Will recently returned Persian lion survive threats once pushed it toward extinction?
MNA | Faranak Bakhtiari: Long-lost Persian lion is back to the country to conserve the rare species by reproduction, the species which…
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Persian leopard to undergo artificial insemination in Tehran next week
MNA – A Persian leopard will undergo artificial insemination in Tehran Zoological Garden next week, done for the first time in the…
Iran determined to save endangered Caspian seals
FNA – The number of Caspian seals has sharply reduced by 90% over the past 30 years, officials at Iran’s Department of…
Persian leopard spotted in Alborz province
MNA – A Persian leopard has been spotted in the mountainous habitats of Taleghan county in Alborz province, northwest of Tehran. According…
Asiatic cheetah embryos cloned at Royan Institute
MNA – Researchers at the Biotechnology Research Center at Royan Institute have cloned Asiatic cheetah embryos, which await the required funding to…
Iran’s DOE to exhaust all possibilities to save Asiatic Cheetah from extinction
Financial Tribune – The third phase of the Conservation of Asiatic Cheetah Project, whose draft plan is soon to be reviewed by…
UN upholds support for cheetah conservation
Financial Tribune – A top environmental official dismissed reports of a disruption in the UN’s financial support for the Asiatic cheetah protection…
Photos: Endangered Persian onager (Zebra)
Tasnim | Erfan Samanfar: The Persian onager, also called the Persian zebra, is a subspecies of onager (Asiatic wild ass) native to…
2 sentenced to community service on animal cruelty
Financial Tribune – A court in Hurand, East Azarbaijan Province, has sentenced two animal abusers to 500 hours of community service. “The…
Asiatic Cheetah, her four cubs spotted in Iranian National Park
IFP – A female Asiatic cheetah and her four cubs were recently observed by the National park rangers in the protected area…
4 Asiatic cheetahs spotted in Touran Biosphere Reserve
MNA – Four Asiatic cheetahs were sighted in Touran Biosphere Reserve in Shahroud, Semnan Province, on Monday morning, a senior environmental official told…
One million birds killed illegally every year at a wildlife site in Iran
The Guardian | Robin McKie: A million wild birds a year are now being killed illegally at a single wildlife site in Iran.…
Photos: Animal-lovers feed Quadrupeds near Tehran heights
ISNA | Alireza Bahrami: A group of Tehran citizens have joined the rangers in Lavasanat mountain hills to provide fodder for such…
DOE reminds people to care for animals on snowy days
Financial Tribune- As heavy snow blankets much of the country and wild animals are likely to move toward urban areas in search…
Last surviving Asiatic cheetahs to undergo artificial insemination
MNA – Head of the Asiatic Cheetah Conservation Project said a team of experts from France will come to Iran in a…
Asiatic cheetahs on the brink of extinction with only 50 left alive
The Guardian | Robin McKie: Conservationists have warned that the Asiatic cheetah is on the threshold of extinction following a UN decision…
New Asiatic cheetahs spotted in Iran
Financial Tribune- Four Asiatic cheetahs were sighted in Touran Biosphere Reserve in Shahroud, Semnan Province, early this week, a senior environmental official…
Persian Leopard on verge of extinction
Financial Tribune- The western Lorestan Province is seeing fewer Persian leopards these days, which raises concern about the extinction of the rare…
Iran moves to save last ‘mascot’ Asiatic cheetahs
Outlook India– Iranian environmentalists have mobilised to protect the world’s last Asiatic cheetahs, estimated to number just 50 and faced with the…
Persian Leopard making swift recovery in Tehran
Financial Tribune- A rare female Persian leopard that had undergone spinal surgery in February is recovering so well that authorities plan to…
Persian Leopard insurance coverage renewed
Financial Tribune- The wildlife insurance plan for the Persian leopard—a measure deterring shepherds from killing the animal to protect their livestock—has been…
2 Persian Leopards spotted in Semnan
Financial Tribune- Two rare Persian leopards have been spotted in Khonar, a no-hunting zone near Aradan in Semnan Province, raising hopes that…
Cultural activity needed to save endangered animal species
IFP- “The majority of people who damage the environment just consider their own personal advantage with no regard for their national identity…
Photos: Iranian family launches nationwide campaign to protect Asiatic Cheetah
MNA- Members of an Iranian family are using their car, marked with “Asiatic [or Iranian] Cheetah” slogans, to promote the culture of…
Cheetah conservation experts mull artificial insemination
Financial Tribune- Delbar, the female Asiatic cheetah on whom everyone has pinned hope to ensure the survival of her species, might have…
Iranian soldier lauded after risking life to save dog
Al Jazeera– The story of Mohammad Bakhtar, who lost a leg while rescuing a stray dog trapped in a minefield, has gone…
Hefty fine, insurance policy reduces leopard casualties in Iran
Tehran Times- Increasing the fine for killing leopards by 16 times to 800 million rials (nearly $20,000) and insuring the animals against…
Cheetah nearer to extinction than previously thought
Financial Tribune- The cheetah’s dramatic decline has prompted calls for the animal’s status to be downgraded from “vulnerable” to “endangered” on the…
Young Iranian cleric saves animals’ lives
IFP- Here’s IFP’s translation of a report by Iran Newspaper: The young Iranian cleric Komeyl Nezafati used to visit different hospitals to…
Sea Saviors: Iranian activists rescue and release rare Caspian seal
Sputnik News– Iranian activists at a special rehabilitation center on the island of Ashur Ada treat wounded and weakened Caspian seals. Recently,…
Iranian Cheetahs’ population declining rapidly: ICS
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The head of the Iranian Cheetah Society (ICS), a Tehran-based NGO, said the population of Iranian cheetahs, also known…
Animal abusers face justice
In cooperation with Iran Cyber Police (known as FATA), the Department of Environment has detained 187 suspects involved in poaching, illegal fishing,…
DOE strives to organize animal facilities
To exert more control over their operations, the Department of Environment has instructed all zoos, bird gardens and animal care centers to…
DOE seeks severe punishment for Leopard poacher
The Department of Environment is seeking the maximum punishment for a poacher charged with killing a Persian leopard cub in Mazandaran Province.…
Crackdown on negligent animal breeders
Almost 5,000 hectares of national property, which were occupied for breeding wild animal species, have been retrieved by the Department of Environment…
DOE, jurists join forces to protect animals
To fill a legal vacuum that has contributed to animal cruelty in Iran, officials at the Department of Environment, in collaboration with…
Criminalizing animal abuse
Killing of a female bear in front of her cubs, injecting stray dogs with acid and burning a donkey alive are but…
Two golden eaglets die in Lorestan
Two golden eaglets (immature young of an eagle) which were trapped live by the locals in Aligoudarz County, Lorestan Province, died due…
24/7 protection for orphaned cheetah
An orphaned Asiatic cheetah cub has been under 24-hour surveillance in its natural habitat by local Iranian rangers ever since its mother…
Missing deer reportedly alive
Most of the deer which were displaced from a breeding site in Khuzestan Province following heavy flooding last month are believed to…