Cheetah Birth at Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre Streamed Live Tonight

The Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre (HESC), a leader in private research and breeding facilities for endangered species in South Africa, is working with Africam.com in an effort to broadcast the life of a litter of cheetah cubs from the actual birth to their introduction into the wild. The birth is expected this evening and can be followed via http://www.africam.com/wildlife/cheetah_cubs_tail

Africam has set up a 24/7 live streamed video camera with sound and infrared night vision in order to follow the  growth and development of the cheetah cubs  and create live stream footage to create and build awareness regarding the dangers that cheetahs face, as extinction is a reality for these wild cats.  The aim is to make the live feed available to the public via the internet to promote conservation efforts.  If successful, Africam hopes to follow the cheetah cubs 24 hours a day. 

The HESC team are very excited about the live channel which will allow them to monitor the interaction and relationship between the mother cheetah and her cubs without being disturbed by humans. 

Comments Managing Director of HESC Adine Roode, “One of our primary goals from this project is to follow and document the behaviour patterns between mother and cubs. We are very excited about this!”

Africam has named their new channel “A Cheetah Cub’s Tail”, which is being broadcast live from the HESC maternity ward as Salome, one of the mother cheetahs, is expected to give birth this evening. 

This press release has been distributed on behalf of our client, the Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre, an affiliation of Camp Jabulani.

www.hesc.co.za 

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