Ranchers cut losses from cheetahs
Avoiding cats’ hangouts helps protect herds By CHRISTINA LARSON, Associated Press
Published: December 18, 2020, 6:02am
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5 Photos This 2018 photo provided by the Leibniz-IZW Cheetah Research Project shows cheetahs gathering at a tree in central Namibia. New research published on Monday, Dec. 7, 2020, on how cheetahs use the landscape has allowed some ranchers to reduce the number of calves killed annually by 86%, largely by avoiding popular cheetah hangouts. (Leibniz-IZW Cheetah Research Project via AP) (Photos by Jan Zwilling/Leibniz-IZW Cheetah Research Project) Photo Gallery
WASHINGTON On the dusty savannahs of Namibia, one of the last strongholds of cheetah populations on Earth, conflicts between cattle ranchers and big cats threaten the survival of the embattled carnivores.
South African Cheetahs Find New Home in Zambia Wetlands Reserve
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(Bloomberg) A wetlands reserve in Zambia will become home to its first cheetahs in almost a century after the animals were successfully moved from South Africa.
(Bloomberg) A wetlands reserve in Zambia will become home to its first cheetahs in almost a century after the animals were successfully moved from South Africa.
The reintroduction of cheetahs a group of three males to the Bangweulu Wetlands in northeastern Zambia is meant to help restore the biodiversity of the area, according to a statement from African Parks, a Johannesburg-based not-for-profit that manages reserves on behalf of several nations across the continent.
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LUSAKA, Zambia, Dec. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ Bangweulu Wetlands in north-eastern Zambia has received a small founding population of cheetahs - the first of their species to return to this unique community-owned, protected wetland in almost a century.
The introduction of an initial three cheetahs from South Africa results from a longstanding partnership between Zambia s Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNPW), six Community Resource Boards (CRBs) and conservation non-profit African Parks, which has managed Bangweulu Wetlands since 2008. They worked in conjunction with the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) Cheetah Range Expansion Project, which sourced healthy individuals from reserves in South Africa to re-establish a secure population in Bangweulu.
Avoiding cheetah hangouts helps ranchers protect herds
By CHRISTINA LARSONDecember 7, 2020 GMT
WASHINGTON (AP) On the dusty savannahs of Namibia, one of the last strongholds of cheetah populations on Earth, conflicts between cattle ranchers and big cats threaten the survival of the embattled carnivores.
But new research on how cheetahs use the landscape has allowed some ranchers to reduce the number of calves killed annually by 86%, largely by avoiding popular cheetah hangouts.
Cheetahs are the fastest land mammal, capable of speeds exceeding 60 miles per hour (97 kilometers per hour). But they also hold another distinction: the rarest big cat in Africa, with fewer than 7,000 alive in the wild.