Dec. 4 is International Cheetah Day. It was established in 2010 by the Cheetah Conservation Fund to raise awareness about the dwindling populations and shrinking habitats of the fastest land animal on ...

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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 cheetahs of ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's only Asiatic cheetah cub died Tuesday despite days of treatment for kidney failure, local media reported. Pirouz, 10 months old, had been the only survivor of his litter of ...

Only a dozen Asiatic cheetahs are left in the wild in Iran, the deputy environment minister said, describing the situation for the highly endangered species as “extremely critical.” "The measures we ...

In this file picture taken in October 2017 a female Asiatic Cheetah named Dalbar snarls at visitors to the Pardisan Park in Tehran — ATTA KENARE An Asiatic cheetah gave birth to three "healthy" cubs ...

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 the ...

In 1947, as India was gaining independence from Britain, a maharaja in the mountainous state of present-day Chhattisgarh is said to have hunted down the last three Indian cheetahs. These cats have ...

An Asiatic cheetah has given birth to cubs at a facility in Iran, marking the first time the species reproduced in captivity, according to the Iranian Cheetah Society. Three young cheetahs were ...