The ‘National Cheetah Day’ is celebrated annually on August 31 to raise awareness about the significance of safeguarding and ...

New road projects imperils Critically Endangered cheetah subspecies Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) are unique among large cats. They have a highly specialized body, a mild temperament, and are the ...

Iran is struggling to save its 50 remaining Asiatic cheetahs, which exist only in the Islamic republic but have been threatened by human encroachment.

The Asiatic cheetah is slightly smaller in size and has a lighter coat than the African cheetah. The cats are known for their distinctive black tear-marks on the sides of their nose.

Asiatic cheetahs used to roam Russia, India, and the Middle East, but now only remain in Iran after hunting, habitat loss, and lack of prey decimated the subspecies' population The Asiatic ...

TEHRAN – The shocking decline in Cheetah populations in the last decades, due to the expansion of human settlements, poaching, and habitat loss, stresses the need for a global effort to preserve these ...

The Asiatic cheetah is critically endangered, so Iran’s government is working to protect and breed the animals in captivity.

The Asiatic cheetah is not the spotted muscular big cat that comes to mind from the movies and documentaries. The Asiatic cheetah is a lean cat that can be found in Iran. With only 50 left in the ...

Iran's Asiatic cheetahs are in "dire" risk of extinction, with just 12 known individuals remaining in the wild. The Iranaian Cheetah Society, a nonprofit conservation group that provides data on ...

Asiatic sub-species vulnerable, can't be translocated Currently, the North and West African subspecies of cheetah face critical endangerment, with only three significant populations remaining ...