Rich Arabs flaunt their cheetahs on Instagram and Facebook, but Gulf states are being told to crack down on exotic pets.

"Those people who have cheetahs as a pet are causing the species to go extinct," said Marker. Veterinarians in Gulf countries confirm this grim picture.

HARGEISA, Somaliland — A baby cheetah named Vickey, plucked from her mother when she was just a few weeks old, was among hundreds of big cats taken by traffickers to be sold as pets in illegal ...

The cubs — who were victims of the region's illegal animal trade — required round-the-clock feedings and continuous health monitoring ...

The malnourished animals were recovered in the in the northern Sallahley district of Somaliland, a breakaway region of ...

The ultra-rich are illegally buying cheetahs as "status symbol" pets— and it's leading to their extinction, experts say.

The Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) has warned that the increasing illegal trade in the big cats is pushing the animal to the edge of extinction in the wild.

Cheetah trafficking in the Horn of Africa has reached crisis levels. Research has documented at least 1,884 incidents involving about 4,000 live cheetahs and cheetah parts related to the illegal ...

The two starving cheetah cubs squeak and tug at their string leashes in the white dust of Somaliland as a government vet pushes needles through the fluffy fur to drip-feed them liquid and ...