July 22, 2025

Cheetah Tracker | With Tim Hofmann, Canine Scat Detection Dog Handler

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Show Notes

In this week’s episode, we are speaking with Tim Hofmann, a certified dog trainer working with the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF), running the Scat Detection Dog program.

Since 2018, Tim has been leading the scat detection dog project for CCR where his expertise extends to field projects across Namibia and Angola, where he works with his dogs to detect and conserve rare wildlife species, like cheetahs and African wild dogs.

Tim also holds a master’s degree in Nature Conservation Biology and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in wildlife sciences which very much comes into play with his work at CCF. Tim is passionate about innovative wildlife conservation approaches, and his work focuses on the intersection of dog training and conservation biology.

What a dream to be out in some of the most beautiful landscapes in the world, with an amazing and sweet dog, all the while in support of wildlife conservation.

And many of you will recognize CCF from a previous episode where we spoke with Dr. Laurie Marker-the Executive Director of the Cheetah Conservation Fund, titled The Cheetahs Longest Race.

We are pretty sure you’re gonna think this is one of the coolest jobs out there! What a dream job! Thanks so much to Tim and CCF and thanks for listening!

Lots of Love.

Time Stamps:

Introduction: 00:16

Interview: 6:46

TA: 51:04

Show Notes:

https://cheetah.org/

https://cheetah.org/ccf-blog/life-at-ccf/featured-staff-tim-hofmann/

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