Projects to Support

Cheetah Conservation & Population Monitoring

Namibia

Science-driven conservation for the world's fastest land mammal.

location:
Namibia

Endangered species:
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)

2026 Goal: 50.000$0%0%

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Projects to Support

Cheetah Conservation & Population Monitoring

Namibia

Science-driven conservation for the world's fastest land mammal.

location:
NAMIBIA

Endangered species:
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)

Donate to Cheetah conservation

The cheetah has disappeared from much of its historic range. Over the last century, global populations have declined by more than 90%, and today fewer than 7,000 mature cheetahs remain in the wild.
Namibia is the world's most important stronghold for free-ranging cheetahs. The first nationwide scientific survey, completed in 2026, estimated a population of 1,226 individuals, providing the country's first robust national baseline for long-term conservation.

Cheetahs face growing threats, including habitat fragmentation, human–wildlife conflict, infectious diseases, and illegal persecution.

Protecting the species requires more than emergency interventions; it depends on long-term monitoring, advanced wildlife veterinary medicine, scientific research, along with rescue and rehabilitation of those in need.

The challenge: Securing a future for Namibia's cheetahs through science, conservation, and veterinary care.

What We Do

Protecting cheetahs means protecting everything Wild Spirit stands for.
Protecting cheetahs begins with understanding them.

Population Monitoring

Supporting long-term camera-trap surveys and scientific monitoring to understand cheetah distribution, density, survival, and population trends.

GPS Telemetry

Using satellite GPS collars to monitor cheetah movements, habitat use, survival, and connectivity, generating the data needed to guide science-based conservation.

Conservation Genetics

Supporting genetic sampling and population studies to understand genetic diversity, population connectivity, and the long-term viability of Namibia's free-ranging cheetahs.

Wildlife Veterinary Medicine

Providing veterinary expertise during captures, health assessments, sample collection, disease surveillance, collaring procedures, and clinical interventions.

Orphaned Cheetah Rescue

Supporting the rescue, veterinary care, rehabilitation, and long-term management of orphaned cheetahs, giving young animals the opportunity to return to the wild whenever possible.

What You Can Do

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Donations Open

2026 Goal: 50.000$0%0%

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There are many ways to protect the future of cheetahs. Every one of them begins with a decision.
Choose how you would like to create lasting impact:

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Donate — Your contribution supports wildlife veterinary medicine, GPS telemetry, scientific research, orphan rehabilitation, and long-term conservation.
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Join Us in the Field — Experience cheetah conservation alongside wildlife veterinarians and conservationists through a Wild Spirit® expedition.

Where We Work

The cheetah is more than the symbol of Wild Spirit®; it represents everything we believe in: science, freedom, resilience, and the urgent need to protect Africa's wildlife.

Namibia is the world's most important refuge for free-ranging cheetahs. Wild Spirit® join and supports the outstanding ongoing work led by Namibian conservation authorities and specialist organisations. Our role is to contribute under the guidance and scientific framework of leading partners, including the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW Berlin), and the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF). Together, we support long-term population monitoring, GPS telemetry, conservation genetics, wildlife veterinary medicine, and the rescue and rehabilitation of orphaned cheetahs.

Together, these actions are transforming elephant conservation from reaction to prevention

Achievements and Way Forward

What we have achieved so far

Wild Spirit® has supported cheetah conservation and wildlife veterinary medicine across southern Africa for more than a decade through field programmes, veterinary training, and scientific collaborations.
Building on this experience, the Foundation is now expanding its work in Namibia, contributing to the conservation of the world's most important free-ranging cheetah population through wildlife veterinary medicine, GPS telemetry, conservation genetics, and support for orphaned cheetahs.

Way Forward

In 2026 and 2027, Wild Spirit® will continue expanding GPS telemetry, veterinary health assessments, genetic monitoring, and orphan rehabilitation while strengthening collaborations with Namibia's leading conservation institutions.
By combining science, technology, and wildlife veterinary medicine, we aim to secure the future of one of Africa's most iconic predators and preserve the world's most important free-ranging cheetah population.
Not all of us can track cheetahs across the African wilderness. But all of us can help protect their future.