The Tiniest Tiger

International Cheetah Day Big Cat Tote Giveaway

Big Cat Cousins· Giveaways· Joanne's Blog

International Cheetah Day

Help Celebrate International Cheetah Day with Us

Today is International Cheetah Day!  Here are a few things you can do to celebrate the day!

Wish everyone you meet a “Happy International Cheetah Day!”

Download the Conservation Passport.  When you finish the activities print out your own Certificate of Cheetah Achievement

Join the conversation on Twitter by using hashtags #Loud4Cheetahs, #SaveTheCheetah, & #IntlCheetahDay. Use our Tweet Sheet to send tweets simply and easily. Just log in to your Twitter account and then open the Tweet Sheet. Click the TWEET button to instantly post to your Twitter page.

Share a cheetah image on your social media profile for the day, week or month.

International Cheetah Day image

Visit the places where cheetahs live. Visit a zoo on December 4th or make a plan to visit Africa (many conservation organizations gladly accept volunteers and interns). There are conservation organizations working in research facilities, around the world and in the field, to help save the cheetah. They need YOUR help, so please consider making a donation to one of the organizations that is making a difference TODAY!

Thanks to your support of Triple T Studios, The Tiniest Tiger community has renewed our sponsorship of a Guarding Dog to help save the cheetah!

International Cheetah Day History

Dr. Marker and Joanne

Dr. Marker and me chatting about cheetahs.

December 4 is the birthday of Khayam, a cheetah Dr. Laurie Marker founder of the Cheetah Conservation Fund, raised from a cub at  Wildlife Safari in Oregon. Khayam was trained for the first research project in rewilding and the reason for her first trip to Namibia in 1977.

Dr. Marker took Khayam to Africa to see if she  could be taught to hunt in the wild. During her stay in Namibia, Dr. Marker learned about how cheetahs were being exterminated by Namibian farmers who viewed them as vermin and she decided to do something about it.  Dr. Marker became the cheetah’s champion because of Khayam and chose her birthday as a date to promote cheetah conservation in honor of her memory.

 About Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF)

Cheetah in Namibia

Cheetah photographed in Namibia by Joanne McGonagle

Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) is the world’s leading organization dedication to saving the cheetah in the wild. CCF’s conservation programming is based on scientific research. They maintain a research program on the biology, ecology and genetics of cheetahs that publishes papers in peer-reviewed journals annually.  CCF operates the only fully-equipped genetics lab at an in-situ conservation facility in Africa.

With research as the foundation, CCF has a set of integrated programs that address the threats to the cheetah and its entire ecosystem, including human populations.  CCF’s guiding principle is that one must secure the future of the communities that live alongside the cheetah to secure a future for the cheetah.  We must help people help cheetahs.

 The Big Cat Tote -Vanishing Species Series To Giveaway

One member of The Tiniest Tiger community will receive choice of Cheetah, African lion, Tiger or Black Leopard Big Cat Tote from Triple T Studios.

If you can’t wait, you can learn more about Triple T Studios here: Fashion With a Passion®

How to Enter

Enter your information in the contest widget so we know where to ship your prize if you win.

Pounce here: Big Cat Totes

Then let us know in the comment section below: Will you choose the Cheetah, African lion, Tiger or Black Leopard Tote?

This giveaway is open to everyone! Void where prohibited.

Reader Interactions

Comments

  4. Jeanne Owens says

    I love them all, but I would probably choose the black leopard since I love black kitties and it’d remind me of my sweet angel black kitty, Shadow.

  11. Rpeska says

    They’re all gorgeous, but it’s a toss-up between the lion and the cheetah. As a Christian the lion is significant to me besides just the majestic big cat. The cheetah is also a great picture and a powerful yet graceful creature.

  19. Dash Kitten in NZ says

    I have always have the utmost admiration for the black panther. It is rare and a creature of SUCH beauty.

  23. Beth Ackerman says

    I would love to have the Black Leopard tote. Leopards are my favorite big cats (though I love ALL cats) and am particularly partial to black kitties, having several of my own plus 4 fosters.

  26. RobinsCheetah says

    Cheetahs are an iconic flagship species for conservation as a whole, and represent the complicated conflict between humans and the wild. I would chose the Cheetah tote to remind anyone who saw it of the challenges we face in saving endangered species and the essential biodiversity of our connected planet.

  34. Kittie Danger says

    I’d love the cheetah tote! They’re all beautiful & support such wonderful organizations.

  35. Chipmunk says

    I would definitely want the cheetah tote. I had the fortune to visit South Africa and visited the cheetah sanctuary outside Pretoria. We saw the cheetahs run and the staff explained about the needs of cheetahs and their diminishing habitat. At the time, the sanctuary had an “Ambassador Program” where certain (not all) adult (not baby) cheetahs were trained as ambassadors allowing people, under strictly supervised conditions, to pat the cheetah. The cheetahs also visited classrooms as ambassadors for cheetahs and wildlife in general in South Africa, trying to teach South African children the importance of the environment and the amazing wildlife in South Africa. These cheetahs played a special role in teaching children to be proud of their country and to protect habitat for wildlife.

    I was honoured that this amazing wild creature allowed me to touch him. I was in tears as my hand touched his side and the sound of his purr literally filled the room. This will forever remain a very special memory of an extraordinary and unique experience.

    I brought a beautiful cheetah shirt home from South Africa and would love the cheetah tote to go with it!

  36. Shelley Jean Fredenburg says

    They are all so beautiful and special to me, but #1 would be the tiger and #2 the lion. So majestic!

  44. katboxjanitor says

    Oh, none of them deserve to be turned down! But I must select the cheetah, something about them got to me in high school and I did a somewhat abstract pencil drawing of cheetah in a full run.

    My 2nd choice is the Black Panther. I think it would be likely to surprise people as they approached the bag. 🙂

  48. Cat Fleming says

    I was going to choose the black leopard, but may choose the cheetah in honor of int’l cheetah day

  56. Teresa says

    Thanks so much for this great giveaway and good luck to everyone! It’s hard to chose but I would choose the cheetah!

  57. jmuhj says

    It’s almost impossible to make a choice when one loves ALL cats of ALL species. But thank you for this amazing opPURR-TUNA-ty and I choose the regal LION king.

  63. Tammy Horn says

    Wow, they are ALL so pretty! Really hard to choose, but I guess my first choice would be the tiger.

  65. Noreen Pazderski says

    I would choose the tiger, but all are stunning and I’d be happy with any of the choices

  70. chantz428 says

    Love all the big cats, but there’s something about the lion bag — think that would be my choice.

  72. Kitty MacAlpine says

    I would have a hard time picking, as they are all stunning. But I think I would pick the lion.

  73. Leslie Pettit says

    I have always loved the black leopards and jaguars, but would like the Cheetah tote because it is different and for a needy animal.

  75. Mary Friedling says

    I would choose the black leopard because the first big cat I fell in love with were black leopards at Tama Zoo in Japan from 1966-8

  77. Krista Shull says

    Such a hard decision as I love them all but think I would choose the Tiger, they are my favorite to watch and learn about!

  79. Linda Szymoniak says

    Gee, how to pick just one big cat. I guess I’d go with the lion – in honor of Cecil.