By Calum O'Flaherty | Livestock Guarding Dog Programme Manager
The Cheetah Conservation Fund's (CCF's) Livestock Guarding DOG (LGD) program continues to go from strength to strength due to the kind donations of many people. As one of CCF's main conservation programs, it acts as a pivotal program in the mission to help mitigate human-wildlife conflict on farms across Namibia and thus saving cheetahs. CCF has placed 680 puppies on farms within Namibia since the program started in 1994, with 135 dogs currently out on farms. These LGD's have worked so well that they managed to get an 80-100% reduction in livestock losses on the farms they have been placed.
2021 has been a very successful year for the program as due to kind donations, we were able to expand the program to 11 breeding females and three breeding males, and we built new housing. From these 11 breeding females, we managed to have six litters totaling an amount of 50 puppies, all of whom will be placed on farms here in Namibia. This will be very advantageous as we currently have a 4-year waiting list (around 140 applicants) of people wanting to use this method in an aim to protect their livestock from predators.
As we continue into 2022, we look to expand the program further to make the waiting list as short as possible and look further afield to help more countries facing human-wildlife conflict.
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