In this episode I share my conversation with Dr. Laurie Marker, founder and Executive Director of Cheetah Conservation Fund. Dr. Marker talks about how her organization employs dogs in Africa and around the world to help preserve the dwindling population of wild cheetahs. They use Anatolian shepherds and Kangal dogs to protect livestock from cheetahs, eliminating the need for farmers to have to kill cheetahs to protect their animals. They use Belgian Malinois and other breeds as detection dogs, to detect the scent of cheetah scat so that researchers can monitor the activities and eating habits of cheetahs. Dr. Marker also pioneered the use of dogs as companions for orphaned cheetahs in captivity, which you can see demonstrated at several zoos in the United States. As always, dogs are helping humans in a myriad of ways to accomplish a worthy goal, and Dr. Marker gives us a lot of fascinating insight that you won't want to miss out on!

For more information on what Cheetah Conservation Fund is doing and how you can get involved, visit www.cheetah.org. 

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