Emerging Threats to Cheetahs

Guest Speaker: Mary Wykstra, Executive Director, Action for Cheetahs in Kenya
Chase Administration Building, Tennity Boardroom

Join us on Tuesday, October 4th, for a presentation by Mary Wykstra on the emerging threats to cheetahs and the community-based conservation and biological research work that she and her team have been successful with over the last many years in Kenya.

Mary Wykstra is the founder and director of Action for Cheetahs in Kenya (ACK). Mary started the program in 2001 in affiliation with the Cheetah Conservation Fund and the Kenya Wildlife Service. In 2009, she founded Carnivores, Livelihoods and Landscapes, a Kenya-based charity under which ACK and other carnivore projects operate. ACK was the first project and has grown from having only two employees to over 20 in 10 years. Together with a fellow colleague, Cosmas Wambua, they launched research studies on the ecology and status of cheetahs in Kenya. They expanded the study to evaluate the range-wide status of cheetahs, and in 2007, they completed the first National Cheetah Survey. The study involved the mapping of prey, factors that influence cheetah persistence and human impact on cheetah survival. It was also used in setting objectives for the regional and national strategies for cheetahs (and wild dogs).

This event is open to the public at no cost.