FY22 SCCF Cheetah Project Summaries

Since Fiscal Year 2022, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded funding to four projects totaling $3,625,773 to combat poaching and trafficking of cheetah through the Combating Wildlife Trafficking (CWT) Program’s Species Conservation Catalyst Fund. This funding leveraged an additional $545,370 in matching funds to support critical conservation efforts for cheetah. This document provides a summary of each project supported.

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Cheetah cub in desert
Wildlife trafficking – the poaching or taking of protected or managed species and the illegal trade in wildlife and their related parts and products – has escalated into an international crisis. Wildlife trafficking is both a critical conservation concern and a threat to global security with...