Sponsor a cheetah

The Cheetah Enclosure – 3

Choose a resident cheetah to sponsor

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.

Pick a cheetah - there are six different pages:

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.

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