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Farewell to Meisiekind

Daniell Cheetah Project — Wed, 10 Dec 2014 22:18:12 +0000

We are sad to say that we have lost a dear friend at the project the beautiful cheetah female, Meisiekind. We want to thank her sponsors for their support during her life at the project.

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Introducing the Chickens

Daniell Cheetah Project — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 22:46:00 +0000

As it is approaching summer time and temperatures are rising we are seeing a increase in insect activity, especially the pesky fly’s which can cause a great deal of discomfort and health problems for the animals. To control these pests we have decided to bring in some chickens onto the farm. These chickens will eat the fly larva as well as other insects, so decreasing the insect activity around the animals. Daniell Cheetah Project has recently seen its first chicken hatchling and soon after many more. The first clutch of chickens are now roaming the area free and happy.

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DCP Upgraded

Daniell Cheetah Project — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 22:05:16 +0000

In addition to all the new arrivals, we also upgraded some of the enclosures. Wild Cats World have rebuilt the bottom cheetah enclosures and completed the African Wild Cat enclosure for their ambassadors Sid and Louise.

Some will remember our bridge as old and unstable. We are glad to let you know that this too has been upgraded and we have beautiful new and steady bridge. Although this is some old news from the previous year, we are quite happy with outcome. Even some of our return visitors are happy to be on a new and firm bridge and this all a big thanks to Symba Wildlife Conservation that gave us the opportunity to rebuild the bridge and all the cheetah enclosures at the top part of the project.

As all of our animals are important to us we have installed cameras into the cheetah’s night houses, which enable us to monitor them 25 hours of the day. This is also a key part when monitoring a female with cubs. On occasions it has enabled us to witness the actual birth of the cubs.

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Wild Cats World Additions

Daniell Cheetah Project — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 21:54:56 +0000

One of our partnership programmes, Wild Cats World, has also seen some changes. In January they brought in a female leopard called Felecia and she is now just over one year old. Two of the older leopards also turned three years old at the beginning of November, marking the age were they become part of the adult world, a big congratulations to Wild Cats World for this milestone. They have also brought in three new cheetahs. The first to arrive was male Spikey and female Speedy. The latest arrival is a young male cheetah called Sunny who is full of attitude and spunk.

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