A hungry crocodile was caught on camera snatching a young cheetah and dragging it underwater within seconds. Visitors at the AndBeyond Phinda nature reserve watched with a heavy heart when the cheetah cub was attacked while dipping for a drink by the waterhole. Tour guide Busani captured the cub’s fatal error on camera. In the […]
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Cheetah Deaths Raise Concerns Over India’s Cheetah Reintroduction Program
In a bid to revive the cheetah population in India after 75 years, a government program to reintroduce these magnificent big cats has faced criticism and concern following the deaths of three cheetahs in recent weeks. The deaths have sparked debates about the suitability of their new habitat and the potential consequences for their well-being. […]
India cheetah births spark interest in fast felines in neighboring Nepal
KATHMANDU — News of four cheetah cubs being born recently in India has sparked interest in the species in the conservation community in neighboring Nepal, where the big cat’s historical presence has long been debated. The Indian cubs were born from southeast African cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus jubatus) reintroduced to Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh, […]
Fenced In: How the Global Rise of Border Walls Is Stifling Wildlife
Pity the tiny band of lynx in the Polish half of Europe’s most ancient forest. In June, their home, the Białowieża Forest, was cut in half when the Polish government completed construction of a wall on its border with Belarus. The aim was to repel refugees from the Middle East and elsewhere being channeled to […]
India Deploys Guard Dogs To Protect Newly-Introduced Cheetahs From Poachers
In a historic move, authorities in India have deployed a pack of dogs in a national park to protect newly-introduced cheetahs from poachers. According to USA Today, cheetahs used to be widespread in India, but they became extinct in the 1950s due to poaching. Cheetahs were the first and only predator to become extinct in […]
As poachers poison wildlife, Zimbabwe finds an antidote in tougher laws
Nearly a decade ago, poachers used cyanide to slaughter more than 135 elephants for their ivory in and around Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park. In the wake of these poisonings, the Southern African country tightened its laws to prevent similar deadly attacks on its wildlife. A new study shows that, even as international demand for ivory […]
Call of the wild proves costly as Saudi Arabia takes aim at exotic pets
JEDDAH: Whatever happened to taking your children to a pet shop to buy a small fish or canary as a pet? It seems those days are over, with a video of a young girl in Saudi Arabia taking her pet cheetah for a stroll. The footage, which shows a girl aged about 10 struggling to […]
Cheetah reintroduction in Malawi brings vultures back to the skies
Four species of critically endangered vulture have returned to a park in southern Malawi from which they disappeared more than 20 years ago, and their comeback is credited to the reintroduction of cheetahs, lions and the carcasses the cats left behind, conservationists say. In 2017, seven cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) were reintroduced to Liwonde National Park […]