tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-147445302024-03-05T10:07:58.673+02:00Cheetah NewsPlease visit us at our new location on www.cheetah.orgCheetah Conservation Fundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07914878307232548307noreply@blogger.comBlogger619125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14744530.post-26368432794724301922014-06-30T20:33:00.000+01:002014-06-30T20:33:47.188+01:00New Cheetah Blog at cheetah.orgWe have moved visit <a href="http://cheetah.org/news-blog/blog/" target="_blank">our new blog</a> to read our staff blog posts. Cheetah Conservation Fundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07914878307232548307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14744530.post-23773721502144987002014-03-21T17:22:00.000+02:002014-03-21T17:22:12.352+02:00Update on Athena in Erinidi<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
Athena was released into Erindi Private Game Reserve for the
first time on 15 October 2013 alongside Luna. During this time she proved to be
successful in terms of finding food by managing to kill two young warthogs, an
oryx calf, a sub-adult waterbuck, and a kudu within the first few days. However,
after 15 days in Erindi, Athena escaped the game reserve. On 7 November 2013, Ryan
Marcel Sucaet, CCF’s Assistant Cheetah Keeper & Research Assistant, and the
Erindi staff re-captured Athena and returned her to Erindi. She was then housed
in an enclosure at Erindi until the current release. While in captivity, the
Erindi staff took care of the cat, feeding her and habituating her to Erindi
game viewer vehicles.<o:p></o:p></div>
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On 21 February 2014, Athena was re-released back into the
Erindi Game Reserve. Dr. Laurie Marker, CCF Ecologist, <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Matti Nghikembua</span>, and Ryan, along with the <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">German film
crew from<span style="color: #333333;"> ZDF tivi "pur+"</span>
journeyed to Erind</span>i to help with and capture on film the release. Athena
was being held in a 1ha boma and on the day of release she was moved into a
transfer crate and moved to the center of the reserve to a large waterhole for release.
Just before dusk, the crate door was opened and Athena, the six-year old
female, ran out. She ran a few hundred meters and settled under a tree where we
supplemented her with a large portion of oryx meat. She ate calmly under the
shade of trees near the water hole.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ryan stayed at Erindi for the next two weeks to monitor Athena’s
progress. On her second full day after release, Athena killed a young
wildebeest calf and later in the week a newborn springbok calf.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Supplement feeding of Athena was not
necessary during the two-week monitoring process as she consistently hunted on
her own. However, she was given liver treats from the Erindi game viewer
vehicle to maintain her habituation as well as trust with people. She was given
water on several occasions. During these first few weeks, she endured extreme
weather, including violent lightening/rainstorms as well as flash floods, which
produced large puddles where she was frequently found drinking. Athena averaged
around 3.5km movements per day covering a large portion of the central and
western part of Erindi.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The Erindi staff continue to monitor Athena and frequently
find her with a distended belly, evidence that she is hunting successfully.
Today’s news was that Athena has made her way to the northern part of the
reserve and has found the two CCF male cheetahs (Chester and Obi-Wan) that were
reintroduced into Erindi in June 2012. We are hopeful that breeding will take
place in the near future. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">map of Athena's movements after release into Erindi</td></tr>
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Last week we took another female to Erindi, Jacomina. She
has been at CCF’s reintroduction training camp since the end of December where
she perfected her hunting skills. She is in holding at Erindi and will be released
in the next couple weeks. We will keep you posted on our cheetah rehabilitation
and reintroductions so please stay tuned for future updates. Your support is
vital for the success of this program and the rest of the work we do here at
CCF so please consider donating to ensure our mission moves forward. For more
information please visit our website at <a href="http://www.cheetah.org/">www.cheetah.org</a>
<o:p></o:p></div>
Cheetah Conservation Fundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07914878307232548307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14744530.post-80937764192123715092014-03-07T17:30:00.001+02:002014-03-07T17:30:19.049+02:00The Week of the Book<div class="BodyA">
I have been traveling a lot so
far this year. I just returned a week ago from my two week lecture tour in the
UK and EU and was in the UAE for nearly two weeks before that. I’m now home but
the last week has been hectic to say the least! On my return from the EU
driving back from the airport, we met German children’s TV “pur+” crew at
Erindi Private Game Reserve and released Athena, one of our cheetahs that was
in a holding camp there getting her used to the area. The release went very
well and she is now hunting and thriving. It also rained and rained this past
week and our thatch roofs are still leaking, so we have covered the roofs with
big plastic tarps and when the wind blows the noise is impressive to say the
least.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">at Erindi with the pur+ crew</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times;">We have had our share of
snakebites. The day I left for the UK one of our favorite livestock guarding
dogs, Feliz, was bitten and died nearly instantaneously. It was horrible, and
the bites have continued. I was home only three days when my favorite horse,
Shandi, came into the barn with what appeared to be a snakebite on her back
leg. It was swollen, nearly double the normal size and she was in great pain.
That night our veterinary and horse team stayed up with me till around 11:30pm
injecting Shandi with anti-inflammatory medicine, anti-biotics, and bags of IV
fluids. We were all very worried that night and for the next several days until
the swelling decreased and she was able to go out with the herd again. We then
had to bring Jacamina, one of our cheetahs being rehabilitated in from the
field to stitch up a wound on her rear leg.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The same day one of our goats was bitten by a snake on her neck. As the
inflammation increased the next 24 hours it literally started to strangle her.
We did an emergency tracheotomy with the surgery lasting long after midnight.
Bruce had to keep our generator running (it turns off around 11:00pm) to finish
the surgery. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">working on Jacomina with the pur+ crew</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times;">While all these emergencies were
occurring I was trying to finish up the final edits of my book, A Future for
the Cheetah. A few days later, this past weekend, one of our Anatolian
Shepherds came back from a farm due to having a mass cell tumor the size of a
grapefruit. Luckily, we were able to extract the mass and are very pleased the
morning after surgery and now, two days later, she is doing fine. We are
hopeful the tumor was completely removed. It will be shipped to a pathology lab
for closer examination to see if the mass was removed in whole. The next
morning we had to bring Bella in from her camp to stitch-up a wound on her
shoulder. It has definitely been one crazy week! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Karibib doing well in recovery after her surgery</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times;">Whilst all of these events were
ongoing, the final edits for the book went to the publisher yesterday. Along
with two major grant proposals that needed completing this weekend as well! Our
CCF team is amazing as we have pulled through several days of long hours under
unusual circumstances with much success. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;">Dr. Laurie Marker<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Cheetah Conservation Fundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07914878307232548307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14744530.post-11778358012219921722014-02-27T17:42:00.001+02:002014-02-28T00:26:13.203+02:00Dr. Laurie Marker's Spring European Tour<div align="left" class="BodyA" style="text-align: left;">
I had a very fast turnaround to the airport with less
than three days home from the UAE
heading off to Europe. However,
we had a German TV crew at CCF filming for their show “Waisenhaus für wilde
Tiere” so we anesthetized and brought to the clinic D’Artagnan, one of our male
cheetahs, who needed treatment for an injured leg.</div>
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My European Tour began with a lecture to conservation
biology students at Kent University through the help of Niki Rust, one of my
PhD students, and several meetings with her professors. The next day was the
big CCF UK fundraising event at the Royal Institution in London with Jonathan
and Angela Scott from Big Cat Diary. The night was a success for the cheetah
with over 200 people joining us! <o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At the Royal Institution in London</td></tr>
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In London I was invited to the Illegal Wildlife Trade
reception, convened by the British Government. I met with colleagues and
government official from across 50 counties. CCF collaborated with ZSL’s
(Institute of Zoology) Cheetah & Wild Dog Conservation Planning Process
with a poster highlighting the illegal pet trade on cheetah.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I then traveled to France, where, in Paris, I met with
past volunteers and supporters. I then headed to La Fleché with Catherine
Ebbs-Perin, the president of our French support group Amifelin, for a media
interview and then a private dinner with CCF supporters, hosted by Pasquel
Fournie from Fous de Nature at ‘Moulin des Season’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The next day, over 100 people attended our
CCF Cheetah Conference and film viewing hosted by Pasquel Fournie.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In La Fleché, France</td></tr>
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My next stop in France was Nantes Veterinary School.
Annually, CCF has interns that come from this school and we hope that many more
will come to Namibia. <o:p></o:p></div>
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When I arrived in Holland, long-time supporter and my close
friends the Louwman family of Wassenaar Wildlife Breeding Centre, picked me up
from the airport and took me to a lovely dinner. I was able to meet with Simone
Echardt from our support organization, Stitching SPOTS. The next day, I went to
Van Hall University in Leuwarden where I was greeted by over 100 students and a
number of past interns. It was great to reconnect with them.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With the Louwman Family</td></tr>
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I then went to Germany to
meet our German cheetah colleagues from AGA, Birgit Braun and Teresia
Rebitschko. We had several meetings including a meeting with Namibian Tourism
Board and with Roland Melisch, the Director of TRAFFIC’s Africa & Europe
programs where we talked about the rising problems around illegal live trade of
cheetah. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Heading out of the continent,
I was given a special behind the scenes tour of the Frankfurt airport detection
dog training program, which includes using the detection dogs to find, among
other things, wildlife and wildlife products.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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As I arrived home I met up
with Ryan Sucaet (Assistant Cheetah Keeper) and Matti Nghikembua (Senior
Ecologist) with a film crew from German TV’s educational programme “pur+” at
Erindi Private Game Reserve for the rerelease of Athena into the wild. The next
day, Ryan reported that Athena had settled well and had already made a
wildebeest calf kill. <o:p></o:p></div>
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With all my travels, it is
nice to be back home in Namibia. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Many Cheetah Purrs,<o:p></o:p></div>
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Cheetah Conservation Fundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07914878307232548307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14744530.post-29992549746509148082014-02-18T19:06:00.000+02:002014-02-18T19:06:40.264+02:00HUMANS FOR CHEETAHS<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">This month we are launching a new initiative called HUMANS FOR
CHEETAHS. Cheetah Conservation Fund created a team that can be part of
any CCF approved charity team around the country for runners, walkers, bikers,
and other racers who want to participate in athletic events and raise money to
help save the cheetah by supporting CCF. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Dr. Laurie Marker and Honorary HUMANS FOR CHEETAHS Chairperson
Jack Hanna invite you to join the first HUMANS FOR CHEETAHS team in Portland,
Oregon on Sunday, May 18, 2014 as they run or walk in the Portland Rock ‘n’
Roll Half Marathon. Join as a virtual
team member and receive all the team benefits, even if you can’t join us in
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">HUMANS FOR CHEETAHS Honorary Chairperson, Jack Hanna.<o:p></o:p></span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Recognized around the country as America's favorite zookeeper, Jack Hanna is Director Emeritus of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, a conservationist, author, television personality, and lifelong adventurer. We are very happy to have Jack Hanna supporting our new HUMANS FOR CHEETAHS initiative. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">This is our first charity team event in what is planned to be a
series of HUMANS FOR CHEETAHS athletic events around the country, raising awareness
and money to save the cheetah in the wild by engaging in outdoor activities
like running, walking or biking. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Want to join the team? Go to: </span><a href="http://www.cheetah.org/humansforcheetahs"><span style="color: #103cc0; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">http://www.cheetah.org/humansforcheetahs</span></a><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"> for
details on the event and how to join in the fun in Portland. We are pleased to
be an official charity partner of the Portland Rock 'n' Roll Half
Marathon. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">In exchange for donating or raising $250 for CCF, we will cover
the cost of your registration as a HUMANS FOR CHEETAHS team member in the
Portland Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon. There are all kinds of ways you can raise
money, but we’ve set up an online campaign with Crowdrise to help you! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">As part of the HUMANS FOR CHEETAHS team, you’ll be invited to a
special team party May 17<sup>th</sup>. Meet fellow team members and be
inspired by a cheetah ambassador. To
show your team pride, you get a Nike dri-fit team shirt. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Team members may stay at The Paramount Hotel in Portland and receive a
25% discount for a rate of $149.50 per night plus tax on May 17 and May 18.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">But the great news is that you can be a member of HUMANS FOR
CHEETAHS, even if you don’t want to run a half marathon. Become a Virtual Team member,
and receive all the benefits of a</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"> team member, just by raising money for CCF.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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there are even more ways you can get involved.
You can support a team member by donating to their fundraising effort.
For as little as $10 you can make a difference to an athlete looking to help
win the race against extinction. Go to our team page at Crowdrise here.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.crowdrise.com/humansforcheetahs/fundraiser/cheetahconservationf"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">http://www.crowdrise.com/humansforcheetahs/fundraiser/cheetahconservationf</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">.
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anniversary to adopt a team member. Ask people to support the HUMANS FOR CHEETAHS
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The most important part of our new HUMANS FOR CHEETAHS effort is
that we’d like to see more teams, in more sports activities in more cities. Contact
</span><a href="mailto:beth@cheetah.org"><span style="color: #103cc0; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">beth@cheetah.org</span></a><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"> if you
would like to coordinate a HUMANS FOR CHEETAHS team in your city. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">As is always the case, an effort like this doesn’t happen
without the help of some awesome humans. Teresa Delaney, a Trustee
Emeritus of CCF has been spearheading this project with Co-Chair Dave Bell.
Dylan Lee and Andy Prince, who work at Wieden + Kennedy Advertising
Agency, donated their time and amazing talent to create our beautiful logo and
are helping with CCF’s messaging of the event. We would also like to
thank Ecotrust and Foot Traffic for their support. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">If you are interested in becoming a team sponsor, please contact
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Cheetah Conservation Fundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07914878307232548307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14744530.post-76722132517299119532014-02-03T11:48:00.000+02:002014-02-03T11:48:10.796+02:00CCF in the United Arab Emirates <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
In late May and early June 2013, CCF’s Assistant Directors, Dr. Anne Schmidt-Küntzel and Patricia Tricorache joined me in the UAE where we spent 10 days. The purpose of our trip was two-fold, one was to lecture for the Emirates Natural History Group in three locations and the other was to network with cheetah breeding facilities and veterinarians, where several other lectures were given. Consequently, during our discussions with vets and the main captive cheetah facilities, all felt that a workshop on cheetah health issues, husbandry, necropsies, and banking of genetic and reproductive samples would be very useful. </div>
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On the 29th of January, Dr. Anne Schmidt-Kuntzel, Ryan Sucaet, CCF’s Research Assistant and Cheetah Keeper and I, returned to the UAE and headed to Al Ain for a half-day conference hosted by The President’s Affairs Management of Nature Conservation (MNC) Facility. The conference covered topics such as captive cheetah care and management, health and disease, genetics and genome resource banking (GRB), including semen collection and techniques. </div>
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We then traveled to four locations to conduct collections and training at individual facilities. In Al Ain we worked on three male cheetahs with their veterinary and research team in order to collect blood, measurements, and successfully bank sperm from two of their cats. Our next day took us to Emirates Park Zoo where we worked up one male, collected another sample for our GRB and trained their vets and husbandry team on our methodology. </div>
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Our fourth day was our most triumphant: we worked on 11 male cheetahs at Sheik Buttie’s private breeding facility in Dubai. We were able to work with the manager and vet from this facility, the vet from Sharjah and the manager from Wadi Al Safa. After a 15-hour workday, we banked over 25 semen samples from eight of the cheetahs. </div>
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Al Bustan hosted a hands-on workshop on the 2nd of February, where we trained more veterinarians and staff of several institutions within the UAE. <br /><br />We headed out on the 4th of February after attending the first day of the 15th annual Conservation Workshop for the Biodiversity of Arabia held at the Breeding Centre for Endangered Arabian Wildlife in Sharjah, which brought together international conservationists from the Arabian Peninsula working towards strategies of IUCN wildlife re-introductions, translocations and how to apply this to various species of this region. In addition, a captive care workshop and small mammal survey techniques were also topics during the conference. <br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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Overall, we worked up 18 male cheetahs and initiated the beginning of the UAE’s Genome Resource Bank and trained the veterinarians and research staff from over 10 facilities in the country. <br /><br />Dr. Laurie Marker<br />Cheetah Conservation Fund</div>
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Cheetah Conservation Fundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07914878307232548307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14744530.post-91096466742061870982014-01-27T14:51:00.000+02:002014-01-27T14:51:11.068+02:00Meet Lucky!<div class="MsoNormal">
We would like you to meet Lucky! This sweet well-maintained boy
was a working dog on a resettled farm where he loved watching over his goats
and sheep. Unfortunately, when his herder, livestock, and him were crossing a
road, he was hit by a truck. This was not due
to negligence of the herder but was just an accident, and thankfully
the herder got him to the veterinarian as soon as possible. He sustained quite
a few severe injuries and was taken to a veterinarian clinic in Otjwarongo and
then transferred to a clinic in Windhoek. In Windhoek he had to receive surgery
to have his femoral head removed on his left side. Both his front and back
right legs were broken in the accident, so those were splinted as well. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Despite these injuries, Lucky has been a real trooper and
has been walking better than we expected. He is very patient with all his
bandage changes, which must be changed daily. The clinic team and numerous
volunteers/interns are always happy to give Lucky a short walk to help him gain
some muscle strength back in his legs and so he can relieve himself. You can normally
find him out in the office relaxing on his mattress pad with volunteers, staff,
and interns working close by. He has been receiving a lot of tender love and
care while he recovers and due to his young age (7-8 months) he is very
resilient. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Lucky’s recovery will take many months, but here at CCF we
have high hopes for him, and will of course keep you updated on his progress.
If you would like to support Lucky and help him receive the care he needs,
please consider donating to CCF to help cover the costs of his recovery.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Cheetah Conservation Fundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07914878307232548307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14744530.post-91849493199108253332014-01-25T16:01:00.000+02:002014-01-25T16:01:42.658+02:00Intern Story - Mariska BijsterboschHi, my name is Mariska Bijsterbosch. at the beginning of September I came to the Cheetah Conservation Fund to do an internship as part of my study Wildlife Management, which I study in the Netherlands. It seemed quite scary at the beginning, so far and long from home, but I quickly felt really welcome and at home.<br /><br />Since I have been here I have done so many different activities, too much to mention them all. I took care of cheetahs, dogs, horses and goats, did administrative tasks and went out to count game. I even made cheese and soap, something that I never would have expected! I also had a special project, which was a hair analysis project. In cheetah scat you can find hair, and when you examine these hairs under the microscope, you can find out what species the cheetah has been eating. Most hairs from different species have a unique pattern. However it is sometimes very difficult to distinguish this pattern, and here is where my project came in. Instead of the hair pattern, I looked at cross sections of the hairs, and tried to find out if this is an easier way of determining species. It turned out that for some species cross sections are indeed a better method to use.<br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCAaZpWqTjJ5m7H7II13q1pAkiW7CSjLeJ1sXdC3-kYPbDsgv4Sc3To68Jn1F_cuAfWVRXmYP8JI6ChpiA_5N2aFGM1QhooFVi4LbHPNfMAwmVWuwVnRbVN9L1OkRAy7pgCyCqBQ/s1600/Me+and+Spots.JPG"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCAaZpWqTjJ5m7H7II13q1pAkiW7CSjLeJ1sXdC3-kYPbDsgv4Sc3To68Jn1F_cuAfWVRXmYP8JI6ChpiA_5N2aFGM1QhooFVi4LbHPNfMAwmVWuwVnRbVN9L1OkRAy7pgCyCqBQ/s1600/Me+and+Spots.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /><br />The highlight of my stay at CCF was the capture and release of cheetahs into the wild. During my time here five cheetahs were released, which is the reason why CCF exists, to keep cheetahs in the wild! I also helped with tracking the cheetahs, who wore GPS/VHF collars. In the field, we start with the GPS point and from there you try to track them with radio telemetry. Sadly we did not find one that day, but nevertheless it was a great experience!<br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjkMplbnbfY4QLB8aZEuV48onTOr1FbNJT7_3lCKADAV8ejoTn3lfs1Xxwi6NGKZRAmzLUe14Kq672UlI6PtYwpvRV8MfRLNVbIP5b02FBvXTmghvMwTt1eOaVzeM8gAK2FSLsGA/s1600/Tracking+Minja.jpg"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjkMplbnbfY4QLB8aZEuV48onTOr1FbNJT7_3lCKADAV8ejoTn3lfs1Xxwi6NGKZRAmzLUe14Kq672UlI6PtYwpvRV8MfRLNVbIP5b02FBvXTmghvMwTt1eOaVzeM8gAK2FSLsGA/s1600/Tracking+Minja.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /><br />My internship is almost over and after these five months it will be very strange to go back to the ‘normal’ life. I have learned many things at CCF, and made many new friends. One thing is for sure, although my time is almost running out here, I will come back!<br /><div>
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When the Leopard Pen Gate opened on Monday 23rd December, Minja, Jacominja and Emma were about to face life on their own, in the wild. Each of them had been fitted with a GPS tracking collar which regularly takes a new GPS location and transmits the new data back to us early each day. Each collar also has a VHF transmitter allowing us to track and find them on foot too. There was a huge amount of work that went on in the build up to this event and there is still much more to do. This is their story so far, and we will continue to keep you posted with their progress in the future.<br /><br /><br /><b>Minja:</b><br /><br />Minja left the pen at the first available opportunity using the nearby road to explore the area and unfortunately we didn’t receive an update from her collar until the 27 December 2013. On the 29 December we spent the entire day looking for her and still had no good sightings. From the data sent to us from the GPS collar, we learned that on 30 December she moved from CCF land onto a neighbouring farm briefly and then back onto CCF land. We finally got the first proper sighting of her on 4 January 2014 on CCF land. On 5 January we found her again and fed her a large meal because we hadn’t yet had any confirmation that she had made a kill, however she did not look thin! Overall Minja seems to be doing well and is definitely independent, but we will continue to monitor her closely to ensure her well-being.<div>
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<b>Emma:</b><br /><br />After the gates opened, Emma decided to stick around for a few days until she finally decided to leave the pen on 26 January 2013. From Leopard Pen she moved to an area relatively close by and we were able to find and feed her on 28 January. However, we spent the whole of New Year’s Eve looking for her and unfortunately were unsuccessful. According to the GPS data from her collar, she moved onto the neighbouring farm on 1 January 2014 and stayed until 2 January. On 3 January, Emma found us. We were about to drive through a gate, and she suddenly appeared behind the vehicle. It’s likely that she heard the feeding vehicle and had been following us for some time. We took the opportunity to move her back into Bellebeno, our re-wildling game camp to an artificial waterhole where we also fed her. She had to follow the car for about 2km so she earned her food for the day. The next day, we found her nearby where we left her as she had made her first confirmed kill! As soon as we approached, she picked up the kill and carried it off but we are quite sure it was a steenbok. On 6 January we found her yet again on another kill, which was also a steenbok. We are very happy with Emma’s success in this release, as she has already made two confirmed kills. We will continue to monitor her closely, but have high hopes for her future in the wild.</div>
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<br /><b>Jacominja:</b><br /><br />Like Emma, Jacominja decided to hang around in the enclosure for a few days before venturing out. On 26 December 2013, however, she left and moved to one of CCF’s other farms. Incredibly, on 28 December 2013, we found her on her first (known) kill, which was an adult male duiker. For having been out of the enclosure less than 48 hours, it’s impressive that Jacominja had already made a kill. On 30 December we found Jacominja again and decided to go ahead and feed her in case she was struggling to make a kill. We are teaching all our interns how to radio-track and on 1 January, one of our Dutch interns, Marianne, tracked Jacominja and found her. We decided to feed her again, just in case. A couple of days later, we found her on other kill, which was a young warthog and then again on 4 January, we found she had killed a steenbok. On 6 January she moved but we found her and again fed her. Jacominja is clearly doing well on her own in the wild with three confirmed kills, but like the others, we will continue to monitor her closely just to ensure she is coping well with her new life in the wild. <br /><div style="mso-element: comment-list;">
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I have now spent ten weeks in Namibia at the Cheetah
Conservation Fund, and I look back on my time and wonder how I was able to
experience as much as I did in the short time I was here. The list of jobs and
activities I have taken part in during my time here is much too long to list. The
variety of work I have done ranges from scanning files into a database, to
giving a cheetah eye drops. To be fair, much of the work that an intern does
includes administrative tasks and cleaning the animal pens, but the activities
that one could only do here at CCF make it all worth it. Being a part of
releasing two cheetahs into the wild, performing a necropsy, counting herds of
antelope on game drives, and observing cheetah surgeries are occurrences that
can only be experienced at CCF. The Cheetah Conservation Fund does anything and
everything it can to help the cheetah, and it takes hard work and passion from
a lot of people to get the job done.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">This organization is something
special. The staff members at CCF care deeply for the animals here and conservation
as a whole. Saving the cheetah is not an easy job, and it does not have set
hours. They sacrifice the time that they have off of work to come in and help
whenever it is needed. It was truly motivating to see people from all over the
world come together in Namibia to help save the cheetah as a species, and their
dedication has reminded me why I pursue an education in conservation biology.
This internship has only reinforced my career goals, and with the experience
and work ethic I have gained here I hope I can move on to make a difference in
the world of conservation.</span></div>
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Cheetah Conservation Fundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07914878307232548307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14744530.post-67730752463343270372013-12-28T16:49:00.001+02:002013-12-28T16:49:41.989+02:00Volunteer Story - Elizabeth Corse<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
A few kilometers outside Windhoek, Brian (moves like a spring, permanently sunburned, London accent thick as the London fog) announced there were baboons in the road. I saw a few black-ish lumps that magically became, as we drew closer, actual baboons – and lots of them. Over the next few hours there were warthogs, eland, goats and sheep and cattle, jackals, steenbok and a mongoose, plus hornbills and various hawks, all surviving in a world of dry riverbeds, dry grasses and thorny bushes.</div>
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First impressions set the stage of an experience. Brian’s energy, Matti’s enthusiasm and the flourishing announcement, to our small van-load, “Ladies and gentlemen, I give you – the Waterberg,” drew up the curtain on a transformative two weeks. A few hours later, I was sitting down to dinner, gazing past a twin-peaked termite mound at that Waterberg, a magnificent and mysterious plateau of striated rock, as it reflected the brilliant fire colors of the setting sun. And it kept getting better from there.<br />
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My volunteer experience at CCF was mundane and extraordinary, tiring and invigorating, fascinating and even more fascinating. I raked goat yards and cheetah pens, fed and walked dogs, listened to a ruckus of bird calls every morning, and one day spent twelve-plus hours in a hide, counting zebra, tracking warthogs and trying to determine the ages and sexes of various oryx.<br />
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I have fed a lot of dogs in my life, but I’ve never before measured out Ultra Dog Superwoof Ostrich & Rice kibble. I have fed a few cats, but never before thrown two-kilo chunks of donkey meat over a three-meter fence for a cheetah. Three of these cats, purring together, sound as loud and rumbling as test-time at a Boeing factory – but so much lovelier.<br />
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When they play, they chase a scrap of cloth on a string – but at 60 or 70 kilometers an hour, tails swinging to the side as they take the corners at speed. They stalk, they wait, they pounce, and when they catch that rag they hold onto it – sometimes carrying it off under a tree, and trading it reluctantly when Juliette or Jenny offers a meat cube on a very long handled spoon.<br />
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On my second afternoon at CCF, after the amazement of traveling a country that has scores of deeply-carved rivers without a drop of water, I had the joy of watching the clouds mass, and hoping – seeing them darken, and hoping, hoping – feeling the wind cool and quicken, and crossing fingers – celebrating the first few drops with caught breath – seeing, feeling, hearing, smelling the rain take hold in earnest and exhaling joyfully, arms outstretched, face to the sky.<br />
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On my last morning at CCF, I watched the sky lighten above the Waterberg from a dusty, green plastic chair outside my rondavel, and then catch pink fire, radiating molten gold, copper, rose gold as scores of birds chirped, sang, called, cooed and whistled, and a kilometer or two away several small but powerful roosters crowed their heads off. A tiny duiker – unmarked, narrow ears instead of the steenboks’ oversized, stripey ones – skipped over and nibbled the ground under the acacia tree maybe ten meters from me.<br />
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Any one of those experiences would have been worth the 17-hour flight, and I haven’t even mentioned bouncing along in a well-used bush vehicle while Matti spots ostrich 300 meters away, or Chavoux eloquently catalogues causes of human-wildlife conflict, or Rob spots a bit of rhino scat he can show us – note the precise 45-degree angle at which the rhino’s teeth cut through twigs. Reaching into Amos’s head-cone to provide the ear scratches he appreciates so obviously, fending off curious goats, ferrying meat to the “boys”, tweezing ten hairs of various sizes and colors from the remnants of a scat sample. The two weeks contained about a year’s worth of new experiences.<br />
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Heading home, about a hundred miles out of Dulles Airport, the pilot announced that the temperature in Washington, DC, was six degrees below zero centigrade, or 21 degrees Fahrenheit. It seemed unreal. The Namibian savannah needs rain, and all my thoughts are of dark clouds lowering – and when can I go back.<br />
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Cheetah Conservation Fundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07914878307232548307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14744530.post-76643771787228963332013-12-23T18:17:00.000+02:002013-12-23T18:17:29.925+02:00Digging Holes<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Last week Lucia, Fabiano, Mark, Matti,
Selma and Natalie went out in the field with a vehicle loaded with 2 shovels, a
GPS, lots of plastic bags, a pen, ethanol in a spray bottle and some paper
towels.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">They followed a set of given coordinates to
find the same exact spots visited twice last year at the beginning of the
study. They visited a total of 96 points, 48 spots under thorn trees and 48
spots beside some grass or at least the bit of grass the drought has left.
Sometimes a 300m walk through the bush was required to reach a point.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Once they found a spot, Selma cleaned the
shovels with ethanol just for Lucia and the others to make them dirty again by
digging a 20cm deep hole. The cleaning of the shovels in between the samples is
important to avoid contamination. The soil was then nicely mixed up and put in
a labelled plastic bag. The same procedure for the next spot, and the next
spot, and the next… For 2 days they were digging holes in the hard ground which
took a lot of effort on some spots where the soil was particularly compacted. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">In 2012 CCF started collaborating with Dr.
Jeffrey Buyer, a research scientist from the Sustainable Agricultural Systems
Laboratory that is part of the United States Department of Agriculture. The aim
of the study is to determine how flora in the soil is affected by bush
encroachment. This study complements CCF’s research on the biodiversity of
fauna and flora in areas affected by bush encroachment. As part of the soil
flora collaboration, soil samples are collected from open as well as bush
encroached areas here at CCF. In addition samples were collected from areas in
which CCF’s Bushblok harvested the bush to open up habitat and produce the
eco-friendly fuel log (for more information on Bushblok see <a href="http://www.bushblok.com/">www.bushblok.com</a>) so that the flora and it’s
ecology from the two different soil types can be compared. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Cheetah Conservation Fundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07914878307232548307noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14744530.post-37300748289336812842013-12-20T14:18:00.000+02:002013-12-20T14:18:24.207+02:00Matti's USA TourOn 1 October 2013 I set off for a three-week trip to the USA. This trip allowed me to travel to many different parts of the continent on a trail that connected me with the farmlands and cities of Northern America and the hearts of our cheetah friends. Before I left Namibia, I was very cautious of the onset of winter in the northern hemisphere, as we have had soaring temperatures here in the southern hemisphere. I visited shops in search of the warmest jacket that I could find before heading to the airport. Although mostly winter clothes were unavailable, I was able to get hold of a jacket eventually and I went to my taxi.<br /><br />The trip was long, and at around 6:22am on 2 Oct we landed in Washington Dulles International Airport – what a relief! The weather was lovely, no jacket needed! I stayed with my sister for 2 days and we talked for hours – catching up with all the happenings back home and my work.<br /><br />On 4 October, I flew to Denver, Colorado. The city was covered in snow and the jacket came in handy. I was picked up at the airport by Mrs. Pip Conrad before embarking on a ~ 3.5 hour trip to Rafiki Ranch in the Rocky Mountains of Salida. I stayed with Aaron and Pip Conrad who had been CCF volunteers in Namibia roughly 13 years ago. We did lots of reminiscing about the earlier days at CCF: we talked about wildlife, the farm, people, cheetahs, getting stuck in the mud and interestingly, snakes. I gave a presentation about CCF to the community of Salida the following day.<br /><br />On the 6th I left Salida for Denver, where I met up with former CCF volunteer Elise Ward. At her residence, we watched American football together with the Denver CCF chapter members and friends. The combination of football and cheetahs was absolutely fantastic because I have always considered cheetahs as a sports icon.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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<br />The following day, I left Denver for San Fransisco to attend the 12th annual WCN event in Palo Alo. This event connects conservationists from around the world to invaluable resources. After a week with WCN I have a much greater appreciation of the great vision held by this network and its partners. I was happy to see Dr. Laurie Marker and Dr. Bruce Brewer; my colleagues from CCF Namibia who met me there, but could not stay for the Expo. It was great to learn about other issues from different conservationists such as small cat conservation, illegal ivory trade, and the Saiga antelope from Mongolia. On 12 Oct, I represented CCF at the WCN expo in Mission Bay, CA, along with CCF’s west coast representative, Laurie Payne. Over 1,000 public participants visited the venue. <br /><br />On 14 Oct, I departed for San Diego and was picked up at the airport by past CCF volunteers and my dear friends Karen and Mike Burke. Meeting them reminded me a lot of Namibia, especially of composing cheetah songs, playing guitar, and night walking trails. That evening I gave a presentation about CCF to the American Association of Zoo Keepers (AAZK) at the San Diego Zoo. The next day I toured the San Diego Wild Animal Park with Karen and Mike and had the opportunity to meet their ambassador cheetahs. And, our CCF San Diego friends celebrated my birthday with me! It was great with a birthday cake and birthday presents. <br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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<br />On the 16th, I departed for Phoenix, Arizona and was picked up at the airport by Mr. Darrin Grandmason, who is the CEO of DNA on a Shirt. Immediately, we headed to AZ Bioscience High School where I gave a presentation on cheetah conservation and impacts on food production systems to 10th grade learners. I spent the rest of the afternoon with Darrin, whose latest DNA on a Shirt, a cheetah, is in partnership with CCF and is being highlighted in the Holiday Catalogue of Sky Mall. We talked about art and cheetahs and innovative solutions to communicate conservation messages. In the evening, I gave another presentation at the Fine Mark Bank (organised by Aaron Mascarella) to Spirit of the Senses members under the theme ‘Cheetahs of Namibia'. While preparing to start with the talk, I received a text message from Dr Marker about the fire at the CCF Visitor Centre. I couldn’t believe it, I felt like I was dreaming.<br /><br />The following day, I boarded a shuttle from Phoenix to Tucson and upon arrival, was greeted by CCF Trustee, John and Jody Carver – Parents of the globally famous, Cameron, who founded Cheetah Kids. We travelled to the Arizona Desert museum where I gave a CCF presentation to zoo staff. <br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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<br />On the 18th it was off to Cincinnati, Ohio. Dan Marsh, the Director of Education at the Cincinnati Zoo, picked me up at the airport. In the afternoon, I gave a presentation to zoo staff and CCF friends in the education auditorium. This was a difficult presentation for me because I kept visualising the CCF’s Visitor Centre in Namibia going up in flames. However, the participants made me courageous with their engaging questions about how cheetahs live in Namibia. I was honoured with the presence of Mrs. Catherine Hilker, a long-time CCF cheetah supporter. I also had an opportunity to visit the animal exhibits, learn about different aspects of zoo animals and the care they receive from the dedicated staff. <br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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<br />Then I departed for the CCF Gala in Chicago. I was picked up at the airport by CCF’s Board of Director’s member, Polly Hix and husband Tony Fair, who were all ready for the annual gala event! All I had was a pair of jeans, T-shirt and sneakers. I felt awkward! When we got to the Foley and Lardner building, I headed for the bathrooms to change into something appropriate for the evening. This was a “star studded” event given that an ambassador cheetah from the Columbus Zoo was present! Dr. Laurie Marker and the very dedicated Chicago CCF Chapter were also there. The event was very successful; there was a buzz of positive energy amongst the participants. The event also helped to raise awareness and much needed funds to help save the cheetah. During my stay in Chicago I was kindly hosted by Marion McCreedy and Kris and Jayne Bazos.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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<br />On 21 Oct. I boarded my last plane in North America, and arrived back in Namibia the next day. I feel that my trip was successful, but there is still so much more for us to do. We have lots of support from people who care about the cheetah and CCF, and trips like this one help us grow our network of supporters. Now I am home again and work continues here, informing the public and persuading them to participate in saving a species. Even with all the technology, and all the travel and all the large events, in the end, this is what it’s all about – the people that I meet, here in Namibia and abroad, and all of us working together to save the cheetah. I hope all you, our CCF friends, will help us spread the cheetah’s story for survival, thanks!<br /><br />Matti Tweshiningilwa Nghikembua<br />CCF Senior EcologistCheetah Conservation Fundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07914878307232548307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14744530.post-45114065380762718762013-12-16T17:26:00.000+02:002014-03-25T16:50:20.874+02:00Volunteer Story - Kathleen Ager<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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<br />Namibia is a land of stunning sunsets, brilliant three-dimensional night skies, breath-taking arid landscapes and, best of all, amazing wildlife. However, my purpose in visiting this young and forward-seeking country was none of the above. It was to fulfil a life-long dream of a close encounter with the oldest, fastest and most graceful of the big cats, the cheetah, and do my bit to contribute to its race for survival. The rest was just a bonus.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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<br />The land, its people, and the adventure involved in staying and volunteering at the Cheetah Conservation Fund’s compound surpassed all my expectations. Sure, for someone used to a desk job in air-conditioned comfort, there were physical challenges involved. November is the end of the dry season, and temperatures were soaring, the sun was relentless, and I had not done my homework in regard to the altitude. However, I would be happy to repeat the experience tomorrow. In fact, I can’t wait to return.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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<br />I was surprised by the size of the CCF Centre’s property. One of CCF’s farms, called Elandsvreugde (meaning “Eland’s Joy), even includes a runway strip. There is the sheer size of the land, which appears to cover as far as the eye can see, up to the beautiful Waterberg Plateau. It agglomerates seven farms including a number of large cheetah habitat enclosures to shelter the current 50 or so resident cheetahs, all of them rescue animals. A portion of these will be rehabilitated and returned to the wild; for those who are physically and psychologically unfit to survive in the wild, this will be their permanent home. There is a genetic laboratory, a research centre and a clinic – the more we find out about the cheetah, the more tools we will have to help it to survive; the CCF is also the keeper of the International Cheetah Studbook. But the land also carries a thousand head of prime cattle (Cheetah Friendly Beef), goat herds, a creamery producing goat cheeses and ice-cream, and a factory manufacturing fire logs made from local acacia, a species encroaching on the land to the detriment of other savannah plants and cheetah habitat. Most important of all, is the Livestock Guarding Dog Programme, which assists the cheetah by providing Namibian farmers with predator protection. This program is an important tool in the challenge of changing a well-embedded mindset and transforming the perception of the cheetah as vermin into that of an important asset for tourism and a healthy ecosystem. There is an education centre, a restaurant, a guesthouse and a gift shop, as the centre is open to the public for visits and activities. All in all, the CCF employs over 90 people, an achievement for a charity. And the dedication and welcome of the staff and interns, headed by the remarkable Dr Laurie Marker, are exemplary.<br /><br /><br />CCF days usually start at dawn, to avoid the heat. Not much time to admire the glorious morning skies. Various tasks await, from walking the dogs whose task is to detect the scat of wild cheetahs, to cleaning the goats’ kraal, or preparing meat and feeding the resident cheetahs. For me, the most exciting activities are the wildlife counts; these are normally done at dusk or at night, from one of the rather rickety safari vehicles, or from dawn to dusk from a hide at a waterhole. On one of these occasions, I saw nine giraffes together, drinking at one of the CCF’s waterholes! In the heat of the day, volunteers help with office work – in our case, scanning archives. Following the recent tragic fire, in which the visitor’s centre was destroyed by lightning, this has become a priority to ensure that all paper documents are preserved in digital format. <br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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<br />For the weekend, the CCF helped to organise for us to visit Etosha National Park, with a very knowledgeable guide. There we saw elephants, lions, hyenas and even a couple of rhinos, all in a magnificent setting presented with careful consideration for the environment, due to the foresight of the Namibian Government who enshrined conservation in the national constitution.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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<br />The work is a price I willingly paid for precious memories: a glimpse of a rare albino jackal, a family of banded mongoose scurrying around in the undergrowth, a majestic male kudu with his pretty females, a Kori Bustard in display, and, especially, gazing into the stunning amber eyes of a purring cheetah.<div>
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distinctive and really cannot be mistaken for anything else. It stands up to
1.5m tall with an eagle-like head and weighs up to 5 kg. They fly well, but generally hunt on the
ground, striding across open grasslands while searching for their chosen prey
of snakes, including some extremely venomous ones, small mammals (including
some carnivores), large insects and other reptiles. Prey is often killed by
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or bush to lay eggs year after year, and we have identified one such location
on the edge of our Big Field. Each
mating can produce up to four eggs, although fewer are more likely. Aside from the need to nest, the secretarybirds
prefer open grasslands and savannas, and will spend most of their time
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present in some 35 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, secretarybirds are
nonetheless classed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Redlist. Their exact numbers are unknown, but believed
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spreading urban areas, and increased farming.
The presence of cattle, and herders, tends to drive the main prey
species away. There is also an illegal
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to find out exactly what is happening, and hopefully to educate farmers on the
damage being done in this respect.
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could eerily come a time when they become limited to within the boundaries of
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Cheetah Conservation Fundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07914878307232548307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14744530.post-35067158024124078902013-12-06T18:57:00.000+02:002013-12-06T18:57:37.648+02:00Learning More About Harvesting Bush<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On 12 – 16 November 2013, CCF hosted a visiting researcher Dr. Arvo Leinonen, Chief Research Scientist at Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT) Finland. Dr Leinonen, an engineer by profession, previously visited CCF in 2007 and conducted a feasibility study on electricity and pyrolisis oil production from encroaching Acacia wood chips in Namibia (Research report NO VTT-R077612-07/14.4.2008).<br />
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Namibian farmlands provide refuge to the cheetah populations and its prey, yet bush encroachment – the increase in woody density - has become a common environmental concern. Open thorn-bush savannas are turning into dense vegetation partly due to anthropogenic influence. This change in vegetation structure has direct consequences on the functioning of ecosystems and ecological services. In addition, it could potentially threaten agriculture and tourism which are key sectors in the Namibian economy.<br />
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CCF received a grant from Tillvaxtverket, the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth to assist in acquisition of harvest machinery. We acquired a small mechanized harvest machine (VIMEK 404T) from a Swedish manufacturer and are testing the productivity of this mechanised harvester and comparing its productivity to manual harvesting (~15 men) in demarcated plots.<br />
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Manual harvesting of Acacia biomass is practiced widely in Namibia. However, the use of mechanised tools attached to the harvester such as the Nisula and Bracke are unknown. About 26 million hectares of the Namibian farmland is affected by bush encroachment. The common culprits of bush encroachment are Acacia mellifera (Black thorn), Acacia erubescens (Blue thorn), Acacia reficiens (False-umbrella thorn), Dichrostachys cineria (Sickle bush), Terminalia prunoides (Purple-pod terminalia), Terminalia sericea (Silver-leave terminalia) and Colophospermum mopane (Mopane tree). Due to the abundance of acacia biomass, we’re investigating different harvesting methods in order to increase productivity and restore adequate habitat for the local biodiversity, consequently, the reduction in human-wildlife conflict.<br />
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Dr. Leinonen is one of the world’s experts in forest logistics and will compile a formal analysis of the machinery that will help us to utilize it effectively to increase harvesting of thickened thornbush.<br />
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Cheetah Conservation Fundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07914878307232548307noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14744530.post-57775193057739464212013-11-30T16:05:00.000+02:002013-11-30T16:05:13.745+02:00Upcoming Blog Series<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Last year I wrote a series of blogs (the A-Z of camera trap photos) about some of the many other animals that can be found on CCF's extensive lands. This year I plan to extend the series, again using camera trap photos as the basis.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">One of CCF's greatest strengths as a conservation organisation is that we don't simply try to save the cheetah on it's own. Unless you plan to wall them all up in a zoo, such indeed would ultimately be impossible. Instead then, we look at the whole picture, the complete ecosystem in which the cheetahs exist. In so doing, we impact that entirety, helping to save species with no conservation fund of their own, species that, in many cases have barely been heard of by the majority of people, let alone the fact that they too are threatened with extinction.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">This blog is therefore dedicated to not the Big Five, or the Big Seven, or the other household names, but the forgotten ones, the species that without the support of organisations like CCF could so eerily disappear for ever, unremarked, unmissed save by the ecosystem that relies on them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Each blog entry will discuss a species listed on the IUCN Redlist, that also occurs on CCF land. I'll look at the threats they face, their current status, and where possible, an outline of what can be done to save them. The blog is not intended to depress you, but rather to help open your eyes to the wealth of Africa's wildlife, and to show you what delights await those who venture off the beaten track. With your help, such will remain for our children and children's children to enjoy, equally as we can.</span></div>
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Cheetah Conservation Fundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07914878307232548307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14744530.post-68680825466439206472013-11-25T17:09:00.000+02:002013-11-25T17:25:35.877+02:00International Cheetah Day is December 4th!!!<div style="font-family: Garamond; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-top: 11.25pt;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">You want to know how to celebrate, don’t you? Here at Cheetah Conservation Fund, our team of experts has assembled a carefully constructed list.....</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">#8 -- Join the “Virtual Cheetah Party” on <a href="http://cl.publicaster.com/ClickThru.aspx?pubids=9223%7c80846%7c70112%7c1&digest=j4gkPlXNTAvWpfx7UXWQtg&sysid=1" id="LID35391" style="color: purple;" target="_blank">our Facebook page</a>! Post on our timeline all your thoughts, pictures, and fun cheetah facts to share with all our cheetah Facebook friends!</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">#6 -- Find a <a href="http://cl.publicaster.com/ClickThru.aspx?pubids=9223%7c80848%7c70112%7c1&digest=d754RBao72Sz0TYjL98A%2bA&sysid=1" id="LID35393" style="color: purple;" target="_blank">CCF CHAPTER</a> located near you, and send an email offering to volunteer!</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">#4 -- Have lunch with your best friend and tell them how we’ve lost 90% percent of the world’s population of wild cheetahs in the last 100 years.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">#3 -- Watch Dr. Laurie Marker deliver her “State of the Cheetah Address” on <a href="http://cl.publicaster.com/ClickThru.aspx?pubids=9223%7c80840%7c70112%7c1&digest=IwLsTgFzKrkMjeNY4yGXXA&sysid=1" id="LID35395" style="color: purple;" target="_blank">our YouTube channel!</a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">REMEMBER THAT THE CHEETAH NEEDS YOUR HELP NOT JUST ON DECEMBER 4th, BUT EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR!!</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Cheetah Conservation Fundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07914878307232548307noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14744530.post-30859593456439886262013-11-22T11:58:00.000+02:002013-11-22T11:58:12.329+02:00Memorable Places: the Management of Nature Conservation (MNC) in Al Ain, UAE
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<span lang="EN-GB">During a lecturing trip to that country
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(all of us above photo on camels), who under the direction of </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">His Excellency Mr. Abdul Jaleel, Director
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<span lang="EN-GB">It is only through exchanges of information
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CCF, the MNC does not work with carnivore species; however, the knowledge we
acquired through conversations with the scientists, and the visual impact of
such a well-designed facility, left us with lots of food for thought.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">My name is Angie Minter and I have come to CCF as a
Conservation Ambassador on behalf of the SeaWorld and Busch Gardens
Conservation Fund. I am the Training and
Development Manager for the Culinary Departments at Busch Gardens and Water
Country USA in Williamsburg, Virginia. I
was selected as the first Conservation Ambassador outside of the Zoological
team in the company. When asked if I was
interested in traveling to Africa, I jumped at the chance. SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment is committed
to conservation and education and what an amazing opportunity to “walk the
talk”. I believe in the core values and
commitment of our company to “celebrate, connect and care for the natural world
we share through the power of entertainment”.
Traveling to the Cheetah Conservation Fund took those core values and
made them real and actionable for me.
This opportunity was so much bigger than anything I could have ever
imagined for myself.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Arriving at CCF in Namibia, I was astounded at the natural
beauty of Africa and its animals. As I
started to get involved in the work here at CCF, I was overwhelmed by the
dedication the staff and interns here have to saving the species. I was able to experience everything from
feeding dogs to cleaning goat pens to feeding cheetahs to making cheese and
feeding staff. My favorite thing by far
was riding in the back of the truck, exercising the releasable cheetahs, just
before feeding them. What an awesome
experience to see the girls in their natural habitat doing what nature designed
them to do.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I have enjoyed every minute of my two weeks at
CCF and feel like I could stay another two weeks. I hope I have made an impact here at CCF
because I know CCF has made an impact on me.
I intend to do my part to spread the message that humans can live in
harmony with predatory wildlife, given the tools and resources and following
the model that has been developed here at CCF.</span></span><br />
<!--EndFragment-->Cheetah Conservation Fundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07914878307232548307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14744530.post-11141438049117853852013-11-15T21:26:00.000+02:002013-11-15T21:26:24.614+02:00Update from ErindiAnd so, Luna and Athena carry on in their new home (Erindi
Private Game Reserve), adjusting to their new surroundings. The staff of Erindi is very interested and
has been helpful in the re-wilding process of these two females and the
tourists have enjoyed the opportunity to witness it first-hand.<br />
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After her first week, Luna welcomed tourists to the
opportunity to view her, but was not yet capable of hunting successfully. On 26 October, day twelve of her re-wilding, this
changed. Luna managed to make her first
kill at the release site waterhole. She took
down an adult female impala and performed a flawless neck bite, which killed
the ewe in minutes, giving the Erindi staff and tourists a memorable
perspective of a cheetah’s kill. After catching
her breath, she fed in the heat of the day beneath the tranquil shade of an
acacia tree. As night fell, and Luna
relaxed beside her kill, she was visited by the dangerous unknown. A pride of lions, known as the Etosha Pride,
caught wind of Luna’s kill and quickly approached her. Two of the younger male lions charged Luna
and unexpectedly she had the intuition to run, and run fast, away from these
much larger felids. An encounter such as
this with a proper response from Luna is a necessary behaviour for survival in
Erindi. Despite never being exposed to
lions in her nine years of life, and the unfortunate circumstance of being
chased off her first kill, Luna managed to excel at the simple task of
surviving, of taking flight.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Since her first kill, Luna picked up on the routine of
hunting when hungry, and she has managed to kill a scrub hare and a steenbok. She habitually returns to the release site
waterhole to drink, which acts as the core of her range thus far. She travels to explore new areas of Erindi,
averaging a 1.5-5km radius from the water point. Towards the end of her third week in the
wild, Luna seems to be struggling a bit to hunt successfully again, but has
been seen hunting steenbok and oryx calves. However we are still providing
supplementary food between her successful kills.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Athena has embraced her newfound freedom, but is presenting
us with different challenges than Luna.
She is difficult to track and monitor, as she continues to avoid the
tracking team and seeks safety in koppies (large hills composed of
rocks/boulders), which are difficult to track on and can be dangerous due to
the presence of leopards. She had hunted and killed regularly, but she still
has not found a consistent water source, so we have supplemented her with
water.<o:p></o:p></div>
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At the end of October, we lost Athena’s signal and later
found it outside of the reserve on a neighbor’s farm. After communicating with the neighbor he
allowed us to find Athena and dart her in order to bring her back to
Erindi. We successfully darted Athena
and we placed her in a holding area inside of Erindi to attempt to settle her
better in her new area. Re-wildling is a very difficult process, which requires
constant monitoring. We will continue to
keep you informed on the progress of Luna and Athena’s release.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Reporting from Erindi,<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ryan Marcel Sucaet<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>Asst. Cheetah Keeper & Research Asst.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
<!--EndFragment-->Cheetah Conservation Fundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07914878307232548307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14744530.post-72789240960149945032013-11-14T18:14:00.000+02:002013-11-14T18:14:56.665+02:00Busch Gardens at CCF - Erin Moloney<div class="MsoNormal">
Hi, my name is Erin and I am a senior animal care specialist
working with cheetah at Busch Gardens in Tampa Florida. For the past two weeks,
I’ve have the wonderful opportunity to volunteer at CCF and experience
firsthand conservation in action as an Ambassador for the SeaWorld and Busch
Gardens Conservation Fund (SWBGCF).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>SWBGCF donates over $1million to various conservation organizations
around the world including CCF while also sending select employees abroad to
help with conservation directly. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I’ve also really enjoyed learning more about the education
programs developed by CCF to help local farmers. Before coming here, I knew
about the Livestock Guarding Dog Program but I didn’t realize how much other
farming education (like routine medical care training and record keeping) CCF
offers to farmers to improve their farming methods. They empower the farmers to
better care for their livestock and successfully share the land with cheetah
and other predators. The methods CCF teaches are ones that can, and should, be
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Through this experience, I’ve gained a better understanding
of the work of CCF and the challenges cheetah and other carnivores face. While
I know there is more I can learn here and leaving the animals and staff will be
difficult, I can’t wait to share my experiences and educate others about the
wonderful work CCF is doing and how humans and predators can successful share
this Earth. <o:p></o:p></div>
Cheetah Conservation Fundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07914878307232548307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14744530.post-75151922931223730832013-11-09T16:20:00.000+02:002013-11-09T17:22:50.311+02:00Hifi: The End of an Era<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Last
week we recovered the remains of Hifi, one of our wild but resident cheetahs
that we have monitored for over five years. We do not know why or how he died,
but his remains were found in CCF’s Little Serengeti (the Big Field). Tiger,
one of our scat detection dogs, discovered his remains in a location nearby the
latest GPS coordinates downloaded from his tracking collar. The scat detection
team, Eli and Stephanie, immediately alerted other CCF staff His last confirmed
sighting was at the end of September when he was observed on a red hartebeest
kill.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Everyone
who has visited CCF over the past five years has heard the story of Hifi; the
wild cheetah who chose a home range encompassing CCF‘s Centre and who was
regularly seen with his brother, Sam (who died roughly 3 years ago), courting
the captive non-releasable female cheetahs at our Centre.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Patricia Tricorache took this lucky shot of a majestic looking Hifi right outside one of our female cheetah enclosures</span></span></i></td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">It
is hard to put in words how sad we are to know that Hifi is no more, but as sad
as this is it is the harsh reality of life in the wild. Every day is a fight
for survival and Hifi, with an age of over eight years, did brilliantly. He
always had a full belly and was never bothered by other cheetahs in the area.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">CCF
caught, examined, collared, and released Hifi and Sam for the first time in
2008 on Namibia’s Independence Day (March 21), and thus were named after the Founding
President of Namibia, H.E. Sam Nujoma, and our current President, H.E.
Hifikepunye Pohamba, who were and still are the ultimate guardians of wildlife
in Namibia. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: Times;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Camera trap photo of Hifi marking territory near one of our cheetah enclosures</span></span></i></td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Data
from Hifi and Sam has contributed much to our knowledge of cheetah biology and
ecology, as the opportunity to monitor and study an individual cheetah(s) for
such an extended period of time is a very rare opportunity indeed. Through satellite
collar downloads, camera trap photos, spoor tracking, and regular scat
collection, CCF has gained valuable insight into the daily distance moved, home
range, feeding behaviours, and habitat use of wild cheetahs. In addition, his visits
to our Centre allowed us to monitor the oestrus cycles of our captive female
cheetahs and study the unique behaviours that correlate with oestrus.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Occasionally
we had the opportunity to study Hifi more closely whilst doing a work up under anaesthesia
to change his radio collar. This enabled us to collect blood samples for
monitoring his overall health, to conduct DNA analysis, and to collect and
freeze sperm samples from him for our Genome Resource Bank. Overall cheetah
sperm is of poor quality due to the lack of genetic diversity throughout the
species, and though his was not much different structurally during his last
work up we were able to bank 39 straws of sperm, which is an amazing quantity
(average is 5-10 straws).</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: Times;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Dr. Laurie Marker and Rob Thomson fitting Hifi with a GPS/VHF collar for monitoring his movements.</span></span></i></td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Over
the last five years we have gathered a huge amount of data not only from the
work ups and his satellite collar but also from his scat. We have collected over
800 scat samples in total whilst carrying out our daily ‘scat walk’ around the Centre.
The scat allows us to conduct research on the diet and prey preferences of HiFi
and to study his DNA extracted from the scat in our genetics lab. The scat will
also be used in hormone studies to learn more about the relationship between
hormones and stress in wild cheetahs. We are currently looking for funding to
complete these studies. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: Times;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Hifi sniffing at a play tree, taken by one of our camera traps.</span></span></i></td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Over
the past five years Hifi has been captured and released seven times! Many CCF
volunteers and interns have observed these procedures and cherish these
memories. Hifi learned to live with us all; people, dogs, and small stock and
was only interested in our/his female cheetahs living at our Centre.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Lucia, Matti, Jenny, Eli and Dr. Laurie Marker releasing Hifi July 2013.</span></span></i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">In
the past five years, Hifi has taught us so much. We lived together in harmony
and got to know his movements and behaviour in a very unique way. He will be
remembered by all of us at CCF. We hope that there are many little Hifi’s
running around in the wild to ensure he lives on and continues to help in the
cheetah’s race for survival.</span></div>
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Cheetah Conservation Fundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07914878307232548307noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14744530.post-43778325613749363022013-10-28T15:40:00.000+02:002013-10-28T16:10:37.741+02:00Luna & Athena Erindi Release - Week One<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
One arrived to the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) at
four and a half months old, the other, four and a half years old. Luna and
Athena, two of CCF’s captive female cheetahs, were selected to be translocated
to Erindi Private Game Reserve in Namibia to live the remainder of their lives
in the wild.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sharing their new home with
lions, leopards, rhinos, elephants, hippos, crocodiles and other cheetahs was
going to be an interesting and challenging experience for our cats. <o:p></o:p></div>
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These two females were chosen to be re-wilded based on
many conditions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Luna was always a
wild-behaving cheetah in captivity, spitting and hissing at her keepers and
causing fights with other females in her enclosure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Despite arriving to CCF at such a fragile and
inexperienced age, it was decided to put her through the soft-release program
in January 2012 to see if she could hunt and find water on her own while inside
CCF’s 4,000ha game camp.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Luna dominated,
preferring to hunt duiker and warthog piglets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In mid-October 2013, she returned to the game camp for a second time and
once again she exceeded all expectations, plowing through our eland calf
population.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Athena came to CCF at a much older age and it was already
known that she could hunt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, she
was captured twice by famers for hunting livestock and could not be returned to
the wild as she was now considered a “problem animal.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Athena was previously known to CCF staff as
“Toeless” when our veterinarian team had to amputate one of her toes as a result
of an injury she obtained from the trap cage and enclosure of her first capture
on a farm in Gobabis.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Luna and Athena were put into the same enclosure together
for nearly a month prior to going to Erindi in a last minute attempt to bond
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On 15 October 2013, the females were captured in transfer
boxes and transported to the game reserve to start their new lives as wild
cheetahs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were released together at
a waterhole in front of the lodge with over 80 guests watching less than 100m
away, all of us sharing an unforgettable experience. The box doors were opened
and both females bounded out, as if inhaling freedom for the first time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Athena ran off and did not look back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, Luna was called back to the
waterhole by Head Cheetah Keeper, Juliette Erdtsieck using an eland calf leg as
bait.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Luna ended up ignoring the calf
leg and went straight to the waterhole to drink.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Later in the evening, the cats were found
again and the two females were found together crossing a road!<o:p></o:p></div>
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After the first week in the Erindi, the two have since
separated. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Athena (5 years old) has
managed to kill two young male piglets and a newborn oryx calf, however has not
found a reliable water source yet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Luna
(9 years old) has returned to the release site waterhole several times now, but
has remained unsuccessful at hunting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Luna has been supplemented with food to keep her energy up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both females have run across the foreign
sounds of nearby lions and hyenas but have managed to avoid these larger
predators.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Luna has already been
observed by many tourists as she is most comfortable with the safari
vehicles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Athena still retains her wild
attitude and refuses to let the safari vehicles close to her, even the ground
team is having a difficult time tracking her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Our goals for the next week are to slowly habituate Athena and have her
find water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For Luna, we just need her
to make a kill!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Stay tuned for future updates on the freshly re-wilded
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Ryan Marcel Sucaet<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Asst. Cheetah
Keeper & Research Asst.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14744530.post-75143964403168823242013-10-19T15:25:00.000+02:002013-10-19T15:25:11.492+02:00Phoenix My mornings always start with a few grunts, and no plans for the day…or should I say, my only plan is to do the best I can, and to be the best I can, as long as I’ve had coffee and a New York Times crossword puzzle to wake up my brain.<br />
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Wednesday didn’t start differently. I woke up, stumbled into the kitchen at Laurie and Bruce’s house, where I have been a persistent guest for the last couple of months as I keep postponing my departure from CCF. The coffee was particularly good, but the crossword puzzle was particularly annoying. I decided my best at that point would be to put it down and try to do better with my work tasks at hand.<br />
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For the first time in many weeks, all around me there was quiet and I was able to sit down and focus on the project I’ve been trying to accomplish for a long time. I felt as if I was sailing in a soft wind through an ocean filled with beautiful words and fabulous ideas.<br />
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Suddenly, the gentle breeze of my imagination turned into a violent gust of wind, and then thunder. Lightning illuminated the still clear afternoon sky. Bang! An explosion in the house. Something made the phones go out. I took my cell phone and called Brian, our Operations Manager. “ssss…crackle…rrrr….IS ON FIRE!” I could not hear the first words, but the last ones came across loud and clear, and I never thought I'd hear them in real life. My problem with the phones became utterly unimportant. Hanging up with a fade “OK”, I proceeded to rush alongside the plot where our ambassador cheetahs live, across from the Chewbaaka Memorial Garden.<br />
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I saw some of my colleagues walking inside the cheetah enclosures to my left –walking faster than usual. Were they moving cheetahs? Yes, it turned out they were moving them away from the Centre that is the nucleus of all our activities. Then a gust of wind brought an acrid smell to my nose. Smoke. The bad kind. I looked up and my worst nightmare rose in front my eyes: tall, yellow, blue, orange, ugly flames were slowly but hungrily creeping along the top of our Visitor Centre. The beautiful thatched roof that was almost a landmark for visitors walking into our Centre, was on fire. Someone was carrying a recently neutered Anatolian shepherd puppy away from the Clinic. I realized that animals were being evacuated.
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The flames moved in slow motion, or so I thought. It was
almost romantic to watch them caress the roof as they slowly ate through it. For some
reason a scene from the movie Alien came to mind, a loving monster, but yet a
monster. My morning purpose kicked in as I saw one of my colleagues, Chavoux crawling up on the roof with a fire
extinguisher, barefoot, but determined as hell to fight the Alien. I wasn't the only one who called him not very nice names in the hope that he would come down. I then turned
to where other people were running in and out of the building to save what they
could. Whatever I could do, I’d give it my darned best.<br />
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Gift Shop, classroom,
Café, kitchen, were all like an explosion of people carrying things, pushing
stuff. I joined them. As long as it wasn’t reckless, we would save what we
could, because we all knew how hard earned every single item in there was.
The thought of the long drought we have had would not leave
my mind. Our water levels must be so low by now. Water hoses were spitting out
painful little arcs of water that would never put out those flames.<br />
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Tables and chairs were thrown over the rail into the garden
in front the Café. Merchandise kept flowing out of the gift shop –t-shirts with
cheetah images on them, necklaces made of magazine paper, soft drinks,
goat-milk soaps, cash register, visitor logs…The strong people carried heavy
items… displays, refrigerator, shelves. I might not be strong, but am certainly hard headed. I grabbed
buckets or baskets or bags, and filled them with merchandise, papers, or
whatever I could find that fit in. We made sure the beautiful dead tree trunks
that we used as displays for bags or necklaces in the shop were also saved,
mostly as a precaution. They would have only excited the flames quickly
descending from the roof.
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Saving the saveable. (Photo by P. Tricorache)</i></td></tr>
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The flat-screen TV in the Café that showed CCF videos to
visitors enjoying a cup of coffee or a nice lunch was tenderly, and very
quickly, brought down by Eli, who had as carefully installed it there only a
couple of months ago.<br />
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The heat was rising all around the fire. Volunteers and
interns who were so focused on helping had to be asked to stay away from the
burning structure, and assigned the task of moving everything we were carrying
out, away from the burning building. Without a question, volunteer arms began
lightening the loads of those of us still going in and out of the building.
There was nothing else I could carry out of the Gift Shop. I
remember running –or maybe walking… around the back of the building. There in
front of my eyes were the refrigerator and freezer from our kitchen, in the
middle of a life-size cow, a life-size cheetah, and life-size foam goats, all
props we use to teach farmers predator-friendly farming methods. I think I
smirked. It was a strange sight, and almost comical, although not as comical as
my trying to roll the recycling and trash bins away from the blaze. I was afraid the bins full of recyclables and trash might intensify the fire and had to be moved away, and yes, they have wheels, but lack balance...and in my attempts to roll two bins at a time,
they both rolled right under me. I still went back for
two more, with the same result. But I managed to move them away. I tried to get the last two but the building felt so hot!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Foam goats in a box, life-size cow and a refrigerator recovering from the scare (Photo by P Tricorache)</i></td></tr>
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My colleagues had already emptied everything they could on that
side, and I needed to occupy myself. All vehicles were ready in case an
evacuation was necessary. The entire scene reminded me of a huge anthill, where
everyone had a task and knew exactly what it was. Move this. Close that. I saw
the visitors’ bathroom curtains flowing with the wind through open windows, and
knew the flames would embrace them and the wind would carry them as glowing flags
in God knows what direction. I remember trying to pull one from the outside and
having a bit of trouble. Without a word, Brian was there finishing the job,
while someone else I couldn’t see…Jenny? Juliette?, did the same in the other
bathroom. That’s how we all worked the shortest and the longest 20 minutes we had before doing anything else became unsafe.<br />
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The thatch roof began to collapse under the flames, as we
all stood there in disbelief, and complete despair. I don’t know what others
were thinking, but have no doubt that Laurie, our Founder, was in all our
minds. She was on a fundraising tour across the ocean, but loves this place more than
her own life. In a way, I was happy that she wasn’t here to see this. Knowing
her, she might have tried to save it in her very determined and sometimes much too
daring ways.<br />
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But neither disbelief, nor despair would stop our fight. Our
main office, the building that houses our veterinary clinic and so many years
of research, is only a few metres east of the burning building. There was no
way we were going to let that building suffer the same fate. Every bucket and every water hose at hand were
used to pour water on that roof, also thatched, and oh, so close. I hoped
–prayed– for the wind to stop. I wanted
lightning to go away. And I wanted rain, hard, powerful rain. One out of
three “ain’t” bad, and the wind subsided, and with it, the flames. And since one
and a half is even better… rain started falling, somehow persistently, although
not heavily. Four millimetres of rain at the end of the day wasn't much, but at that point, any water was welcome! I am not sure when the lightning decided to move on; all I remember is how frightening it became.<br />
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The invisible wand that turned our actions
into impeccable orchestra movements directed us to begin cleaning up broken glass,
trash, loading trucks with surviving items so they’d be taken to storage, stirring the fire of the fallen thatch to make it burn quicker. Our life-size
menagerie of cow, cheetah and dead foam goats were moved to safety along with tables and chairs and who-knows-what-else. I lifted
from the ground a framed poem that used to hang on the wall of our classroom, glass
broken and a corner burnt, but still legible. Funny how some things just refuse
to die. The beautiful cheetah murals on the building walls also refused to die,
and stood there, watching and waiting, but not burning. Other things just had
to go, I guess... The last two trash bins I had tried to move away from
the building lie there, completely melted, burnt, flat.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Our beautiful cheetah mural is still welcoming visitors (Photo by P Tricorache)</i></td></tr>
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I needed water. My tongue, my teeth, my palate, all tasted
like smoke. As I began walking back to the main courtyard for a drink, something made me
look to my right as I nearly fell flat in mud from all the watering we did to
avoid letting the fire reach farther. And there it was, on top of the
magnificent Waterberg Plateau, which needs no bells or whistles to be one of
the most beautiful visions, a faint rainbow, making the scene so unreal, but so
magical. I might be remembered forever as the dork who started running around
and screaming, “rainbow! There’s a rainbow!” in the middle of a major fire. But I wasn’t the only one who saw more
than just a rainbow. Those who were not busy at the moment joined me to take a
better look. There were smiles on our faces. Rainbows have that effect on people...is it hope?
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Rainbow over the Waterberg (Archive. P Tricorache)</i></td></tr>
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Dinner was sombre, and we were all tired, sad, dirty. We could use a laugh, and our "MC", Brian managed to make it happen. After thanking everyone for our help with the fire, he proceeded to also thank us for coming to his house warming party --the newly-built apartment that burned on the second floor of the Visitor Centre was to be his new home with his partner Jenny. He would have been working there when the fire started.<br />
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We then
asked people to get some rest. We knew a busy day awaited us.Four of us had to go back by way of the skeleton
of walls and still-burning beams that for nearly 15 years witnessed so many
people learning to accept, or maybe even love, the cheetah. Embers were
burning, a few sparks were flying. Our concern for the main office building was
not over. I don’t remember whether we made a plan. Suddenly the water hose was
on, as pitiful as it was, but provided us with a bit of water that we used to
fill some buckets left outside earlier during the fire. Darkness helped us find
glowing embers on the ground and we began to pour water on them. We killed
some; others persisted. We tried again. Where the fire was stronger, the
footing was dangerous and ceiling beams were still burning, so we couldn’t go
there. I am pretty sure we all took walks through the night to check on the
wind, the sparks…
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Burning in the night (Photo by P Tricorache)</i></td></tr>
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Our storage room with so many educational and tourism
materials, many of which we had just re-ordered, could not be saved. There was
just too much paper there, and it was just too unsafe to try to go in there
when the fire started. The bright, red flames consuming those amazing tools of
learning glowed and burned, as in homage, the entire night.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Our teaching tools (Photo by P Tricorache)</i></td></tr>
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With every tragedy, there is the proverbial “it could have
been worse.” And it could… most definitely. We could have been all sleeping. It
could have been one of the buildings harder to empty or with more flammable
things. Someone could have been inside the building. The wind could have been
blowing in the direction of the other building. I reflected on that, and the
numbness in my heart became a bit less oppressing. I called the two dogs in the
house, Isha and Finn, and cuddled up with them until I fell asleep. I think
they knew that’s what I needed.<br />
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The next day we were open for business as usual. The magic
of people pulling together, no matter what, got our Gift Shop fully
operational, and better than ever, by midday. The fire was out and only an
occasional whiff of smoke rose from the burned thatch around the building.
Visitors came and marvelled at what happened, but mostly at our persistence.
Except for our inability to prepare delicious meals for them, we provided
everything their hearts desired. Museum, cheetah feeding, cheetah drives, and
they smiled, and thanked us.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Recovery: (above) Putting the Gift Shop back together. (Below) Open for business (Photos P. Tricorache)</td></tr>
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So why did I title my story Phoenix? Well, that’s the name
of the cheetah I love the most. And his name, a reminder of the mythical
Phoenix rising from the ashes, was fluttering in my mind every second of these events. In my mind, I did my best. In my heart, I hope everyone who was there knows that they are the best. And in all certainty, together we will all do our best to rebuild
that part of CCF that is now hurting...even more beautiful and stronger than ever, like the beautiful
Phoenix – the bird or the cheetah.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>My beautiful Phoenix walking on my shadow (Photo: P Tricorache)</i></td></tr>
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Patricia Tricorache<br />
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