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Cheetah sighting in W National Park, Niger Samaila Sahailou, technical assistant of Arly and Pendjari National Park, reported that on 31 December 2012 a male cheetah was seen walking around campTapoa. The sighting was fortunately captured by Mr Frédéric Modi, director of hotel Tapoa. This sighting is another indicator that W National park still holds a small cheetah population.
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National Geographic Mazagine November 2012 This week, National Geographic magazine published extraordinary new images of wild Asiatic cheetahs in Iran. Shown cresting a barren, mountainous ridge devoid of green, Iran’s cheetahs could not be any more distant- geographically and ecologically- from their African counterparts pictured in the same article navigating tourist traffic-jams on Kenyan grasslands. And unlike Kenya’s spectacularly photogenic cheetahs, Iranian cats are virtually invisible. Intensely shy, scattered like grains of sand over Iran’s vast central plateau, and hovering on the edge of extinction, they are essentially impossible to see.
Continue reading blog on National Geographic's blog
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The report "Illegal hunting & the bush-meat trade in savanna Africa: drivers, impacts & solutions to address the problem" authored by Panthera, Zoological Society of London, and Wildlife Conservation Society is published |
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Document submitted to CITES is not online The document on illegal trade in cheetahs submitted to CITES for the Conference of the Parties COP 16 is now online (25 October 2012).
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Cheetah family photographed in Miandasht Wildlife
Refuge, I.R. Iran
The Iranian Cheetah Society has been working in Miandasht Wildlife Refuge since almost ten years, but this is the first record of a cheetah and three cubs. The pictures were taken in August 2012. See photo (c) IrDoE/CACP/ICS/PWHF/Panthera |
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Cheetahs photographed in Pendjari, Benin A cheetah family has been photographed in the Pendjari in northern Benin in July 2012. Pendjari belongs to the W-complex of Benin, Niger and Burkina Faso. It is one of the last strongholds for cheetahs in this region.
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ICS/Yazd DoE/CACP/Panthera |
Cheetah Brothers Roaming Aziz No-hunting Area, I. R. Iran Born in Siahkouh National Park in spring 2010, two cheetah siblings are now roaming Ariz No Hunting Area, central Iran. After losing a sibling during first months, the cheetahs accompanied by their mom walked more than 130 kilometers through vast deserts of central Iran to arrive in Dare Anjir Wildlife Refuge in summer 2011. Since last winter, they are dispersing southward and now they are ranging in Ariz, a newly established reserve just south of Dare Anjir. After brother's independence from their mom, she departed Dare Anjir and walked again the long 130 kilometers (at least) back to Siahkouh. |
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Website for the implementation programme for both the East and Southern Africa conservation strategies for cheetah and wild dog goes live with a new design |
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A spotless cheetah A strange cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) has been photographed in Kenya by wildlife artist Guy Combes. The "golden" cheetah's telltale spots are bizarrely diluted. |
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Cheetah cubs confiscated in Ethiopia Read more |
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'Ghostly' Saharan cheetah filmed in Niger, Africa Read more |
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Large Carnivore Initiative West & Central Africa (LCI-W&C AFRICA) launched LCI-W&C AFRICA intends to build on the success of the regional Lion Conservation Network for West- and Central Africa (ROCAL) and to recruit new members in currently unrepresented countries in West- and Central Africa. The LCI W&C AFRICA will not only focus on lions but will expand its scope to other large carnivores such as leopard (Panthera pardus), cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus), spotted hyena (Crocutta crocutta), striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena) and African wild dog (Lycaon pictus), which are exposed to similar threats as the lion and thus need similar protection measures. Cheetah and African wild dog are extinct in most of their range and only small scattered populations survive in large protected areas. Leopard and hyena species are heavily persecuted by livestock owners and regularly shot, poisoned or caught in snares. For more information see www.largecarnivoresafrica.com |
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Website for the implementation programme for both the East and Southern Africa conservation strategies for cheetah and wild dog goes live |
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Proposed commercial road through the Serengeti |
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KWS Launches National Strategies for large Carnivores Link to the National strategy for the conservation of cheetahs and African wild dogs in Kenya |
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Cheetah Population and Habitat Viability Assessment
The cheetah conservation community lacks the tools to effectively manage and cosnerve cheetahs in the unique conditions presented in South Africa. To address this need, a PHVA workshop was held from 17-21 April 2009 in Limpopo Province. The workshop was considered a vital prerequistite for the development of an effective metapopulation management strategy for cheetah in South Africa.
Link to the report |
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Regional Conservation Strategy for the Cheetah and Wild Dog in Southern Africa now online
In December 2007 a conservation planning workshop for cheetahs and wild dogs in southern Africa was held in Botswana. This workshop is part of a series aimed at developing accurate maps of populations of both species and establishing regional conservation strategies to encompass their entire range. Link to the Strategy |
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New evidence of critically endangered cat
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3rd meeting of the
Observatoire du Guépard en Régions d’Afrique
du Nord OGRAN
Link to the workshop report |
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Field guide for cheetah and other carnivores in the W National Park, Benin
Identification guide for the main carnivores in the W complex and overview on monitoring methods
Link to the Field guide |
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Regional Conservation Strategy for the Cheetah and Wild Dog in Eastern Africa now online
In early February 2007 the first eastern Africa conservation planning workshop for cheetahs and wild dogs was held in Kenya. This workshop is part of a series aimed at developing accurate maps of populations of both species and establishing regional conservation strategies to encompass their entire range. Link to the Strategy |
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Hormoz Asadi 1948-2008
Dr. Hormoz Asadi a renowned ecologist from Iran lost his life through a car accident while trans-locating a number of Persian Fallow deer at midnight of 9 January 2008. Next to him, another valuable wildlife-lover Mr. Abaspour (head of Dena Protected area) also lost his life. Dr. Asadi dedicated over 40 years of his life to protection of wildlife of Iran and other parts of the world such as Pakistan, Australia, Nepal, US, UAE, Eastern Africa, South East Asia and some European countries. He was involved in conservation of tigers in India for about 9 years. As a member of the IUCN/SSC Cat Specialists group he was the initiator of the modern conservation of Asiatic Cheetah in Iran 12 years ago. Dr. Asadi spent many years of his life protecting Asiatic Cheetah, Caspian seal and Persian Fallow deer. Asadi is a well-known name to numerous students who have directly been bestowed by his academic engagement or benefited from the results of his scientific endeavors. He has also been the head of the Caspian seal project and the Seal research center since 2006 in collaboration with Leeds University and Darwin Initiative. All his work has been of lasting effect on the body of knowledge in the whole field specially and most specifically on larger Mammals. Arash Ghoddoosi |
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Historic Event on Saharan Biodiversity Conservation in Algeria
more... |
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Special Issue of Cat
News more... |
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Southern Africa Regional Cheetah Strategy Meeting held
in Botswana, 3-8 December 2007 more... |
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Cheetah cubs at last in the Kgalagadi Cheetah Project more... |
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Breakthrough in Cheetah Reproductive Research at CCF |
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© K. Marnewick |
Cheetah female obtained from NCMP - Hlambanyathi Game Reserve
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Range-wide conservation planning process for cheetah and wilddogs 1st information by Sarah Durant |
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© S. Durant ZSL/WCS |
Collaborative Genetic Research for the benefit of the cheetah in South Africa |
