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Cheetahs might be fast, but they aren't the smartest of felines around. The cheetah population is declining in large part because of human influences like climate change and habitat destructions.
Cheetahs are considered an endangered species due to habitat fragmentation in their native continent of Africa, the illegal pet trade and "human-wildlife conflict," the zoo states.
Latest cheetah death spells yet another blow for ambitious Project Cheetah programme Third cheetah dies in India reintroduction project due to mating injuries: ‘Impossible to interfere’ Skip ...
On April 24, another cheetah death was reported due to heart failure. [53] [54] In May, three more animals were released into the wild. [55] Following the death of three cheetah cubs, the Central government appointed a high-level steering committee, comprising national and international experts, to oversee the implementation on May 25. [56]
Due to cheetahs' being easily susceptible to certain types of viral and bacterial diseases, cryopreservation, allows scientists to preserve the embryos and gametes of genetically strong cheetahs from the wild and inseminate captive-bred cheetahs, enhancing the allele frequency of specific genes. Cryopreservation is one of the few techniques in ...
The Asiatic cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus venaticus) is a critically endangered cheetah subspecies currently only surviving in Iran. [1] Its range once spread from the Arabian Peninsula and the Near East to the Caspian region , Transcaucasus , Kyzylkum Desert and northern South Asia , but was extirpated in these regions during the 20th century.
Cheetahs are usually daytime hunters, but the speedy big cats will shift their activity toward dawn and dusk hours during warmer weather, a new study finds. Unfortunately for endangered cheetahs ...
The Northwest African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus hecki), also known as the Saharan cheetah, is a cheetah subspecies native to the Sahara and the Sahel. It is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. In 2008, the population was suspected to number less than 250 mature individuals. [2]