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Rehabilitating and releasing cheetahs 497


TABLE 1 Summary information for the three sites in Namibia were cheetahs Acinonyx jubatus were released (Fig. 1). Site name


Area (km2) Game fence Land use


Mean annual rainfall (mm) Annual temperature range (°C) Topography


Vegetation type Water


No


Farmland, reserve 400–500 0–43


Flat, with plateau


Wooded, patches of open savannah


Artificial waterholes, dry rivers


Mean prey density ± SE (per 1,000 ha) 320.8 ± 53.6


790 Yes


1,723 No


Reserve 300–350 3–43


Flat to mountainous


Natural & artificial waterholes, dry rivers 191.3 ± 3.4


Reserve 70


−4–43 Rocky hillsides, sandy plains


Wooded plains, open savannah Open savannah, desert with vegetated dunes


Artificial waterholes 123.4 ± 133.6


GreaterWaterbergLandscape Erindi Private Game Reserve NamibRand Nature Reserve 2,740


FIG. 1 Locations of the three sites where cheetahs Acinonyx jubatus were released: (a) Greater Waterberg Landscape in north-central Namibia, including the Bellebenno release training camp; (b) Erindi Private Game Reserve in north-central Namibia; and (c) NamibRand Nature Reserve in south-central Namibia.


early age, both male and female cheetah cubs can form coalitions with unrelated individuals in captivity. When possible, we bonded release candidates to form artificial coa- litions, with the goal of improving each member’s survival probability (Hunter, 1998; Gusset et al., 2008; Boast et al., 2018; Marneweck et al., 2019).


Age at release To increase their ability to integrate into their new environment, we only released fully-grown can- didates that were at least 2.5 years old.


Pre-release protocol


Husbandry Release candidates were housed in large off- exhibit enclosures and were kept in good physical and mental condition through daily exercise by allowing them to chase the feeding vehicle (see Supplementary Material 1 for additional information).


Release candidate preparation One month prior to a planned release, feeding was changed to a diet consisting


Oryx, 2022, 56(4), 495–504 © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Fauna & Flora International doi:10.1017/S0030605321000235


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