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| Cheetah Kid Skyler with his class project about cheetahs. Way to go Skyler! |
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Cheetah Cubs Born at Smithsonian's National Zoo December 2010!
(click here to see video)
Many years of research are celebrated in the birth of two cheetah cubs
at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute—the first cheetahs
(Acinonyx jubatus) born at the Smithsonian's National Zoological Park
facility in Front Royal, Va. The cubs were born to two separate
females; the first to 5-year-old Amani Dec. 6, the second to 9-year-old
Zazi Dec. 16. Cheetahs that give birth to only one cub, called a
singleton, cannot produce enough milk to keep the cub alive. Typically,
females in the wild will let a single cub die, after which they will
enter estrus and breed again to theoretically produce a larger litter.
So scientists at SCBI resorted to an alternative technique. The cub born
to Amani, a first-time mother, was hand-raised for 13 days before being
placed with Zazi, creating a litter of two that will likely help
stimulate milk production from Zazi. Researchers have observed both cubs
nursing from Zazi.
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| From The Arizona Daily Star: Click to link to story |
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| Certificate of recognition from Senator McCain |
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| Tucson Mayor Bob Walkup and Cameron |
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It was great to meet Jungle Jack in Arizona. He is the nicest person. Please check out his website, www.jackhanna.com, and be sure to watch his tv show, "Into the Wild", it is awesome!
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Dr. Laurie Marker is ABC News Person of the week!
Watch Dan Harris' report from the CCF in Namibia.
Smithsonian magazine, March 2008Can Laurie Marker help the world's fastest mammal outrun its fate?
By Guy Gugliotta ( Click here to link to the article) 
© Suzi Eszterhas/www.eszterhasphotography.com
Rare Saharan Cheetah photographed through Camera Trap Study. Link to CCF to learn more.BIG CHEETAH NEWS
New Cheetahs at the National Zoo
On June 1, three cheetah brothers made their public debut at the Zoo's Cheetah Conservation Station. The two-year-old cats came to the Zoo from the White Oak Conservation Center in Yulee, Florida, to breed. The brothers are named Draco, Granger, and Zabini, after characters in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series of novels. CLICK TO READ MORE.
New Cheetah Science Facility
The National Zoo has broken ground on a nine-acre Cheetah Science Facility at our Conservation and Research Center in Front Royal, Virginia. The facility will house 14 to 20 cheetahs in spacious, outdoor enclosures, with indoor spaces for inclement weather. The facility also will include an animal-care building to house animal keepers and researchers and allow them to observe, manage, and care for the animals.
CLICK TO READ MORE.
FUND RAISING NEWS
For Cameron’s ninth birthday party this year instead of gift, he asked his guests to bring contributions for the Cheetah Conservation Fund. All of his friends were enthusiastic about what Cameron is doing to help save the cheetahs and gladly raised $375.00 on the day of the party! The kids had a great time playing cheetah tail tag, running cheetah dashes and learning to play the Djembe drums.
In May Cameron's class raised $213 for
the Cheetah Conservation Fund. They plan on adopting a family of
cheetahs and watching them as they grow. Cameron presented Cheetah
Kids and the CCF to his classmates who voted to donate the money from
their class fund while others brought money from their piggy banks.
It was wonderful to see Cameron's peers support him and his love of
cheetahs.
On
Saturday, April 21st at the 3rd Annual Cheetah Conservation Fund’s “Run
for the Cheetah” event in Phoenix, Cameron and his Cheetah Kids booth
raised $505 to help save the wild cheetah in Namibia, Africa. That
translates into $3,800 Namibia dollars!!!
The CHEETAH STORE
is now OPEN!! Check out the new cheetah items available. 50% of all
proceeds from sales in the store go directly to the Cheetah
Conservation Fund.
OTHER NEWS
CheetahKids welcomes the newest members of the CheetahKids Club, Malia and Kristen!!!
Become a "Cheetah Kid"!!! Go to the Cheetah Store and become a Official CheetahKid!!
Check out new photos of the Cheetahs from the Phoenix Zoo where Cameron spent four hours watching and taking photos as Juma and Ratel put on quite a show for the camera. There are also new photos from the San Diego Wild Animal Park where it was feeding time for the three sisters!
RUN FOR THE CHEETAH!
Phoenix Arizona, April 26th, 2008
Chicago Illinois, April 6th, 2008
Hey Kids! Get creative and draw, paint, sketch or take a picture of a cheetah and have Mom or Dad help you email it to art@cheetahkids.com. Duma will post it on the CheetahKids Art page where you can see what other cheetahkids are creating and maybe have your art displayed too!
CHEETAHKIDS.COM went to the National Zoo in Washington D.C. Look for new photos and check out "Cheetah Chat" to meet Craig Saffoe, Head Cheetah Keeper from the African Savanna and learn more about the amazing Cheetahs he takes care of.
New Links to "Zoos with Cheetahs" have been added. Check for zoos in your area!
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| Cheetah Conservation Fund Bush Project
Namibian farmers, once the main threat to the Cheetah population, are now becoming their main protectors.
“We’ve taken a problem and turned it around into a multitude of solutions” -Dr. Laurie Marker, CCF
Namibia
is one of the last refuges of the remaining world Cheetah population. A
quarter of all the remaining cats are found in Nambia. It is estimated
their numbers globally have declined by over 90% in the last 100 years.
A local thorn bush species is invading the savannah in the country,
causing over US$90 million each year in lost revenue to Namibian
farmers, whilst also destroying the native habitat of the fastest of
the cats. Now the Cheetah Conservation Fund has pioneered a scheme to
clear the thorn bush and turn it into cheap fuel briquettes. The
project is creating jobs at the same time as helping to restore the
hunting ground of the endangered cheetah.
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| Orvis CCF Matching Program. Click the link above to find out more about Orvis and their conservation efforts. |
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Orvis has agreed to match the funds Cameron raised during
the Run for the Cheetah in Phoenix!
That brings the Cheetah Kid fund raising total to over
$1010.00!!!!
($7,600 Namibia Dollars!!!!)
Thank You Orvis!
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