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Baggins
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 an Anatolian shepherd livestock guarding dog on South African farmlands.
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Malaika
Malaika was born at Lory Park Animal Sanctuary near Johannesburg on 15 June, 2008, and joined Cheetah Outreach at almost five months of age as a caracal ambassador. Her role is to help raise awareness of the plight of caracals and other small predators on South African farms and to highlight the Anatolian Guarding Dog Programme. Caracals are highly persecuted by farmers and benefit from the presence of Anatolian shepherd livestock guarding dogs on farmland in South Africa. Malaika means ‘angel’ in Swahili.
Thanks to Deborah Wettlaufer for adopting Malaika
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Ntombi and Moya
Ntombi and Moya, brother and sister, were born at Lory Park Animal Sanctuary near Johannesburg on 26 August, 2008, and joined Cheetah Outreach at three months of age as black-backed jackal ambassadors. Their 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 Anatolian Guarding Dog Programme. Like caracals, jackals are persecuted by farmers and benefit from the presence of Anatolian shepherd livestock guarding dogs on farmland in South Africa. Ntombi means ‘girl’ and Moya means ‘wind’ in Xhosa.
Thanks to Karen Williams for adopting Ntombi and Moya |
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Sebastian
Sebastian, a meerkat born 11 November, 2006, was a pet before going to Moholoholo Rehab Centre in Limpopo Province. Since Moholoholo has so many animals to care for, they weren’t able to give Sebastian the level of attention that they felt he needed. Cheetah Outreach offered to give him a home and the kind of interaction this very social animal needs. Sebastian has won the hearts of all staff and volunteers with his engaging character.
Minki
Minki, a female meerkat, was born in 2009 in the wild, on a farm in the Klein Karoo area of South Africa, but was orphaned when her mother was killed by dogs. She was rescued and hand-raised by a couple in Stellenbosch near Cheetah Outreach. When she was 5 months of age, she came to Cheetah Outreach, and after a very easy transition, lives with sebastian in his enclosure. Minki is full of energy and loves to play. We are all happy that Sebastian now has the company of his own species and is no longer alone. |
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