but then was poached from her natural habitat in Africa by individuals looking to sell the animal into the illegal wildlife pet trade, according to the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF). CCF — a ...

Cheetahs are currently classified as vulnerable, with fewer than 7,000 remaining in the wild. The illegal pet trade remains one of the major threats to their survival, particularly in East Africa ...

The organization is headquartered in Namibia but recently opened a second wildlife reserve in Somaliland, specifically designed to care for cheetahs rescued from the illegal wildlife pet trade.

The baby big cat started life in the wild with a mother to take care of her, but then was poached from her natural habitat in Africa by individuals looking to sell the animal into the illegal wildlife ...

The illegal wildlife trade has put animals in danger for years, but professionals are fighting back, working to rescue them ...

An infant cheetah cub rescued from the illegal wildlife pet trade has been named after pop star Taylor Swift. The cub, only a few months old, was rescued by a Namibia-based nonprofit organization ...

So big issues around the illegal wildlife pet trade, which is started, you know, within a decade when we started realizing from the Horn of Africa, cheetah cubs are being poached from the wild and ...