Rusty the Cheetah

Rusty continues to struggle with his eye sight and often completely misses his food when its thrown over the fence to him. 

Cheetah Mum and 3 cubs

On 1st October we received a call from a landowner who had captured a cheetah mother and 3 young cubs by accident and needed them to be relocated and given a safe home. 

Samira and Chiquita - October Update

In our last update you read how Chiquita had suffered from poorly teeth and needed a lot of veterinary care - well this time it's sadly Samira's turn.

Aiko, Kiki and Aisha - October Update

Well Aiko has been taking all the attention of the three cheetahs recently, but sadly not for the right reasons. One day Johannes noticed that Aiko's paw had a piece of loose skin underneath which was bleeding, so we brought him into our veterinary clinic for examination. 

Lucky, Ayla and Tearmark - October Update

Lucky and Ayla

We are all very excited here as building work is beginning on Lucky's new camp! Thanks to donors and fundraisers, we have been able to order the materials which arrived this week. 

Lucky, Ayla and Tearmark

Lucky, Ayla and Tearmark have been joined by some new neighbours in the form of two 15 month old cheetah cubs called Tessa and Tosca. The cubs were brought to us from Omaruru where they had been raised by a lady who has sadly experienced poor health lately and can no longer take care of them.

Samira and Chiquita

Samira has new company in her enclosure by the name of Chiquita, also a female cheetah, who actually came to N/a'an  ku se with Samira and another cheetah, Vasco. some years ago. 

Samira gets Spooked!

As always Samira continues to receive lots of visits from volunteers as they regularly spend time with her in her enclosure, grooming her with brushes as she purrs like a motorbike engine!

Listen to Samira purr on this video

Whilst Samira is very laid back during the day and will happily spend hours being fussed over by the volunteers, at night time it is apparent that she is not at all keen on the heavy rain and thunder and lightning storms we have been having lately! The poor girl got such a fright one night recently when a huge bolt of lightning shot across the sky above her enclosure, sending her careering across her enclosure and in the process startling the horses who were grazing nearby. The poor volunteers who are staying in tents near Samira’s camp must have wondered what on earth was going on!

We now have supermodels amongst our resident cheetahs!

Aiko, Kiki and Aisha

Our gorgeous cheetahs Aiko, Kiki and Aisha have reached the heights of fashion and are currently staring in the May issue of Vogue UK alongside supermodel Agyness Deyn. The photographs are absolutely stunning and were all shot on location in the ghost town of Kolmanskop near Lüderitz in February.

Marlice and Cila were in charge of chaperoning our cheetah models and spent a week in the desert coaxing their best work out of them!

The May issue of Vogue is currently on sale so buy your copy now!

Kiki the supermodel!

Aiko

Lucky, Ayla and Tearmark

For some time now we have been raising funds to build Lucky a new camp, which she will share with Tearmark and Ayla until they are released. Over the last few months on the farm we have been doing some great fundraising social events, including one of our volunteers, Will, waxing off all his body hair and two of our female volunteers, Deb and Ginny shaving off their hair! Both evenings were fabulous fun with staff and volunteers taking it in turns to de-fuzz our willing volunteers! Over N$16,000 has been raised and we are now in a position to built Lucky the new camp she so desperately needs!
 

Lucky & her meat ice lolly!







Ayla






Tearmark

 



Aiko, Kiki and Aisha - January 2011

Our 3 gorgeous cheetahs Aiko, Kiki and Aisha are as sociable as ever and now receive daily visits from lodge guests, accompanied by tour guide and "Cheetah Man" Dave!

Samira - January 2011

Now that the most beloved cheetah of the farm, Samira, is closer to the volunteer's camp they can spend more time with her so she is receiving a lot of love and attention.

Lucky, Ayla and Tearmark - January 2011

Lucky, Ayla and Tearmark have a much bigger enclosure now that Samira has moved down to the volunteer area and the two cheetah camps have been made into one bigger enclosure.