30 Dec 2016
Record-shattering birds stay in air for 10 months: Study
A common swift (Image courtesy: Wikipedia/Creative Commons)
Endangered or vulnerable? Cheetah numbers decline as African habitat shrinks
Highlights
- Conservationists are sounding alarm bells for the cheetah, the fastest animal on land.
- An estimated 7,100 cheetahs remain in the __wild across Africa and in a small area of Iran.
- Human encroachment has pushed the wide-ranging predator out of 91 percent of its historic habitat.
A couple of cheetahs are photographed in the Tamboti Game Reserve, near Lephalale, South Africa. (AP Photo)
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