New study finds extinction threat as just 7,100 adult cheetahs remain in the wild. Lounging in the shade of a tree, Heathcliff the cheetah oozes sleek grace and power, but he is captive behind a wire ...

Asiatic cheetahs once lived across the grasslands of India, Pakistan, Russia, and the Middle East, but have been entirely wiped out except in Iran.

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 ...

Female pioneer has dedicated her life to cheetah conservation efforts. Laurie Marker has no doubts about the future of the big cat with the black spots. “Cheetahs are vulnerable, and their survival is ...

NEW DELHI: Eight Namibian cheetahs arrived in India Saturday, decades after their local extinction, in an ambitious project to reintroduce the spotted big cats that has divided experts on its ...

Among the new rules, owners must pay a one-time registration fee of 50,000 Pakistani rupees ($176; £129) per animal and farms are to keep a maximum of 10 big cats from no more than two species. The ...

Cheetahs Become More Nocturnal in Extreme Heat, Study Finds Hunting later at night may force the big cats to surrender their prey to larger carnivores, such as lions and leopards ...

Q: How does the population compare with the past? A: Some people say that there were 100,000 cheetahs in 1900, but I have no idea how they got to those numbers. Q: Why is the population shrinking ...

Astur now lives at a Cheetah Conservation Fund safehouse in Hargeysa, where he has bonded with four other young, trafficked cheetahs. Tackling trafficking is a huge challenge, Nichole points out.

Gandhi Sagar is being developed as a second home for cheetahs from Africa after Kuno, where 20 cheetahs were brought in two tranches in September 2022 and February 2023.