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Adopt a Cheetah
at Mugie Conservancy in Kenya
ADOPT A CHEETAH is organized by Serendipity Wildlife Foundation's Cheetah Project, in partnership with Mugie Conservancy. The conservancy is approximately 46,000 acres or 200 square kilometers, and located in Laikipia County in Northern Kenya. Within this area are five identified cheetahs in our database, and a recently observed female with three sub-adult cubs which are approximately 16 months old. As of May 8th, 2025, Mugie Conservancy has a 22.22 square KM density per cheetah, enabling the cheetahs to spread out and roam in a larger area. Since the Cheetah Project started in Mugie in 2023, field studies have shown that Mugie, and its adjacent conservancies, have some of the best survival rates for baby cheetahs, enabling most cubs to reach adulthood. However, the cheetah population worldwide has kept decreasing rapidly over the last century, and with a population of less than 7000, cheetahs are in the "Vulnerable" category with the danger of extinction.
By adopting a cheetah, you will contribute to Mugie Conservancy and the Cheetah Project collaborating to make Mugie Conservancy a monitored and suitable cheetah habitat, where these fastest animals in the world can exist unhindered, and remain roaming the wild.
FOR A $75 VIRTUAL ADOPTION PER YEAR, YOU WILL RECEIVE THE FOLLOWING:
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An individualized adoption certificate
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A photograph of your adopted cheetah
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If available, we will send you your adopted cheetah's "Standard" - an individualized identification sheet that the Cheetah Project researchers use. We will also send you the cheetah's territory information and behavioral pattern
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If you do visit Mugie Conservancy, every effort will be made to look for your adopted cheetah during a game drive. (Note: There is no guarantee that your adopted cheetah can be observed in the vast wilderness, but with the territory logged into our database, we will certainly try
MM20C is a male cheetah who is in a 2-male coalition. MM20C is one of the most spotted cheetahs in Mugie Conservancy, and definitely the most photographed along with his coalition partner - MM21C. MM20C loves to pose for the camera, and has thrilled visitors by his many tree climbing episodes. We suspect that the two male cheetahs of the coalition are the father to many of the cheetah cubs born in Mugie Conservancy. MM20C was recently collared, and we are able to track him via VHF. Both males have a very large territory that extends from the far Eastern side of Mugie Conservancy to the Western side.
MF20 is a female cheetah that is approximately four years of age. She was first observed in the summer of 2024 by the Cheetah Project team on the East side of Mugie Conservancy where she had made a fresh kill. What was unknow at that time was that she had three newborn cubs, possibly a week or two old, hidden in the brush. A couple of months later she was seen by several guides with three cubs. She now has only one cub that survived.
MM21C is in a 2 male coalition with MM20C. We have never seen him away from MM20C. It is unknown if the two cheetahs are related by blood, or if they are two unrelated males that formed a coalition. MM21C has an injury to one eye, and it is unknown how it was injured, or how much of visibility he has in that eye. However, field observations by the Cheetah Project team have revealed that his eye impairment does not hinder his hunting skills.
MF22 (on the left in the photo) was observed recently with her three sub-adult cubs who are approximately 16 months old. The cubs are as large as her, and they will separate from their mother when they are 18 months to 2 years old.
MF22 or her sub-adult cubs are not yet up for adoption as the Cheetah Project does not have enough data on them. Please watch this space by the summer of 2025 when all four cheetahs will be up for virtual adoption.
QUESTIONS? Contact us at mail@csiwildlife.org
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