Bordering South Africa, Namibia is home to a quarter of the world's wild cheetah population with 3,000 individuals. 95% of these cheetahs lived on cropland and farmland in northern Namibia where they attacked livestocks. Although the Namibian cheetah is a protected species, the conflict with agricultural interests was one of the greatest threats to its survival in the late 20th century. At the time, between 800 and 900 cheetahs were killed each year and the number of cheetahs had dropped by half. After the independence of Namibia in 1990, to stop massive cheetah killings by farmers, the CCF (Cheetah Conservation Fund) implemented various programs with local farmers and the Livestock Guarding Dog Association. Today, more than 300 Kangal dogs work to protect livestocks and thus cheetahs.