About
Our Story
Cheetah Kids was inspired by a boy named Cameron who discovered cheetahs at a very young age. While doing a project about cheetahs in Kindergarten he fell in love with their many spots and the fact that cheetahs are the fastest land animal on earth. He also discovered that cheetahs were struggling to survive and the number of cheetahs in the world was decreasing each year. Cameron decided he wanted to do something to help them. In 2006, we started Cheetah Kids as that love for cheetahs spread throughout the family. It started as an educational online resource when there were very few kid-focused resources to teach about cheetahs and the problems they encountered daily to survive on earth. We have grown into sharing our love of cheetahs through our website, hosting community events, sponsoring CCF events and offering cheetah-inspired products. We know kids love cheetahs and we want to inspire and engage kids of ALL ages to learn, care and share to do more for cheetahs and the communities they live in.
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Cheetah Kids' first event raising funds
for cheetahs.
CCF's "Run for the Cheetah" 2007
Cameron meets Dr. Lauire Marker, Founder
of Cheetah Conservationi Fund, 2008.
Cameron
CCF facility engineer, 2020 - present
In Support Of
Upon starting Cheetah Kids, we were fortunate to connect with the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF). We quickly became supporters of their holistic wildlife conservation methods and non-profit organization aimed at saving cheetahs.
In 1990, Dr. Laurie Marker created the Cheetah Conservation Fund in Namibia when she discovered wild cheetah populations were on the decline and no one was doing anything about it. Dr. Marker has dedicated her life to making sure cheetahs are given their best chance to survive on our planet. She is truly an inspiration and a wildlife conservation HERO.
A Cheetah Chat with Dr. Laurie Marker of the Cheetah Conservation Fund (2014)
Kristen of Cheetah Kids asks Dr. Marker why she started the CCF and what it is like at on a normal day in Namibia. Dr. Marker talks about the orphan cheetahs and what it takes to care for them. Also shares her favorite part of taking care of cheetahs and how kids can help save the cheetah!