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NEWSLETTER
Flying the Fleet
Footed to Safety - Cheetahs on Board (1998-1999)
A Wilderness Conservancy aircraft based in South Africa recently undertook
an interesting exercise involving the relocation of a pair of
troublesome cheetah. The wild roamers had developed a taste for mutton
and had to be airlifted to a place of safety where wild game abounded.
The exercise involved darting the cheetah on the southern edge of the
Kalahari desert and flying them to a safe new home in a game reserve bordering
the north of Kruger National Park.
They were kept tranquilized
during the journey and only woke on short-finals into a bush strip lit
by two jeeps. Once re-sedated they were moved into a safe holding pen
for the rest of the night before release some days later. Thanks to Wilderness
Conservancy, a new cheetah family has been established in a region where
the species had died out long ago. see Relocation
for photos.
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