Fast winner

The Cheetah Conservation Fund raised more than N$100 000 at its sixth annual dinner and auction held recently to support the survival of the fastest mammal on earth.

The cheetah remains the world’s most endangered member of the ‘big cat’ species, despite world-wide efforts to protect it. In Namibia, livestock farmers appear to be the main threat to the survival of the cheetah because they see it as a threat to their business.The cheetah is mostly killed by setting traps.The Cheetah Conservation Fund, as part of its range of programmes, tries to educate farmers to change their “livestock management” to “non-lethal” farming methods.Dawid Guibeb of the Grootberg Farmers’ Integrated Livestock Improvement Scheme was voted Cheetah Conservation Farmer of the Year.In Namibia, livestock farmers appear to be the main threat to the survival of the cheetah because they see it as a threat to their business.The cheetah is mostly killed by setting traps.The Cheetah Conservation Fund, as part of its range of programmes, tries to educate farmers to change their “livestock management” to “non-lethal” farming methods.Dawid Guibeb of the Grootberg Farmers’ Integrated Livestock Improvement Scheme was voted Cheetah Conservation Farmer of the Year.