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Durant, S.
Survival of the Fastest - The Cheetahs of Serengeti
2004 Africa Geographic (June 2004): 30-33
The cheetah is the most endangered large cat in Africa. The key to conserving it rests largely outside protected areas where most of Africa's cheetahs remain. In Tanzania the long-running Serengeti Cheetah Project is active in cheetah research and protection measures. The low population density of cheetahs, both inside and outside protected areas, makes them particularly vulnerable to the impact of habitat loss and fragmentation. Increasingly fragmented, cheetah populations become vulnerable to inbreeding and the loss of genetic diversity.The human/carnivore conflict is a growing issue in Tanzania, as it is elsewhere in Africa. Where the traditional pastoral lifestyle is disappearing and modern livestock practices pertain, the emphasis is placed on the eradication of the predators.
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