Conservation Diaries

Research Publications associated with the De Wildt Cheetah and Wildlife

Berry WL, Jardine JE, Espie IW (1997) Pulmonary cryptococcoma and cryptococcal meningoencephalomyelitis in a king cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 28: 485-490 Bertschinger HJ, Meltzer DGA, van Dijk A, Coubrough RI, Soley JT and Collett FA

Two female cheetah translocated to Purple Rain

The Ashia Conservation Team recently translocated two female cheetah 1,500km from Ashia’s Center in Paarl to Purple Rain, a pre-release partner in the Limpopo region of South Africa. The cheetah, originally from Ann van Dyk Cheetah Center, De Wildt, have

Release of 3 captive born females, nicknamed Green, Blue and Red tag

Facilitated by EWT’s Vincent van der Merwe & monitored by Madikwe’s Craig Catton. On 20 September 2017, three Cheetah females (two years old) were collared and transported to the Boma at Madikwe Game Reserve in North West Province. They were

Wild dog conservation (1978—2012)

The Anatolian Shepherd Dog Programme has aided cheetah preservation in South Africa, and to a far lesser extent it has also helped with conserving the African wild dog (Lycaon pictus). Seldom tolerated by game farmers, wild dogs are regarded as

1979 Release of captive-born cheetahs (3 males) into their natural environment

‘Captive cheetahs answer call of the wild’ by Martin Welz (Sunday Times, 22 June). ‘Cheetahs, like leopards, don’t change their spots. That was the heartening discovery of a team of the Transvaal Department of Nature Conservation officers who spent three