Over a hundred years ago, 100,000 wild cheetahs roamed across Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, researchers say. Today the global population has dwindled to just over 7,000. A lab in a remote Namibian city is trying to save the cat from extinction
Human conflict, loss of habitat and the illegal pet trade have all played a part in the cheetah's race to extinction.
According to researchers, over a hundred years ago, 100,000 wild cheetahs roamed across Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. But today the global population has dwindled to roughly just over 7,000. In the remote city of Otjiwarongo in Northern Namibia, scientists are working hard to restore the cheetah population through conservation science.Dubbed the cheetah capital of the world, the city is home to 1,400 wild cheetahs and the only cheetah genetics laboratory in Africa.
or the last 25 years as part of Future Farmers of Africa program, Marker and her team have placed over 650 dogs with farmers across Namibia to scare away potential predators as part of a livestock guarding dog program involving locals. Marker says this program has changed people's attitudes towards cheetahs as well as reducing livestock loss from all predators by over 80 and up to 100 percent. "We've had close to 10,000 farmers go through the program," she said.
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