Purchase this beau­ti­fully writ­ten and illus­trated children’s book for all chee­tah lovers - young and old: Why the Cheetah Hunts at Night.

Find out how the chee­tah got his tear lines in this fictional folk­loric tale that you will be read­ing over and over again.

This book is writ­ten for us by Aunty Kiko and illus­trated with rich, expres­sive water­color paint­ings, by skilled artist, Moses Wanjuki.

http://www.cathaven.com/Catalog.aspx?catid=3

Christmas and 2013 are just around the corner. Celebrate the upcom­ing new year by pur­chas­ing the beau­ti­ful new 2013 chee­tah cal­en­dar, ADAPTATIONS. It will make a perfect gift you, your friends and/or fam­ily to enjoy the entire year. The breath tak­ing pho­tos were taken by Frederico Veronesi (www.federicoveronesi.com) and artist Guy Coombs (the spot­less chee­tah pic­ture).

Proceeds sup­port Action for Cheetahs research, projects and staff

http://www.cathaven.com/Catalog.aspx?catid=3

A genetic mutation changes a spotted cheetah pattern to a striped king cheetah pattern.

By SINDYA N. BHANO

Read the complete article in the New York Times

The gene that produces the striking dark stripes on tabby cats is also responsible for the spots on cheetahs, a new study reports.

While Cosmas and I have been on tour, the research in Kenya continues. We have been on our fund raising trip since mid-August and we will return to Kenya in mid-October.

Today marks the start of our fall fundraising tour! The theme of this year's tour is "Wheels for Cheetah Conservation". Our field vehicle in Kenya has given us over 400,000 kilometers of service to each border. It has served us well, but for the past couple of years the service of the old truck has been giving us too much grief. A pledge through Cheetah Friends Europe has launched the campaign with a grant of 10,000 Euro (USD$12,000). It is our goal to raise a total of $45,000 to purchase, insure and run a new field vehicle for 2013.

Some exciting news from the field today.... our robotic goat had a positive "capture" of two male cheetahs. The location is the same as the live goat positive "capture" two weeks ago. In between the live and robo goat we placed a scent for two weeks. OK at this point the study is preliminary and the statistical analysis still needs to be conducted... but I am so excited that our robo caught cheetah attention.

More poop talk....