Zoological Society of San Diego. 1991. Cheetah SSP ......at his lab iiom th. lrmG rEnicipation ;stL iudo6. It wa Rnphobad that lher€ ac two corona virss tn 6t5 and ufortrrMt.ly lhe

Zoological Society of San Diego. 1991. Cheetah SSP Newsletter. Cheetah News.

Keywords: Acinonyx jubatus/breeding/cheetah/focal palatine erosion/newsletter/reproduction/SSP/status/survey

Abstract: Cheetah News from winter 1990. Articles about: Cheetah SSP Report, Cheetah FPE (Focale palatine erosion), Jackson Zoo announces first cheetah births, Cheetah reproduction at Lincoln Park Zoo, Field research in Kruger National Park, Monitorium on further cheetah breeding, Worldwide survey of the status of cheetahs living in the wild, Wildlife Safari update.

i:..V Cheetah SSP Report!ii"'

Tne following i! a brj€f slDopsle ot rhework@hpletedandcoveEdbyrhecheebhSSPat the AAZPA Nationat Conte.en.. in rn-

on€ of rh€ nat objetivs of the cheeiahRerchcouncil w6 to aftad the Amdi.anAscintior of Zoo Vet€rindiaG Conlerencein Nonn CarcliE ro hotit ar into@t {tisc-ston about rhe Cherah t{asher !lan. DonUndbc& iim lvmm, locayle Howardand Unda M6on h€ld . heerirs lo Eo overlne Mat6 PIan with rhe vete;a;N baBqd their qu6tiore on how rhe t$iihr,UoMl yeterinarim w@ld be atstine theprc]nnilDry tearn pDio<ota ThrsmethBprcvEd to b€ quite boedcial 4 lr aswer€dn$ercB qu6dos ard oP.ned rP dli<tlins of comunietior betwed rhe veten-MriaB and the R*aEn Coun il,

Fddin8 re a @jor con@h to nEdtureau of th6e prot(ol{ A lefler was sent to aupdticipatinE ictitutioE 6kiry for a volq-tary ontribution of 51,000 a year ror t]!€eyead to h€lp tund tnis rgdrch on cheerahs.Sden institurioB r6pond€d wirh conrriltu-iiotu of $8,000, whch help.d gel rhe prcjst

R.producdr. PhylioloAyBelwen ]aNary and nid-Iune, 1990 the

Rep.odu.tire Teah oI DEvid Wil.tt, Mit nB6h,locatle Howard, S.ndy Hurlbutr odMark Barcle visited €iShrhsaihriiotu, WhiteOak PLnradd, Fcil Rrh Witdtite Crnter,Caldreu zoo, O*lahoe City Zoo, Sr. tauisZoo, Cleverand MeEoFrl(5 Zoo, Fon wavreChildrs's zoo and Toledo Zoo, and b.?dthelt 'niti,r evaluti@. Iley ehina atotalof 63.r nu&,29md6ard35fenEt6.anginA ln ag€ rron one y@ ni.€ honth! rofifieen /as two nonths of aSe An einalsweE Lnhobiliz€d wirh Telazor, weighed,hedued. and s.rial blood shpl6 @U{ted60! the analysis ol v5rlo6 homon6. Abodand tlssuew6 aleo tak6 forco@t stud-ta by othd SSP advisos @@heal withg@ti6, mr{don and 'nfe.d@ di*a6,

E3.h lemare wG laparc*oDed and rne repoducttve tracr ws *mtied and videotap.d. vaginal culhrE and mmE w{eabo lalm for evalMtion. Th€ mls wepelft hoeFolated.ndtheshen$hEl6were$bjftt to nlnercs LboBrory pr;.edLG,ln additjon to@ltulatins the ldral nmbarorsPem prodnced, delailed asmenrs alewer€ hade ot the rumber of srruduratlyabnomal sFm proded by 6ch mle. Thetuls tera were PalPated tu<l mesured,an.l rhe peni5 w* €:aminad tor any alnor-

David Wndt dld mke two gaedl obser-valions: Ore, eFculata enrajning norite

SSPF.epon @ntinted lron pasel

spem w€e obtaind ftoh 27 ot lie 23 mateswnjch b €rcoeging, S{ond, there ws anerlroelyhighitridmeof parcvdidctstttD the fenal6. Th6e de flli<l 6lled sG noldlr<dy on the ovary but attacled to the adF-st regoductive tissu6, Th€ @uss or sig-nf@nce ot tb6e are rot tnoM '€t,

Only tdr i$rihrdos $bn ied loodspl6 to Ellh Diemlleld ior analysis theA6t yei A! Iour are leedins rne sarecoMedaly prepaEd diet. Dets were.nal)zed for noistE, protein, fat 6l! min,eFl dd Vitamis E dd A Vitamin A waone nutri€rt dEt w l@red at .lue ro p4rr€gEh snowing a Vllrmin A to\icity In anubs of cn€.hri!. PI6tu @ abo Fceiv€d frcm 35 indlvid@l!. AU iEr utto6hare ben dcouag€d to serd tneir loo<thpl6 d.l pl6@ @pl6 in for .naly5js.

Tise GIdn) sdpl6 and blood smpl6wqe taken opportuni$tcallJ, by the Re!rc-ductive Teda tney obplered rh€ir workar

Tin C.rc visite<l tI@ lstitutios, Fo$[Rlh Wildlile C6ter, Colubs Z@ rnd SanDtego o,4pbnngthepo$ibllltyof init'at-,ng hls BearcI prottroL l*of thequ*do@i6 .dminA b€h.vlor seen ir zoosandSodlinf olfrtiononrepnducrionw@etuhed. Ihe fo@ w€re lncluded in the

Nmpsy ldts w€re <tlihibltd to all iBtl-rutiols by Lind. MllMn. These kits con,taind atl the EquiEd.ontain€rs an<t istructioE lor mlls requesr€d in tne n<rcpsyprot@l Sev@l lcts haye been u&d andlEve been v6/ benei.ial to the instihrtionstnat have ced thed. She also reports rKeiv-in8 rhe rpodu.tlve t acts fiom lehalestlEtdled thataho iad para ovarian<ysts. AIiEtitutsore were encouEged to u€ tl€seHt5for cheerahs only and !o! to Ee then foi

other.SsPs rho nav€ sihil,r r€qxets for

Don Wictel's worl< d @naral hortalt-U6 d€ived v€ry few retlc of qlasdon-naiA The qu6ttonMir6 w€re in luded lnther6mrch Mnul. We haye sirc€ s.i dt asond RIu6t rnat .ll t$titutiore thar hrveinfant honality to .omplete th* qu6rion-

JinEvffi conbnu6 to E€iv.FmDlesat his lab iiom th. lrmG rEnicipation ;stLiudo6. It wa Rnphobad that lher€ actwo corona virss tn 6t5 and ufortrrMt.lylhe sfu ters that are <ton€ do rot disrin-gulsh beiwm tne two. So ist leue th4ede Posirive redre it <lom't nan the@ isIIPin theI". jty. He is wortins or a sp(tictst ror ilP corom d@. Caution n; bds88st€d lor rrose who do mt se w4hi!ston State L.b, a r<ommded by rhe SSElhat coffieidal lab s t6ts vary gratly an<ltuy ir tum glv. a false hiSn dter In nconthuing hjs worL on $e developnenr of avaeine Lr FIP whr.rr will be sk<6stu1 ln

Cuffidy plr6 de udelRy lof theReprodu.tiveTom to visir evd irctitutlore.nd @ndu.t wort on o .ddltioMl 42 a ,mle tn the popularion lhre rprlng. tlle ReProductiye Teh als has begun &me a<tdi-lionalworkor lhe po$ibility ofinvifro lenilfadon in cheeFtu at rwo tacilftis. The maioilimittng 6ctor in the 6tire pus id banthe lack of turding. lite a! SSPS we aEl@king torsollc loradditioMl fr:nding torou Prcj{r! in the oning y€al we naveagain senr our lett€E rq!6ting ns{hrtjonal$ppon. DuinS the last clendar y6 whenwe initiated our ploghn we not only received sm€ finan.ial $pport laom instiru-tjos, but the instihrtions that we vGited hadenmeroE in-kind dotutions. The NationalZoo Reploductive Tean doml€d tunerousho$ of th€ir time to $G endearor, Anesti@ted 3{0 houB of dme was donated by

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Cheetaft FPE

l@l palatine ercslon (FPE) ie a seno6h€ilrn problen whi.h hE bem fourd in*v@l @ptive chetall populat'os, ThisdGorder is @us€d by mal@lud€d de.titionwhbn rdlts in the teth dirdtly .onra.tlngrhe palat€ 5nd beonliga soure oI iritationduringchewlng- Intuion can develop wn€nd@ylng food and gtus particles baomelodged ln the !6dung defe.r, l1le di5@een prcgrs lo.ohplet. paradne perlorationdt€n ting into the nael pagg6 an l ulti,Mtely ld.l ro systhic dlerdeE.

FPE ws ftst identif.d at ihe San DegoWild AnlMl Pdkand hasuh6€quentlyleenfound in s4l other lacild6. Rgults oIlntdal e€rch to detemine the €@ of thehaloccluded dentttlon indicated th.t theprcblem app€B to be r€lated to distary tac-toB, hith Senetlobeing a posible addiuo@lfactor (Fitch and FaBa, 1932)..

Ovd fi€ last Iew yea6 we have !€d lool-ing at diffdent populatlos ofcheerahe at theWild Anirul Ptlk onprlsld ofnew chetang€n4atios bom at the fa.ixty and anirElsacqulied irom othd zoos. We nav€ bedattemPdng to orelale developh€ntal age tocnronologiol age of captire spcimere !ytaldng ddtar @ts, Fdiograptls, ald photo-

graphs to [email protected] th€ dentition and Fwgrcwth in dbs, We havealso b€4.on<ting<lata on adult animab .n.t mlls€m slul56om both wild and Gptive populatloE inoftts to .oftlat€ the raulb with R?6 ot

FPE ffi in ob6 a youg 6 8 honths ofage with tne tust €viddce of prcbleN appamt at four montb, Th* data $gg6ttnat it @y be posible to pc.tict the (e.-Ene of this dL,4€ at an @rry age by aMly-515 ot dental radiogdpn! of dbs,

We are now trying to fo@lize a sta.-dadized poto<ol in order to hake the datamor.bedingtuldd.ompeheNible TheEts 8ti[ . ned tor tub data for the pedod beiw*r 4 to 8 4o.ths anal dy infomtionftoh otha facnH6 wod<l be grdtly appreciat€d. Mod€Le ol d6dtto4 ddtal :-dys,latml ad doGal/ventral skuU filEv and x-n'5 of the Ieft foot are .! valulle to oushr<ly, P|ee cn<t lor thi! disee in youchetahe whenerei ttu hay€ you anihals*<tateal anrl thd€ b an oppo.tuntt to eEh-tne their palate and d6tidon. Iel ire toontact ne r you would lit dy fuftnerlrlohalion on tiis dise&,

Z@l%l.d Socl.ry orS{ Di.go

Fool palatinesDion Guls in the palae nd to $e upp€r ru16. Chetahenonrdlylu* slight indo-tarioro in dft palareae vheE lh€ dsp iiFof lne lowrnolaE apprcad rhe slin of rhe palare. Indi*.*danimls,rhearaaolnrtrheindoratio.app€alsFit.ndln anEd.nd 6 inkion deretops, bt@d and apussy dis.hdAe nyb.prem( tn this @ndition, roo.t paniclFor olher ellerh.y oueia.d deGy in rhe.3viti* In .dvanGi ds, lhere is an ..tu.I hole ih6u8h the srjn @vsing lne palaF tnat dn exrend.onpletely thbugh ilre paladne bone. Sonetin6 in evere os of mlRlusion, ll€re aE sndary si6or inrerion in apas archd the $tt ii$ue $6oun.ting 6e olher tul@ludd k$,

F?E ruy nor beobviou. unles you : rc r(h tly loolirE lor r! ebe s p in.Fl clo*ly. I qould,pp-s: reintomrrion rrm other iNrlturions who h,ve rourd rh,eprcblmin l}eirolldon

zo Biol%y u99310, 1931

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^' '*i""-i 'H.'*sdrdisch'!seinta - lh_the nomiig of 3 Novdbei two Nbsw.r. iound ln rle obbtng den: one,a maiew6.xvesd had beenclean d by lhe borher,

JacKaon zoo Announces lrtst rh.oLhrr,a re@le wNdead;d or ypaFCheetah Births tiallyclded. NsoFy r6ulB snoRi ilat

the d6d @b had b€en lom ariveOn 8 Novobd 1990, alr4 t6 v6E of Followi rg pdrtundorl lhba tRde very

bE€dlnc eftorr rhe I.cL$ Zoo Ro;€d iL! 6rl6s in her indoor quaneF and wold6,$ch;t nbHhrThe2l/2v@ldhorhs. or y redoExy enrs ihe dbbtng do. BtJimb&dived.tJscbn ln iupct 1989 from .atlv .nmon oh the day of rhP btrht LheW@dwildlif€ Br.€dinp a6tle ir Hol- dr8l€dbG rdndoulside therubblng botLnd !nd, dordnq ro Sridbook K.pDer wirh limba P,clng nearby At thjr PolnL Lheburte Md<.FKEG, b ll1e 6d WNa;ar dtrtion wd md. lo putt the ob tor hnnd-uirEl ro,!.due ob5 'r theu.g Tne3 vmr_ rearirg, orr 9 Novenbg isr hetor€ mon,old eiE tiw6do, .rrrved hse on toan irch Jimba pas€d a thlrd ftb, this ore stilboh.Crnci@lt zoo rn No@ber, ra89, Tne surtlvlng ob E Em.d 'Ty," ln

BE€dh; ws obrded on 3 and 4 Aurur rereBce ro ou lenl edr efiorl lo breed .h'eIonow€d b-v a 96ndv a6ra!'on D.riod. dn 5 uhs. Tle hand{etuing pro'nol fouows rh,lNovenbs;thre d;i D,io, !; Dart"r ion, of rhe cheeran ssP Hubandry Manuat atimbd beme veP ;ti6s and n6 oG n well a rrequenr oEuhalion wilh inlant ...ethe outsd€ houi;s Fd in whi.h she hld per$nneldtcolmbuzoo. rr*enlly.tundsh.€n i,olared. Sh; jud had acs ro rhe ale beinS 5m!ed to pucha<. edeo sq erl-jndoorobbin!.Fa and on lh. to oM 's ddv lanle equtpmmt to instrll in rh' tubb'ng denshe !.tu!.d h; momh, di€L and ra;.;- in driciParion o{ tuhre bil1h,.6nd to three a<tjoining rcoN, ore of which.ontainedtleeibingbox. SheMsoberyed Richdd G Rlmmelddnking water trequdtlt and Eoing in and Ja.kson ZooloSical ldk

Cheetah RepmdLrctionat Lincoln Pdk Zoo

A ntsroric fiEt took placeat lilcoln ?arl Zoologi.alGardeE in Chiogo, llinois,o.Auglsrrt1990/ when3.rch.etah cbs vrre lrom. Abnef hjstory sffiounding this

Or \ray 9, 1990, Pabpd, afou. year old nuUiparousfemale (obtahed noh Yure,Whiteoa](sPlint tioninFlor-ida, Ap!n, 1990), wa intieduc€d toa71l2yeroldnale/Chartan, a prov€n lr€erte.(obtained t.oh San Di.goWild Animal Park, May,1990). Breeding too! pbce onMay r7 dd r8, 1990, tn ourapp.orimtely2,omsq ft .di-sld outside display cge.The public @ view $e cheetans at a distance ot8 t /2 feet&on tle cage wira Wi6iron. day aJter breedin& rhedam beane i6s aggiessivetowalds hunatu. he nalen2s*Par"tedbo|npnysj.all/and visualy lrom the te@leon Aug6t 1. Behavior priorto seParabon ws very Peacetul b€lwen the anitulg

By tne FlaEtion date(approrLnately 76 days tntoher pre8nancy) visal contu-nation of her pre8ftncy wdappareht !y side s\rellingsanbd her uppor, laleral aFdonidlregion. Thedancon-linued to haveueoltheoul-sideyaldand3adjacenidore,with a whelping b.x .ontain-in8 stlah placed in one of th€deN. A televbion cam.raanda 1s0 $att red 1i8tt was in-stalled to ftoniror her niSht

time actiyiiies. Ore we€kpno.rotnebiJth,tnedan]6lelrd in for the evening withaccs lo lne 3 ds. rourdays beroie the 6bs werebom, an inc.e€ in tood coF

?ampas succe$ruxy gavebirth in the whelping bor (34x 33 ) betg een I240 and 214a.m All rhe dbs were ns-ing by 330 a.n. Th. dam ws€xtsenelyattentivetoherdb3and caln dith atterding zoopersonnel. To enable zoope6om.l to ek.nhe theobs,the dan was locled in anadjdtntng d.n rwice a daydu'jng feeding. Two datsaltd lhe bi*l! the slraw w*removed from tne wn+ingbot to prelenr posibre .yainf{tioB At tnis tim., tieolts were *hibiting ihe hlieing, $!eatenin8 behariof.haEctensuc ol the cneeb]!

Nebrdlaa bE.d fetine dielftithhe!. Fourda)E bte. (day50) one oI the mle dbs developed.onjun.tiritis, al-&ough his appetite ws stlnomal. The next day hj5condition wo66ed and theveteri.arians piesc.ibed adiffe.ent metll@lon. At udspoint na appehre ddeaed,allhough hand feeding wd

By day 5t aI of lhe obsb?d dereloped the ene eteproblelr wlnch seened to beimpactlng on lhet sese of ...neU and cosequent los nf . .laplelu. At day 55 t6t re '

sdls fron €re olturs canebact indtdting a nerp6 vituin 6. ey* the next dat rneremle d! Ms fo6d [sd*and M lercved to the ZooAnimal Hoslir{ sne diedrhelollowing d?y olbron.nblpneumoni!. A! tle r€Mir-tng3 obs h@lth deteriohtedit bffe !<sry to inlerrere and bove dlem to thsZoo Nursert where moreinteroive "Fund-th<lek"

The tnrd male tub3 haveimpiored .oNiderably andwju be shipped out per 55?recobmendations when

We plar to reinFodrce?amps and Chartah in IeFruary and feel tnat, thloughour awarens ot tne nerpesproblen with this liltet wewill b€ bener prcpared to copewith any health problems in

At 6 days, lhe dbs eI6started to open Aton.w*loI age, the cbs were €Xffiin€d and wei8ned by ou vei'erinarians It was ddded row.i8rl th€ dbs on a w€€klybsis. At l5 days we nodcedore of the cubs djsplayedsome eye probleN (swe!in&tearing and/or discharge),however, the dbs appertteand lenayio! were stiu norhal Alter thb inilial obserYalion, any one of the dbswolld occasiomlly developone oi the aboYe eye problems. lne obs ey6 werecleaned and treared wi th Ter

At day,t5, aU the obs begdIollosing the female inlo the

llrn Tupa, Bonnie Ja.obs,Fuenles, & Mel nosenthal

Lin.olnldk Zoo

Field Resear.h in KrugerNational P k

Dl. A.E. Bowlrnd (Tonyr is o 'mlty .onductinsRarch on ch*bl1 ddoeohssftiil oF,n;adon dd dier'ibxrion inier;fii" to *or,iil."rchaE.teriltie oI h,bitat rrTs jn the K;serNalional P&!.

A primry objertive of tne prci{t is to obrah aphotogEphic Roftt of @ch individual in thecnelah populndd of rhe &ug€r Nadonat ?artc

V.!,il:T lo the Pdk *e mmuaged ro flbnit photog,apE, std6 or videos ctedry ehowinS rheo@n spot p.nerc rhal @ ujqu. ro sLh indtvidul. Frcm r6.ghrrs inlomairon aen.;redDy ue pnobgEph4 rcmp.llhon, it v.,lu not onty be posible lo mp $he Ense, and tinir ori6,but s{l a&o pblide intomdon con.d rg dehog€phic pa .6ad siai o€aniarion.

Thls study wil M util Dftehber lge I ed pria 4 behg onpred lo those peEoB provid tnqoe mo* rdubre Gislatre lo the proi<l Dr Bowtan<t wil b" h@hin8 upd.t6 6 Ch."tzirlesdNE@rhproar€g,

Che.hh SSP Repon .drruurt y'rr pagr 2

all thit wde lnvolved jn this adivity, whichrcughly equr6 ro $21,000 woith oI jiee tabo.Another 6timted 91,400 worlh oI donared @-teri.b cb dd tr0,000 wotrh of donated equiFhmrmdethbprcgFmar@lity, Aseard;l;fthnnk n€€d! to 8o @t lo all rhar mde rhis pro-grs wrL 6p.ditly Laurie llarkaKas andthe Fopl€ at N.O.A.H.S. The tupBation ot .[tn€ @r UEt were Involved in rhe prcsEm,oler ng their do6 to work on rheiianiruk,Eke Ge of th€n stafis @d€ rhjs a very rewald,hg yed.

A 8mt den of work stil needs to be .ccon-plished bttne Cheetah SS? to overome osPoblec with the @ptive propagation oI tlGspffia. In tle lat y€d n6qoE iNoad5 haveb6 mde lnto ine problerB of @prive mEgemenl and th€ gath€nnE of ba*lne data on rhi5sPai6 But, with lnededi.ation ofrhenumelosiNtitutioN and individule !orrdg rogerhe! totulre thir a su(6stu1 prcerah, we . e one sr€!doser to maring this !rc96n a realty.

Ja.k crishqOklaloba Ciry Zoo

Moratorium on FurtherCheetah Breeding

Due lo Eent s(esg In it5 heedingPrcgla(ag.,3litte6,12fl rvivirsdbs,ira 't@t 4 month D€rlod) tne san DleEoWild Animl Flrt hcilfty is sholt of spa;e,and h6 tedpo.anly sGpaded tuftherbreedinB of ih. spri6, Th€ etisting popu-iation of 37 Le conposed of 20 adutls (h-.I!.ti.g 5.5 provd ble€deE) an<l t7 indj-vidral5 mder 2 yeaE ot age, A tujor eforrin r€ducbg |he colony is urder wat. !ar-ri.s infe.dted in a.qliiua ch€etahs shouldconract brry Kilmar, Ceneral Cuator ar(619) 738-5056.

susdMildrtSd Diego Wild AniEal ?dk

Worldwide Surv€y of the Statusof Cheetahs Living in the WiId

D6pite the r.c| lnat host spealists agRrhar rhe cr\*iahs ac highly endanSe.ed overmosi of delt En8€, fe laow very uldeaboutthei! p!at*distribution ed the l@l thleaLsr. rh;ir suryival. ln coUabodtion with DrTih Carc, t.m lddln8 5 Projecl tlEr is ass€*ilq th€ t',ti:l dismbution ot chet ls overd; Alrian continent ard the $rdva1 Prcb-ls they 'ae in order to devi* a Pld 60.e{6dve coM.tion in th.6eld, A.ou!Ey-by<ountry aPPech B b€1n8 used and lnesuruey is bas€d on qu6uonnaiE and ht.r_

The 6Fr Dhe oIlhe Dojer loot place ber*en Junei939 and M;di 1990. Iwe cou_tdswereffi eyed: Malakla.E@M/SouhAkica,Namibiaandzmbslwe Kst..ndUEanila wde 9wqed nom MaY to s€Prer

Habiiat dstruction ts ?€rhaPs the mostlnportanl thEal lo IrelivingchRtahs Nev'erl_hels, tderal other hcroE srand out4 aJ_re.ting chetah's pr6ence dd deNtty, butrhe r.lnlive tdponarc of rh* factoF varlsFeatly in ditier€nt psrts oI it5 EnE€ lniirmibia, z'hb.bw dd south Atdca, cneetah3 are belnE bl€d tn rsPotue to lvestMk

Linnted &iiabte habitat h4 nedly eradi-ered .hedane froh sml, niShly PoPuratedcostdes lil<eMalawi. More suPlisingr/, tnedplosion of hlIld PoPulatloG and seden_rariztion oI pevtosly ro@dic PeoPle inrenote dry ars, like Nonhem Kenya orU8an.lan x,EmoF potln@ is now lfrPa.t_m* .heebh loPulauone th.t ar€ gd{au/(oiE dered s "telabvely udistubed " TheGusar lacroF de disaPPeFrce ol Pley int*poE ro incr6inS l@l hutina PrFsure 6 w€ll4 dird kming 6 a Bult ol skintnd€, !4a6e ot nvsto<l dePredatiorl ad

My field work hE di*overed that ru ny 'eminlnq c!*tah eopd.tioE ar€ fou nd in tenok a;*, very arrin along and .ctw inkFDrional bounddiB, tll.elorsint€matioEla*esent fin be 6*!tial for tne sucs ofa;y ollsdation sFategy lot cheetars

At th€ tihe of dll5 wnting detailed dGtrt-buhon mDs de not Yet avanabh kawcdrl€ted_qu6doMira are sdl @tdn8 inro ldar bodi6 cooFEting with $. sBeY,such & the Kenya Wildlil€ 5enic6, theTatuval ProyiiCDl AdhinistraBon, andCaee ?rcttn tal Adntni5tEiion in $uthAl'ica The n€\t Dhe of the Drcid wiud€lwith rhe lo.lniis counbr; oi lhe chetthEns€ ir &!to ei Solth@ Afri6: TaM-nia, Zanbta dd Soutns zaire Sotu orrrle d6 wiltle.ovsed in the sljlMe. oi1991.

Airer ihat, a deEiled bloloed @rvslswil be roale of the Sodhem dd l4toregiotu when .ll data hav€ !€en @Ieded

The Drci*t is hced .! the D€P.Jthot orw dule.;d Fished6 Biolosy al Unive6ltyoI Callon a-Davis, whd€ rh€ dalaba* hab€€r st uD od wn€Ea c@wationPlan torcneiahe fi AIri@ rllr be d6isned, $ lan of

In the long ted, PLtr are to covs the6lire AhtGn ontirent lnd the few resioNin asia rhat rleht sliu hold ch€etal poptla_tioc. M.nv or;ad4tioN hav€ helped withtundin! tfs p;oi{t ths hr, ircluding cel!mb; zoo ;nd th€ sa Dieso zoologidlSooely, Howet.r, weatesdlactivelys.tll'ing for tund5 to carry out the next two PB6

P.ul GbsD.pdid.nl ol wildlif€ dd risherl.s

wildliJe SaIari Updite

Thi.gs .re going weU lor tne ch*tah grcup.t wildlile Sa tari. w. d nehtly tue ruinralninga populrtion of 3.3 .hetah and e\?ftr dE ri-val of at l@t 1.2 new animLe, W. nad 2.1 obsbom to "RlaE" of New Mdi.o and the MIe'Oum" Iaod Iackson Zoo. Th€ db are doinswe aa w be tattooed in two w€el<r wh ;RivinS tieir s*ond vaccietion,

'Ihe '@ animals w€ are r{eir'ing are a pairof hand-FGed @ts froh Mdine world/AfrimUSA via S.n Diego and aleo a f.Mle who wassir€il by our n le'Miani" ar tne Sr tnlis Zoo,W€ are5Biou to get deryon€ rhrugh qlaEn-lin€ so d to condnue with the hand.ol{tlon ol*nen from the Marhe world nare and thevatlnal cttology shrdy of the fe@le, We area<lding $e new ferub non St. Louis and at@le we i6l r*eived froh CattweU otoabahat'iora.l shldy b€ing conduted by rwo be

havionl researcneb fron Den@rk, ClausDamgaar<l Sore$on dd Camilra Norgar.l(Masiels ondid.t6 non the U versity ofCop6]1agen). ft eydetrr,lngtocodud enoushobseftations to pi& up $ne of the nore subdesiSG of 6hE ard poselble indi@rios ol erlysi8tu or pregnecy, .tc. we win be condutinsserum homnal arEr),sG bo h€lp substantjatatheL findings, W€ hofE to expand ou oEentnon.6erch witn bp.rcsopic a'rificial irni-nadon of the cnftbh one re can i$late time of

Michael Eriggs, DVMwildlit salarl

.riror'r ror. Dr'. BrigAs has r*nrly brNfqed !orhe chlGgo Breklield za.

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