AN AWARD-WINNING UK zoo has welcomed four rare cheetah cubs as part of a major effort to save the endangered species. The North African cheetah has suffered a rapidly declining population in its ...

Back in the 1970s, Dr. Laurie Marker hand-raised a cheetah cub and successfully taught it to hunt, sparking a lifelong mission. Since then, she’s built the Cheetah Conservation Fund in Namibia, a ...

Cheetahs, the fastest mammals on Earth, are now in a race against extinction. It’s estimated that fewer than 7,000 exist in the wild. John Yang speaks with Laurie Marker, a woman who has already ...

LOS ANGELES – Vanessa Bouwer, Assistant Director of the De Wildt Cheetah and Wildlife Trust, kicked off on July 17 a global tour beginning with a 3 week tour of the U.S. to warn of the threat of ...

Eleven cheetah cubs were rescued from illegal trade in Somaliland in what a conservationist described on Thursday as “one of the largest confiscations of the species.” The cubs were packed in bags ...

The cheetah, the fastest animal on land, is running out of time ,and passionate volunteers are stepping up to change that. At the heart of Kenya’s Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Nanyuki, the Cheetah Project ...

Fossil Rim Wildlife Center became a leader in the worldwide efforts to save the cheetah when it opened new facilities dedicated to the big cats. Since 1985, the drive-through animal park has been ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Dr. Laurie Marker, Cheetah Conservation Fund’s Founder and Executive Director meets Mr. Rich Block, CEO of the Santa Barbara ...

NAIROBI, Kenya(AP) — Eleven cheetah cubs were rescued from illegal trade in Somaliland in what a conservationist described on Thursday as “one of the largest confiscations of the species.” The cubs ...