One issue affecting the cheetah population is the illegal wildlife pet trade, which primarily comes from the Horn of Africa. “Although I’m based here in Namibia, we have a second base ...

An ongoing pet trade “would really push lorises to the brink of extinction,” Rattel says. They’re hardly the only wildlife facing this threat. Cheetahs, lions, and other famed species end up ...

Two baby cheetahs have been snuggling together in ... is also endangered due to habitat loss and illegal pet trade, the zoo said. The zoo did not say when the two cubs would be available for ...

But more importantly, demand for wild animals as pets can seriously ... and the illegal wildlife trade is driving species like tigers to the brink. Cheetahs in East Africa are trapped to fuel ...

The single woman who lives alone with her "pet" cheetahs admits that it ... assistant director for the Illegal Wildlife Trade Cheetah Conservation, has led long investigations into the smuggling ...