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Namibia to South Africa

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September 1st 2007
Leaving Etosha behind we visited a cheetah park at Outjiwango where a local farmer has dedicated some of his land to maintaining the cheetah population. Many farmers shoot them as they kill livestock but tourism is more lucrative. He has 3 semi-tame cheetahs in his house which have been reared from young and the 14 wild ones (+cubs) are in the park behind fencing. So after stroking a cheetah, l ... read more

Africa » Namibia

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South Africa occupied the German colony of South-West Africa during World War I and administered it as a mandate until after World War II, when it annexed the territory. In 1966 the Marxist South-West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) guerrilla gr... ... read more