The cub is recovering and thriving at the Cheetah Rescue and Conservation Centre in Somaliland Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering pets, ...

CNN — Three tiny balls of fur huddle together for warmth inside a cardboard box. The baby cheetahs are just a few weeks old, but they've had a traumatic start to life. A smuggler was attempting to ...

Scientists are testing new tools to spot the origin of cheetahs poached from the wild and smuggled for the pet trade. By Rene Ebersole / Undark Published Jun 18, 2024 8:00 AM EDT This article was ...

NAIROBI, Kenya — 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 ...

Inside a guarded sanctuary on the savannah, 127 rescued cheetahs pace, stretch and play — survivors of a brutal illegal trade ...

For decades, some people have kept big cats like cheetahs and panthers as exotic pets, attempting to domesticate them. It’s believed that around 20,000 of these big cats remain in captivity in the US, ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa(AP) — For 35 years, American zoologist Laurie Marker has been collecting and storing specimens in a cheetah sperm bank in Namibia, hoping conservationists never have to use ...

Taylor Swift, the cheetah cub, is just a few months old, and she's already had a few eras to her short life. The baby big cat started life in the wild with a mother to take care of her, but then was ...