Final cheetah conservationists freed in Iran, but the big cat s outlook remains grim mongabay.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mongabay.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The battle to save Asiatic cheetahs and prevent their extinction, complicated by various natural and human-induced threats, is in full swing in habitats across Iran.
Despite a plethora of measures taken to increase the headcount of Asiatic Cheetah, Iran continues to see a dip in the numbers of the world’s fastest land animal.
Omid, a male Siberian crane known for being the only remaining Siberian crane of the western population, started his journey back to Siberia from northern Iran early on Sunday, this time with a would-be mate named Rouya.
LONDON: Just a matter of decades ago, cheetahs boasted habitats from the eastern reaches of India to the Atlantic coast of Senegal. Today, the world’s fastest land animal, capable of reaching speeds of 120 kilometers per hour, is considered critically endangered. That is why news of the death of Iran’s only Asiatic cheetah cub born in captivity has been met with such sorrow