1. New Documentary Showcases the Cheetah Conservation Fund's ...
Nov 26, 2024 · The species nearly went extinct during a natural climate shift at the end of the last Ice Age, but their population recovered and was stable by ...
[Luxor, Egypt / November 26, 2024] – International Cheetah Day, observed globally on December 4th, will mark the premiere of Return of the Cheetah, a new Discovery Channel documentary that sheds light on the critical efforts to save cheetahs in the wild. The film follows renowned biologist and conservationist Hazen Audel as he travels to Namibia, home to the world’s largest cheetah population, to meet Dr. Laurie Marker and her team at the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF).
2. Recap 2024: Top 10 stories on how Project Cheetah fared this year
3 days ago · After nearly two years of bringing cheetahs from Africa to India, 26 of them, including 13 sub-adults and cubs, are still waiting to be released ...
2024 marked two years since the arrival of the first African cheetahs to India in a landmark experiment. Eight cheetahs from Namibia and 12 cheetahs from South
3. Why Save The Cheetah from Extinction?
There would be too many herbivores resulting in loss of vegetation, greater soil erosion, less available water, and a negative impact on the health of the ...
Saving the cheetah from extinction is important because apex predators like the cheetah balance the entire ecosystem. Without cheetahs, the balance is off.
4. Are India's cheetahs in trouble? - India Today
Oct 23, 2024 · Pawan, the last cheetah to have most recently roamed the wild for about eight months, died in August. The NTCA has now announced that two South ...
It has been two years since the translocation of cheetahs to India, and the government and conservationists cannot agree on whether it has been a success or not
5. India's cheetah reintroduction plan faces collapse after the death of its ...
Sep 1, 2024 · India's ambitious cheetah reintroduction project is on the verge of collapse after the death of its only wild-roaming big cat, raising doubts ...
Experts criticised the project’s lack of planning and implementation, highlighting the need for a more comprehensive approach to habitat restoration and conservation.
6. Project Cheetah: Here's a Complete Timeline of All Births, Deaths and ...
Jan 25, 2024 · January 23, 2024: Jwala gives birth to four cubs! Mere weeks after Aasha, Jwala delivers the second litter since her introduction into Kuno.
In celebration of the four newborns birthed by Jwala, let's take a look back at the saga traced by these majestic cats since their introduction to Kuno National Park. - Articles from The Weather Channel | weather.com
7. Two years of Project Cheetah: India awaits Kenya's approval for new ...
Sep 14, 2024 · On the progress of Project Cheetah, Yadav said when South Africa lost its entire cheetah population, they imported the animal from Namibia, ...
On the progress of Project Cheetah, Yadav said when South Africa lost its entire cheetah population, they imported the animal from Namibia, and it took them 20 years to establish a viable population.
8. India Tried to Reintroduce Cheetahs. Here's What happened - Time
Sep 18, 2023 · Project Cheetah entered its second year yesterday (Sept. 17), but the fate of the high-profile conservation project hangs in the balance after ...
A plan to reintroduce once-extinct cheetahs to Madhya Pradesh in India has struggled after many of the animals died.
9. 5 animals die after bird flu exposure at Arizona zoo - USA Today
14 hours ago · A cheetah licks its lips while another rests in the shade at the Phoenix Zoo in ... © 2024 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite ...
Officials at Wildlife World Zoo in Arizona reported two big cats and three large birds died, while 25 human employees were also exposed to the bird flu.
10. On the Hunt: The Effort to Track the Illegal Cheetah Trade
Jun 17, 2024 · Most of the cheetahs going to the Arabian Peninsula travel through Somaliland, where it has been illegal to take cheetahs from the wild since ...
Scientists are testing new tools to spot the origin of cheetahs poached from the wild and smuggled for the pet trade.
11. Another cheetah dies after relocation to India, the second in less than a ...
Apr 24, 2023 · A cheetah from Africa has died two months after being reintroduced to India as part of an intercontinental effort to revive the big cat in ...
A cheetah from Africa has died two months after being reintroduced to India as part of an intercontinental effort to revive the big cat in the country, the second animal from the program to have passed away in less than a month.
12. Cheetahs in Kuno: Is India's effort to reintroduce the big cat facing a crisis?
Aug 5, 2023 · Since March, six of those cheetahs and three cubs born in the park have died. (The ninth cat died on Wednesday.) To be sure, cheetah experts say ...
Foreign experts associated with the ambitious project flag up "serious concerns" about its management.
13. Cheetah Conservation Initiative
During the first two months of their life the cheetah mother leaves her cubs behind in a lair when she goes out to hunt. Cheetah cubs are often killed by larger ...
Once widespread across Africa and southwest Asia, the global population of cheetah now numbers less than 7000 adult individuals. The species is almost extinct
14. Cheetahs have come back to India. Why do they keep dying?
Jul 20, 2023 · Cheetahs are back in India after a 70-year extinction, thanks to a government-led reintroduction plan called Project Cheetah.
Some scientists say reintroducing African cheetahs to India is an “absolute disaster.” Proponents say recent losses are to be expected—and the project might still be a success.
15. Final cheetah conservationists freed in Iran, but the big cat's outlook ...
May 13, 2024 · So far in 2024, Iran says there have been zero cheetah deaths on the roads. One study showed Iran's cheetahs make year-round use of under-road ...
In December 2023, three staff members from the Iranian Cheetah Society crowded around a laptop, moved to tears by the sight of a mother cheetah and her four cubs, caught on a camera trap. Population estimates for the critically endangered Asiatic cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus venaticus) vary, but experts say fewer than 30 may remain. Once […]
