Charity

After reading the story of cheetah cubs Rainbow and Aurora on the Cheetah Conservation Fund Blog , Micah decided to donate the money in his charity fund to the Cheetah Conservation Fund.

Rainbow

Image source and credit: Cheetah Conservation Fund

http://cheetahupdates.blogspot.com/2013/04/rainbow-and-aurora.html

Rainbow helps Aurora feel comfortable at CCF rehabilitation center

Image source and credit: Cheetah Conservation Fund

http://cheetahupdates.blogspot.com/2013/04/rainbow-and-aurora.html

Rainbow and Aurora best friends

Image source and credit: Cheetah Conservation Fund

http://cheetahupdates.blogspot.com/2013/04/rainbow-and-aurora.html

According to the Cheetah Conservation Fund, there are only 10,000 cheetahs left in the wild today. As you may expect, the biggest threat to cheetahs comes from humans. Ninety percent of wild cheetahs live alongside humans. Cheetahs come into conflict with humans when they they encroach on farmers herd's of cattle and  goats. The CCF takes part in an innovative program: Livestock Guarding Dogs. The Cheetah Conservation Fund donates twenty livestock-guarding dogs to farmers every year. The dogs protect the livestock herds by scaring away wild cheetahs, which saves them from being shot by farmers. 

This is Micah...I am so excited for my African adventure. To classmates and Mrs.Shisler aren't the cheetahs cute~ from Micah...bye-bye .

One third of all Cheetahs on the planet live in Namibia. There are very few if any in Zimbabwe so I didn't get to see any cheetahs while on safari in 1996. I am really looking forward to seeing some in the wild and hopefully an up close encounter at a cheetah sanctuary.