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ubatus j x y cinon A PHVA De Beers Venetia Limpopo Nature Reserve 17 – 21 April 2009 South Africa CHEETAH POPULATION AND HABITAT VIABILITY ASSESSMENT 17 - 21 April 2009 De Beers Venetia Limpopo Nature Reserve, South Africa WORKSHOP REPORT Convened by: ENDANGERED WILDLIFE TRUST CONSERVATION BREEDING SPECIALIST GROUP SOUTHERN AFRICA Sponsored by: HOWARD G. BUFFETT FOUNDATION DE BEERS CONSOLIDATED MINES In collaboration with THE CONSERVATION BREEDING SPECIALIST GROUP (CBSG) of the IUCN Species Survival Commission 1 © Conservation Breeding Specialist Group (CBSG IUCN / SSC) and the Endangered Wildlife Trust. The copyright of the report serves to protect the Conservation Breeding Specialist Group workshop process from any unauthorised use. Lindsey, P., Marnewick, K., Davies-Mostert, H., Rehse, T., Mills, M.G.L., Brummer, R., Buk, K., Traylor-Holzer, K., Morrison, K., Mentzel, C. and Daly, B. (editors). 2009. Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) Population Habitat Viability Assessment Workshop Report. Conservation Breeding Specialist Group (SSC / IUCN) / CBSG Southern Africa. Endangered Wildlife Trust. The CBSG, SSC and IUCN encourage workshops and other fora for the consideration and analysis of issues related to conservation, and believe that reports of these meetings are most useful when broadly disseminated. The opinions and recommendations expressed in this report reflect the issues discussed and ideas expressed by the participants in the Cheetah Population Habitat Viability Assessment Workshop and do not necessarily reflect the opinion or position of the CBSG, SSC, or IUCN. The photographs on the front cover of this report were supplied by Charl Senekal. 2 The CBSG Conservation Council These generous contributors make the work of CBSG possible $50,000 and above Hong Kong Zoological and Ouwehands Dierenpark Botanical Gardens Riverbanks Zoological Park & Garden Chicago Zoological Society Japanese Association of Zoos & Wellington Zoo -Chairman Sponsor Aquariums (JAZA) Wildlife World Zoo, Inc. Kansas City Zoo Zoo de Granby $20,000 and above Laurie Bingaman Lackey Zoo de la Palmyre Minnesota Zoological Garden Los Angeles Zoo -Office Sponsor Marwell Zoological Park $250 and above Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo Milwaukee County Zoo Alice Springs Desert Park SeaWorld/Busch Gardens North Carolina Zoological Park Apenheul Zoo Toronto Zoo Ocean Park Conservation Foundation Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Zoological Society of London Paignton Zoo Bramble Park Zoo Palm Beach Zoo at Dreher Park Brandywine Zoo $15,000 and above Parco Natura Viva David Traylor Zoo of Emporia Perth Zoo Columbus Zoo & Aquarium - The Ed Asper Philadelphia Zoo WILDS Edward & Marie Plotka Phoenix Zoo Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lee Richardson Zoo Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium Saint Louis Zoo Little Rock Zoo Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium Wildlife Conservation Society Mark Barone Prudence P. Perry World Association of Zoos and Racine Zoological Gardens Ringling Bros., Barnum & Bailey Aquariums (WAZA) Roger Williams Park Zoo Robert Lacy Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure Rotterdam Zoo $10,000 and above Sacramento Zoo Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp Tautphaus Park Zoo Nan Schaffer Royal Zoological Society Scotland – Tokyo Zoological Park Society San Diego Zoo Edinburgh Zoo Topeka Zoological Park White Oak Conservation Center Saitama Children’s Zoo San Antonio Zoo $100 and above $5,000 and above San Francisco Zoo Schönbrunner Tiergarten – Zoo African Safari – France Al Ain Wildlife Park & Resort Vienna Aquarium of the Bay Australasian Regional Association of Sedgwick County Zoo Chahinkapa Zoo Zoological Parks and Aquaria Swedish Association of Zoological International Centre for Birds of Prey (ARAZPA) Parks & Aquaria (SAZA) Lincoln Children’s Zoo Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Taipei Zoo Lion Country Safari, Inc. Evenson Design Group The Living Desert Miami Metrozoo Linda Malek Thrigby Hall Wildlife Gardens Safari de Peaugres – France Toledo Zoo Twycross Zoo Steinhart Aquarium Union of German Zoo Directors (VDZ) Steven J. Olson $1,000 and above Utah’s Hogle Zoo Touroparc – France African Safari Wildlife Park Wassenaar Wildlife Breeding Centre Albuquerque Biological Park Wilhelma Zoo $50 and above Alice D. Andrews Woodland Park Zoo Alameda Park Zoo Allwetterzoo Münster Zoo Frankfurt Darmstadt Zoo Association of Zoos and Aquariums Zoo Madrid – Parques Reunidos Elaine Douglass (AZA) Zoo Zürich Miller Park Zoo Auckland Zoological Park Zoological Society of Wales – Welsh Oglebay's Good Children's Zoo Audubon Zoo Mountain Zoo Stiftung Natur-und Artenschutz in den Bristol Zoo Gardens Zoologischer Garten Köln Tropen British and Irish Association of Zoos Zoologischer Garten Rostock and Aquariums (BIAZA) Zoos South Australia Calgary Zoological Society Central Zoo Authority, India $500 and above Chester Zoo Aalborg Zoo Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden Akron Zoological Park Colchester Zoo Banham Zoo Conservatoire pour la Protection des Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Primates Friends of the Rosamond Gifford Zoo Copenhagen Zoo Givskud Zoo Cotswold Wildlife Park Jacksonville Zoo & Gardens Detroit Zoological Society Katey & Mike Pelican Thank you for your support! Dickerson Park Zoo Kerzner International North Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust America, Inc. 31 August 2009 El Paso Zoo Knuthenborg Park & Safari Everland Zoological Gardens Lincoln Park Zoo Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo Lisbon Zoo Fort Worth Zoo Nordens Ark Fota Wildlife Park Odense Zoo Gladys Porter Zoo Oregon Zoo 3 Table of Contents SECTION 1 .................................................................................................................. 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND CBSG WORKSHOP PROCESS............................... 2 SECTION 2 .................................................................................................................. 8 PRESENTATIONS ...................................................................................................... 8 STATUS, DISTRIBUTION AND THREATS TO CHEETAH AT THE REGIONAL SCALE ..................................9 THE CARNIVORE CONSERVATION GROUP, CONSERVATION PLAN AND POLICIES..............................10 A REVIEW OF THE STATUS OF CHEETAH IN SOUTH AFRICA....................................................................11 A REVIEW OF THE CONSERVATION THREATS FACING CHEETAH IN SOUTH AFRICA ..........................12 THE USE OF THE PHVA PROCESS IN METAPOPULATION PLANNING, USING THE WILD DOG PHVA AS A CASE STUDY .................................................................................................................................13 SECTION 3 ................................................................................................................ 14 WORKING GROUP REPORTS ................................................................................ 14 Managed Reserves Metapopulation Working Group........................................... 15 Free Range Population Working Group ................................................................ 33 Population Modelling and Dynamics Working Group ......................................... 47 Bibliography and References................................................................................. 69 List of Acronyms...................................................................................................... 71 SECTION 4 ................................................................................................................ 72 APPENDICES............................................................................................................ 72 Appendix 1: Operational Framework for a Managed Cheetah Metapopulation in South Africa.............................................................................. 73 1. INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................73 2. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY........................................................................................................................74 3. BACKGROUND INFORMATION ...........................................................................................................77 4. MOTIVATION FOR THE METAPOPULATION MANAGEMENT PLAN................................................81 5. PHVA WORKSHOP AS A BASIS FOR A METAPOPULATION MANAGEMENT PLAN .....................84 6. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MANAGEMENT OF THE METAPOPULATION.....................................84 7. EXPANDING THE METAPOPULATION: FUTURE REINTRODUCTIONS ..........................................91 8. INFORMATION MANAGEMENT ...........................................................................................................93 9. REFERENCES .......................................................................................................................................95 Appendix 2: Cheetah PHVA Workshop Participant List...................................... 97 Appendix 3: Participant Goals and Expectations .............................................. 101 Appendix 4: Workshop Programme .................................................................... 104 Appendix 5: PVA SIMULATION MODELLING ..................................................... 106 Appendix 6: IUCN / SSC Guidelines for Reintroductions.................................. 114 Appendix 7: The Endangered Wildlife Trust and CBSG Southern Africa........ 122 1 CHEETAH POPULATION AND HABITAT VIABILITY ASSESSMENT 17 - 21 April 2009 De Beers Venetia Limpopo Nature Reserve, South Africa WORKSHOP REPORT SECTION