Cheetah conservation is a major focus for GEA. With the support of the Tanzanian authorities, and more recently in colaboration with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), we have been carrying out an in depth study of a wild cheetah population.
We are now establishing a scheme for monitoring cheetah numbers across the country. As existing protected areas alone cannot ensure a long-term future for these beautiful cats, we are investigating ways to help cheetahs and humans to co-exist in the larger landscape.
Photos of cheetahs perhaps?
Find out more by watching the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvTnWk2W2Ws
Wednesday 4 November 2009
China is the world’s biggest exporter of fur garments; the European Union is the world’s biggest consumer of fur. Britain has banned fur farming on human grounds but members of the British Fur Trade Association turn over £500 million a year as the world’s largest buyers of pelts. Chinese fur could therefore end up on your high street. GEA found fur garments labelled “Made in China” amongst top fashion brands and as cheap, mass produced products in London shops. But even if the label doesn’t state it, the fur on your clothes could still come from China - there is no way of knowing.
Please help us speak out against this cruelty.
Please help us speak out against this cruelty.
Civet reintroduced back into the wild
The two African civets (Civettictis civetta) that were brought to the Limbe Wildlife Centre in March, will be released in the forest today. When they arrived in the LWC they were still babies, their mother possibly killed for bushmeat, but in 5 months time they have grown up enough to go back to the wild.
The civets were reared with puppy milk and later fed with fruits, rats and noodles. With this diet we have successfully reared several civets. They stay in a nice enclosure, that gives them plenty of coverage. We don’t want them to become used to people too much. The civets are monitored closely by our vet team. On the picture you can see how Dr. John is giving one of the civets a last treatment against worms, while keeper James is holding the animal. The very useful gloves were donated by Stichting Aap in the Netherlands (www.aap.nl).
The civets were reared with puppy milk and later fed with fruits, rats and noodles. With this diet we have successfully reared several civets. They stay in a nice enclosure, that gives them plenty of coverage. We don’t want them to become used to people too much. The civets are monitored closely by our vet team. On the picture you can see how Dr. John is giving one of the civets a last treatment against worms, while keeper James is holding the animal. The very useful gloves were donated by Stichting Aap in the Netherlands (www.aap.nl).
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