February twenty eighth, 2021
Every Sunday at 5:30 PM EAT on Kenya’s trendy broadcasting channel Citizen TV airs wildlife documentaries anticipated by viewers all through the nation. The My Wild Africa sequence by WildlifeDirect and Wildlife Warriors TV brings high-quality wildlife documentaries produced in Africa. In February, Kenyans adopted the lives of cheetahs in teaching to be ambassador animals of their species throughout the third season of cheetah diaries.
The Cheetah Outreach in South Africa, a spot the place canines and cats work collectively as conservationists. The place are you watching from? In the mean time, there are solely an estimated 7,100 cheetahs left throughout the wild in keeping with the @IUCN Pink Guidelines. The primary function for the cheetah’s decline is the shrinking range ensuing from habitat loss all via Africa. The Cheetah Outreach’s education program provides youngsters in South Africa from all backgrounds with the prospect to review cheetahs. Meeting the cheetahs is a strong educational instrument.
On this season, there is a huge cheetah litter of newest cubs. We stumbled on whether or not or not this can be an issue for the carers as we moreover uncover what it takes to spice up cheetah cubs to be ambassadors of their species on the Cheetah Outreach in South Africa. Certainly one of many older cheetah ambassadors, Chobe, has to say goodbye to his brothers who’re leaving Cheetah Outreach to become overseas ambassadors.
We moreover learnt in regards to the Cheetah Outreach livestock guarding canine program which has positioned canines in cheetah range areas in South Africa to help mitigate human-wildlife battle. The livestock guarding canines, a Turkish breed, the Anatolian shepherd, was initially bred to protect livestock from bears and wolves. The livestock guarding canines are given to farmers once they’re puppies and are raised solely with the flock or herd defending the livestock from numerous predators akin to cheetahs, leopards and caracals. By deterring predators, the livestock guarding canines cease farmers from poisoning or trapping predators.
One different Cheetah ambassador is Joseph who turns right into a star for {{a magazine}} cowl. We watch as a ballerina good factors the braveness to have the flexibility to hold out subsequent to an unlimited cat.
On the Cheetah Outreach’s, the education program provides youngsters in South Africa from all backgrounds with the prospect to review cheetahs. Meeting the cheetahs is a strong educational instrument.
We’re grateful to Off the Fence, Citizen TV and WWF-Kenya who’ve made this sequence potential. If you happen to want your film to be featured on My Wild Africa, attain out to Victoria Wangui at victoria@wildlifedirect.org.