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Naankuse Wildlife Sanctuary, N/a’an ku sê Wildlife Sanctuary or Naankuse Lodge & Wildlife Sanctuary, opened in 2007 and runs a Wildlife Sanctuary, Carnivore Conservation Research programme, Clever Cubs Pre-School and Lifeline Medical Clinic for the San Bushman community. N/a’an ku sê (Naankuse) is a San Bushman word that means "God will protect us," or "God watches over us." Namibian conservationist, Marlice van Vuuren and her husband Dr Rudie van Vuuren opened the charity in 2007 which is located 42 km outside of Windhoek in Namibia. N/a’an ku sê is totally funded by voluntary donations and relies on the time of volunteers to continue its projects. (Travel News Namibia, page 26 ) Naankuse lodge 〔(N/a’an ku sê Lodge )〕 is part of the N/a’an ku sê Foundation and is based on the 10,000 hectare nature reserve. The Lodge is part of the non-profit charitable organisation so any profits go back into the projects it runs. The lodge provides luxury accommodation in six individual chalets along with a swimming pool and dining room & bar area. In January 2011, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie chose N/a’an ku sê to become a partner of the Shiloh Jolie-Pitt Foundation, in honour of their Namibian-born daughter. "We have known Rudie and Marlice for many years and continue to be impressed by their hard work and dedication to the people and conservation of the land and wildlife of Namibia. The new section of the project will be under N/a'an ku sê and in Shiloh's name. We want her to be very involved and grow up with the understanding of her country of birth," Jolie said. File:Naankuse Lucky the cheetah.jpg|Lucky the three legged cheetah at Naankuse File:Naankuse volunteering - sunset 01.JPG|Scenery at Naankuse Wildlife Sanctuary File:NaankuseLodge.jpg|Naankuse Lodge, Namibia == N/a’an ku sê Carnivore Conservation Tracking & Research Project == N/a’an ku sê started their Carnivore Research Project in early 2008 to help protect and conserve large wild carnivores and reduce human wildlife conflict. Captured cats are fitted with a radio collar before being released back into the wild allowing Naankuse to track their movements, check on their condition and gain a better understanding of their ecology for future conservation. Naankuse also works to relocate proven problem animals (those that prey on farmers cattle) to safer conservation areas and reduce the number needlessly shot or killed. The project is the first of its kind to monitor translocated and released carnivores on a continuous and intensive basis. (The Namibian newspaper article, 27 Feb 09 ) Project aims to: * Find a sustainable and successful solution for re-locating problem animals, i.e., proven livestock predators, so they are no longer shot and killed * Re-establish a cheetah population in Namibrand Nature reserve and Namib Naukluft, which currently have very low cheetah populations * Develop footprint identification software for cheetah, which will be free for use and enable cost effective, standardised population monitoring. Naankuse have worked with Chester Zoo and (WildTrack! ) on this initiative. (The Namibian newspaper article, 8 July 09 ) * Enable farmers to manage and protect their livestock from predators by creating GIS (Geographic Information System) maps of locations of collared carnivores. * Work closely with farmers to dispel the myth that all cheetahs and leopards are a danger to livestock, helping to protect these big cats from indiscriminate shooting and conserve the species (Sunday Night Documentary about Naankuse ) File:Naankuse 3 cheetah release (7-9) 094b.jpg|Naankuse cheetah release, Sossusvlei, Namibia 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Naankuse Wildlife Sanctuary」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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