Problem Cheetah Find New Homes
HOEDSPRUIT (Kruger Times)- Six problem cheetah were taken from the Hoedspruit Endangered Species Breeding Project to be released in the Eastern Cape.
The cheetahs were all from the Lowveld area and have been at the Centre for at least three months.
One adult female found a new home at Sanbona in the Western Cape, another female went to Tswalu in the Northern Cape and two adult males are now at Bushmanlands in the Eastern Cape. The two male cubs, aged about nine months, were flown on a British Airways/ Comair sponsored flight to their Amakhala home in the Eastern Cape.
Lizanne Meiring, part-time resident vet with the Centre, checked each cheetah to ensure the passive transponder chips were secured. The chips are inserted into each animal before they are released. The transponders enable the various projects to keep an accurate database and monitor the movement of relocated cheetah in the country.
The translocation took place under the auspices of the National Cheetah Conservation Forum of South Africa. The Forum comprises the Hoedspruit Centre for Endangered Species, De Wildt who sponsored the road transport, organised labour and nature conservation sectors, the Endangered Wildlife Trust, the hunting fraternity and Cheetah Outreach in the Cape.
by Lynette Strauss, Kruger Times
The cheetahs were all from the Lowveld area and have been at the Centre for at least three months.
One adult female found a new home at Sanbona in the Western Cape, another female went to Tswalu in the Northern Cape and two adult males are now at Bushmanlands in the Eastern Cape. The two male cubs, aged about nine months, were flown on a British Airways/ Comair sponsored flight to their Amakhala home in the Eastern Cape.
Lizanne Meiring, part-time resident vet with the Centre, checked each cheetah to ensure the passive transponder chips were secured. The chips are inserted into each animal before they are released. The transponders enable the various projects to keep an accurate database and monitor the movement of relocated cheetah in the country.
The translocation took place under the auspices of the National Cheetah Conservation Forum of South Africa. The Forum comprises the Hoedspruit Centre for Endangered Species, De Wildt who sponsored the road transport, organised labour and nature conservation sectors, the Endangered Wildlife Trust, the hunting fraternity and Cheetah Outreach in the Cape.
by Lynette Strauss, Kruger Times
Labels: cheetah, endangered species breeding project, game relocation, hoedspruit
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Monday, October 25, 2004
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