Livestock Guarding Dog Project

The goal of the project is to mitigate human-wildlife conflict on livestock farms within the current cheetah distribution range. This is accomplished by placing Anatolian livestock guardian dogs on farms to assist farmers in protecting livestock from predators. Such placements are clustered, which accomplishes two goals. First, it creates viable habitat corridors with an increased connection to safe habitats. It also facilitates cross-border migration and safe movement corridors between conservation areas and protected areas. To date, Cheetah Outreach Trust South Africa has facilitated an area of 2,220 square miles that is now considered cheetah and predator-tolerant. The Anatolian livestock guardian puppies that are placed are bred at the Irwin’s Guardian Stud.