Pollyanna joins Princess Michael of Kent to help cheetahs

Pollyanna was honoured to be invited to join HRH Princess Michael of Kent – who is a huge cheetah lover – at a gala fundraising event for the Cheetah Conservation Fund. They are pictured above with award winning photographer Angie Scott (centre).

The evening saw the UK Launch of Angie’s husband Jonathan’s new autobiography The Big Cat Man. Also in attendance was BBC’s Kate Silverton, who has a long association with conservation and has presented the Big Cat Diary in the past with Jonathan Scott.

Held at the prestigious May Fair Hotel in London, over 160 guests gathered from far and wide to hear wildlife celebrity Jonathan Scott celebrate his life with Big Cats whilst Dr Laurie Marker, founder of CCF, took to the stage to share insights about work on and off the field in Namibia and around to world to help save the cheetah. She spoke about how pioneering research and conservation work have lead to cheetah numbers doubling in Namibia over the last 26 years. However she emphasized that despite so much support and positive action the cheetah remains the most endangered big cat in Africa with only 6,700 remaining in the wild. The Pollyanna Pickering Foundation is proud to have funded education programmes in Namibia in partnership with the CCF, and Pollyanna has been invited to visit their headquarters and sanctuary in Africa. The fund raising evening included unique cheetah inspired auction prizes, as well as a cheetah themed raffle.