Please become a conservation
partner and assist us by covering part or all of the annual costs for
caring for these non-releasable cheetahs. Each cheetah costs CCF an
estimated £2,500 a year in care. These costs include food, veterinary
care and pen maintenance.
If you sponsor the cost of
the care of a CCF non-releasable cheetah (of your choice!) for £100
or more, you will receive a personal letter of thanks and
a CCF sticker. If you sponsor a cheetah at any level, you'll receive
a link to a special web page containing up to date news from Namibia
including the latest on how our resident cheetahs are doing.
In addition, you can create
your own personalised Sponsorship Certificate to print out, and download
a special photo poster of your cheetah, taken from the official cheetah
ID book in Namibia. Each JPEG poster file is up to 1MB in
size and up to 250mm across, and shows pictures of the cheetah, highlighting
distinguishing markings for identification.
To create a Sponsorship Certificate,
download a poster, or access the latest cheetah news from Namibia,
be sure to click ‘Return to Merchant’ after you have
completed your PayPal transaction, or you will not see our ‘Thank
You’ page, which contains the information required.
If you sponsor a cheetah
for a whole year (£2,500) you will receive special recognition
at our headquarters in Namibia.
Sponsoring is simple! Just click
the 'Sponsor Me' button under any cheetah's story. You will
be taken to a PayPal secure payment page, where you can choose how
much you want to sponsor your cheetah for. Once you've sponsored one
cheetah, you can
come back and sponsor another one
if you wish. Here are six of our resident cheetahs. See the other pages for more.
Chanel
Chanel was born in May 2000 and arrived at CCF in May 2001 with
her two brothers, Calvin and Klein. Their mother was shot on a
game farm near Mangeti (north of Grootfontein). Her skin was used
to capture them. It was three weeks before CCF was called to collect
the cheetahs. All were in poor condition and required intensive
treatment. Chanel and Klein were diagnosed with bleeding stomach
ulcers, which was caused by stress and an associated bacterial
infection. These problems resulted in their stomach linings being
severely inflamed. However following treatment, Chanel and Klein
recovered completely. In 2002, Calvin died of a chest cavity infection.
Shadow
The CCF first worked on Shadow when she was caught with her family
on a farm near Osire, when she was about four months old. She
was then released. A farmer recaptured the family three months
later, then sent them to a guest farm. Shadow arrived at CCF 3
years later, still wearing a CCF eartag. She had been abandoned.
Many people are tempted to keep cheetahs for tourism, but this
is at least a ten-year commitment and few people understand the
legalities, costs and commitment needed to care for captive cheetahs.
Nestle
Nestle, Toblerone and Hershey were born around July 2002. They
arrived at CCF in February 2003 with their two brothers, Cadbury
and Lindt. The five were caught on a game farm near Otavi. Unfortunately,
despite intensive efforts, the mother was not caught. This is
highly unusual, and CCF suspects that their mother was shot, as
females will not typically abandon their cubs. Female cheetahs
teach their young vital survival skills, including hunting. Without
their mother, cubs lack these survival skills and are unable to
live independently as wild cheetahs.
Toblerone
Toblerone, Hershey, and Nestle were born around July 2002. They
arrived at CCF in February 2003 with their two brothers, Cadbury
and Lindt. The five were caught on a game farm near Otavi. Unfortunately,
despite intensive efforts, the mother was not caught. This is
highly unusual, and CCF suspects that their mother was shot, as
females will not typically abandon their cubs. Female cheetahs
teach their young vital survival skills, including hunting. Without
their mother, cubs lack these survival skills and are unable to
live independently as wild cheetahs.
Hershey
Hershey, Toblerone and Nestle were born around July 2002. They
arrived at CCF in February 2003 with their two brothers, Cadbury
and Lindt. The five were caught
on a game farm near Otavi. Unfortunately, despite intensive efforts,
the mother was not caught. This is highly unusual, and CCF suspects
that their mother was shot, as females will not typically abandon
their cubs. Female cheetahs teach their young vital survival skills,
including hunting. Without their mother, cubs lack these survival
skills and are unable to live independently as wild cheetahs.