The first cheetah in the world to be bred in captivity was in India ... These habitats, according to Dr K Ullas Karanth, one of India's top conservation experts, must be "people free, dog free ...

The name "cheetah" originates from the Hindi word 'chita', meaning "spotted one." Adult cheetahs weigh between 46 and 158 pounds. Cheetahs inhabit the open grasslands of Sub-Saharan Africa ...

The remaining cheetah populations face multiple threats, from habitat loss and fragmentation, depletion of wild prey, human-wildlife conflict to infrastructure development. One of the most ...