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 three endangered ...

Listed as critically endangered by the IUCN, the Asiatic cheetah is among the rarest cats in the world at subspecies level, with fewer than 50 believed to remain in Iran.

The Asiatic cheetahs were declared to be officially extinct in 1952 in India. Now, thanks to a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that the Indian government signed with Namibia, ...

The speedy and deadly cheetah will be reintroduced to India, 70 years since being considered extinct there. ... India would give Iran some of its lions in exchange for some Asiatic cheetahs. ...

Asiatic sub-species vulnerable, can't be translocated Currently, the North and West African subspecies of cheetah face critical endangerment, with only three significant populations remaining ...

The Asiatic cheetah is believed to be only found in Iran today. This article is available in French on Middle East Eye French edition. Middle East Eye delivers independent and unrivalled coverage ...

Iran’s Asiatic cheetah cub, Pirouz, dies of kidney failure. Pirouz, meaning ‘victor’, had become a symbol of hope for many amid crushing social and economic pressures.

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran released four conservationists who had worked to save the endangered Asiatic cheetah before they were convicted on espionage charges and spent five years in prison, local ...

The last three Asiatic cheetahs were hunted down in 1948 by an Indian king in central India. In 1952, India officially declared the cheetah extinct in the country. In 2009, ...

The last three Asiatic cheetahs were hunted down in 1948 by an Indian king in central India. In 1952, the cheetah was declared officially extinct in the country.