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| Regional conservation strategy for the cheetah and African wild dog in Southern Africa | |
| 2007 Full Book | |
The African wild dog (_Lycaon pictus_) and the cheetah (_Acinonyx jubatus_) present major challenges for conservationists in the 21st Century. All large carnivores need large areas to survive; yet wild dogs and cheetah range more widely, and hence need larger areas, than almost any other terrestrial carnivore species anywhere in the world. As human populations encroach on Africa's last wild areas, these two threatened species are often the first to disappear. Southern Africa supports globally important populations of both cheetah and wild dogs. This regional plan is part of a programme to develop action plans for the species' conservation across their geographic range, conducted as a collaboration between national wildlife authorities across southern Africa and the Cat and Canid Specialist Groups of IUCN/SSC. |
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