Cheetah Conservation Fund

Press Releases and Announcements

• Statement regarding House Appropriations Chairman-elect Hal Rogers
• International Course dates announced.
• Two Rare Kangal Puppies Join the Cheetah Conservation Fund’s Livestock Guarding Dog Programme (Press Release)
• Gamers Help Save Endangered Cheetahs With the Launch of Sony Online Entertainment's Newest Facebook Game, Wildlife Refuge (Press Release)
• CCF Founder Receives the Lowell Thomas Award (Press Release)
• CCF Joins Army Ten-Miler Youth Run (Press Release)
• U.S. Trade Mission Visits CCF and Bushblok (Press Release)
• First AI Litter of Livestock Guarding Dogs Born at CCF (Press Release)
• Cheetah found in Swakopmund now safe at CCF (Press Release)
• CCF held its 12th Annual Fundraising Gala and Conservation Awards (Press Release)
• Mohammad Farhadinia wins National Iranian Youth Award!
• Celebrate Chewbaaka's 15th Birthday with Us!
• CCF Announces it's 2010 Annual Fundraising Gala (Press Release)
• The Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and the Need for Alternative Fuel Sources (Press Release)
• Cheetah Conservation Fund Education ProgrammesHighlight 2010 United Nation’s Year of Biodiversity (Press Release)
• Cheetah Presence Confirmed in Angola (Press Release)
• International Conservationists attend courses at the Cheetah Conservation Fund (Press Release)

• CCF featured on German TV! Watch the first part of two online here and the second here.
• Mayor of Youngstown, Ohio proclaims January 28th as "Cheetah Day" during CCF staff visit.
• We reached our Year-End goal! And new CCF book now available. Read more.
• Cheetah Conservation Fund to Conduct Country-wide Health Survey of Livestock Guarding Dogs (Press Release)

Event and Tour News

• CCF UK 20th Anniversary Gala - 16th September 2010.
• AMIFELINS (France) promotes cheetah conservation at the Puteaux and Neuilly fairs. (in French) June 2010.
• CCF Joins Army Ten-Miler Youth Run (Press Release)
• Bravo CheetahKids.com for a successful Earth Day event in Tucson!

Other News

• CCF wins KrugerPark.com Conservation Initiative - Travel News Namibia. Dec. 2010
• "Fast Company" - Meredith Bryan covers CCF on the January 2011 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine!
• Canada's top-selling pet magazine writes about CCF's amazing Livestock Guarding Dogs. Visit Dogs in Canada to read the article.
• CCF to benefit from Discovery Communications' Creating Change initiative.
• Biodiversity loss seen as greater financial risk than terrorism, says UN. The Guardian (UK).

• Laurie Marker recalls the Oregon roots of her efforts to save cheetahs, the world's fastest cats

• Dr Marker named NBL Namibian Ambassador for July
• Dr. Laurie Marker selected as one of six finalists for the 2010 Indianapolis Prize
• CCF featured on Swedish newspaper, the Sundsvalls Tidning. 25 Feb 2010.
• CCF to receive the prestigious Tyler Environment Prize! Read annoucement here.
• Kenya launches National Large Carnivore Conservation Strategies - The East African Magazine, 1 March 2010.
• CCF's Kate Echement in the news during her talk at Cardinal Mooney HS in Youngstown, Ohio.
• Radio interview with CCF's Anne Schmidt-Küntzel discussing the cheetah’s lack of genetic diversity. By Beatrice Kneip of Radio Lëtzebuerg - Luxembourg (www.rtl.lu). 4th February.
• Newly launched New York publication, The New York Companion, features CCF! "World's Fastest Mammal Races Towards Extinction"
• Reducing predator conflict during calving season
  Namibia Economist
  The Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) has been working with the farming community for nearly 20 years assisting farmers to reduce predator and livestock ...
• International conservationists attend courses at CCF  
  Namibia Economist - Windhoek, Namibia
  The Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF ) will be hosting the field course on ... and Predator Management courses also conducted by CCF,” said Laurie Marker, ...