Cheetah Conservation Fund is the world’s leading organisation dedicated to saving the cheetah in the wild. Our mission is to increase awareness in the UK about the cheetah and the threats it faces in the wild and to raise funds for the work of CCF in Africa. The funds that we raise go directly to support the work of CCF at our headquarters in Namibia and throughout Africa.
Why CCF is so important:
The vast majority of wild cheetahs live outside protected areas, coming into conflict with humans that share the same landscape. There are now less than 7,500 cheetahs remaining in the wild and the cheetah is the most endangered big cat in Africa. Saving this magnificent animal from extinction requires innovative conservation programmes that address the welfare of both the cheetah and human populations over large landscapes. Losing this apex predator would have serious repercussions for the local eco-systems.
Founded by Dr. Laurie Marker in 1990, CCF has created a set of integrated programs aimed at addressing the principle threats to the cheetah.
CCF’s conservation programming is rooted in scientific research. CCF maintains a research program on the biology, ecology and genetics of cheetahs that publishes papers in peer-reviewed journals annually, and currently operates the only fully-equipped genetics lab at an in-situ conservation facility in Africa.
Using this research as an underpinning, CCF has created a set of integrated programs that together address the threats both to the cheetah and its entire ecosystem, including human populations. CCF operates from the principal that only by securing the future of the communities that live alongside the cheetah can you secure a future for the cheetah. Helping people helps cheetahs.
Each year, CCF must raise £2,500,000 to fund its core programmes that span scientific and field research, education and training, and conservation. CCF UK has an important role in helping to achieve this target and, by doing so, to support CCF’s goal to secure a long-term future for the cheetah, other predators and humans who share the same landscape.
