Small
Predators
Baggins
Serval (Leptailurus serval)
Baggins was born at Moholoholo Rehabilitation
Centre on 17 February, 2007 and joined Cheetah
Outreach at three weeks of age as a serval
ambassador. His role at Cheetah Outreach is to
show visitors the different adaptations African cats
have to specific niches in the environment as well
as to demonstrate just one of the other small
predator species that benefit from the presence of
a livestock guarding dog on South African
farmlands.
Adopted by Jacqui Friedling
Liberty
Serval (Leptailurus serval)
Liberty was born to our servals Baggins and
Legacy at Cheetah Outreach on 21 October, 2014.
He was hand-raised from a week of age to become
a serval ambassador to raise awareness of the
plight of smaller carnivores on South African farms
and to highlight the Livestock Guarding Dog
Programme.
Grace
Caracal (Caracal caracal)
Grace was born on 5 January, 2016, and hand-
raised at Bester Birds and Animals Zoo in
Johannesburg. She came to Cheetah Outreach at
3 months of age to replace our caracal
ambassador Malaika and to help raise awareness
of the plight of caracals and other small predators
on South African farms, and to show how caracals
benefit from the presence of livestock guarding
dogs on farmland. She has big shoes to fill but
with her confidence and friendliness, she is sure
to become a great ambassador.
Adopted by Deborah Wettlaufer
Moya
Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas)
Moya, was born at Lory Park Animal Sanctuary
near Johannesburg on 26 August, 2008, and
joined Cheetah Outreach at three months of age
as a black-backed jackal ambassador. His role is
to help raise awareness of the plight of black-back
jackals and other small predators on South African
farms and to highlight the Livestock Guarding Dog
Programme. Like caracals, jackals are
persecuted by farmers and benefit from the
presence of livestock guarding dogs on farmland
in South Africa. Moya means ‘wind’ in Xhosa.
Adopted by Eric and Kat D'Dio
Firefox and Diggory
Firefox was part of a litter born at Cheetah
Outreach to Brad and Janet on 2 November,
2013. She remained at Cheetah Outreach to keep
Janet company after she lost her mate. Diggory
came from Bester Birds and Animals Zoo in
August 2014 to be a companion to Janet and
Firefox. Both join Janet as ambassadors for their
species and raising awareness about the plight of
small predators on South African farms.
Firefox adopted by Kat and Eric W. D'Dio
Diggory adopted by IQ Business
Information about Bat-eared Foxes
Adopted by Kat and Eric W. D'Dio
Forrest
Forrest was born in late December 2018 to two of
our bat-eared foxes, Firefox and Diggory. Though
reared by Firefox, Diggory and his grandmother
Janet, he became acquainted with humans as
soon as he started coming out of the burrow. The
staff decided to name him Forrest after the film
character Forrest Gump. Forrest has a lot of
curiosity about his surroundings and enjoys
playing with a variety of toys. As an ambassador
for his species, he raises awareness of the plight
of bat-eared foxes and other small predators on
South African farmland and highlights the
importance of the Livestock Guarding Dog
Programme which results in removal of traps and
poison on South African farms. We hope that
Forrest will eventually join Janet in greeting
visitors in encounters at our facility.
Adopted by IQ Business
Information about Bat-eared Foxes
Scoop
Scoop was rescued from unfortunate
circumstances in the Northern Cape Province of
South Africa. He was approximately 4-6 weeks of
age and very dehydrated when a Strand local
found him for sale on the side of the road in May
2019. After being confiscated and nursed back to
health with appropriate fluids and nutrition, Scoop
became too human-habituated for rehabilitation.
He has found a permanent home at our facility in
Somerset West, joining established meerkats
Sebastian and Minki who play an important role in
educating the public at Cheetah Outreach -
especially the discouragement of keeping
meerkats as illegal pets.
Adopted by Patrick Browne
Kubwa
At only a few weeks of age, Kubwa was found
orphaned in the Cape Farms area and taken to a
local vet clinic. Since he required hand-rearing,
Cheetah Outreach offered to provide a permanent
home for him. Though our matriarch fox Firefox
would not allow him to integrate with our existing
bat-eared fox family, other foxes Janet and Forrest
accepted him, allowing him to spend time with
them for much-needed social interaction with his
own species. Being hand-raised, Kubwa also
enjoys the company of humans and loves his
walks on harness.
Adopted by Patrick Browne
Information about Bat-eared Foxes