale Anderson and Wendy Debbas. Wendy and her husband hosted our stay, but we met daily with Dale and many of the other Cat Haven staff daily. Cheetah Friend Europe (CFE) founders Nancy Benjamins and Maxime Lapidaire joined us in Fresno as well. My niece Brenda Tuttle also
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Wildlife Safari
Set in the beautiful hills outside of Santa Rosa California is a privately owned zoo called Safari West http://www.safariwest.com/home/ We were hosted by Safari West to spend an evening in their authentic safari camp. Tents brought in from South Africa decorated with safari theme can be rented by visitors for a night or for several nights. Guided
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On the Road – Yellowstone National Park
Cosmas, Phyllis and I met my long-time friend Kayla for a few days in Yellowstone National Park. There were no cheetah presentations here, but we saw a National Park management style in the US. Carnivores are one of the most sought after sights in the parks. Just as lions and cheetahs are high priority in the Kenyan parks – wolves
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Here Kitty-kitty
Support Erica in her study… http://www.petridish.org/projects/here-kitty-kitty-luring-cheetahs-for-conservation-research
Association of Zoos and Aquariums
I attended the annual AZA conference in Atlanta, Georgia in September 2011. I presented an update of ACK studies to the Cheetah Species Survival Plan and the Felid Taxon Advisory Group. Each presentation was brief – just enough to update people interested in cheetah conservation. I spoke about the draft results from the national cheetah survey and its link
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2012 Calendar — A Mother’s Tale
The holidays are fast approaching, and 2012 is just around the corner. Purchase the 2012 cheetah calendar for yourself or for a gift. This year we have several partners helping us to sell the calendars. Carnivores, Livelihoods and Landscapes, the Wana Duma Children’s Project and the Ewaso Lions Project from Kenya, Cheetah Friends Europe in the
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