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 ...

Most “pet” cheetahs today belong to rich people in gulf countries such as the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, though there’s a long history of the wealthy and powerful around the world owning ...

Conservationists in Somaliland are cracking down on cheetah trafficking, a persistent problem in the Horn of Africa. Five of the 11 cubs confiscated from notorious cheetah trafficker Cabdi Xayawaan ...

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 ...

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 spirit ...

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 packed in bags ...

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, ...

An Instagram video making the rounds on an account by ath7ak shows what appear to be Saudi men playing a joke on a friend with a pet African cheetah. And “joke” should be in quotations. That poor cat ...