Photos: Winter in Iran’s northeastern province of North Khorasan
Tasnim | Saeid Toluei: North Khorasan is a province northeast of Iran and has many natural attractions, including Miandasht wildlife refuge, which…
Tag Archives: Asiatic cheetah
Cheetah caught stealing wildlife park ranger’s shoe in Iran’s Semnan
Tasnim – An interesting video has emerged showing an Iranian cheetah cub stealing a wildlife park ranger’s shoe outside his guarding post…
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…
14 cheetahs spotted in Khar Turan National Park of Shahroud
MNA – The head of the provincial office of the Department of Environment Abbas-Ali Damangir announced that the image of 14 cheetahs…
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…
One Asiatic cheetah spotted in Qasr-e Shirin
MNA – Acting Governor of Qasr-e Shirin in Kermanshah province said an Asiatic cheetah has been spotted by Army forces stationed in…
IUCN member declares Iran ‘Cheetah Project’ a failure
MNA – A member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) told MNA on Mon. that despite all efforts, the…
Semi-captive breeding for Asiatic Cheetahs
Financial Tribune- A semi-natural habitat will be created for Asiatic Cheetahs in the Ardakan County of Yazd Province to facilitate the semi-captive…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Images of 50 endangered species on Iran’s sports clothing
Reza Shajie, head of the Environment and Sustainable Development Office at the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, announced that the picture…
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…
Iranians model hybrid bicycle after Asiatic Cheetah
TEHRAN, Apr. 16 (MNA) – Iranian students at K. N. Toosi University of Technology have built a hybrid bicycle modeled after the…
Conservation of Asiatic Cheetah Project (CACP) – Phase II
What is the Project About The Conservation of Asiatic Cheetah Project (CACP) is a long standing initiative between Iran’s Department of Environment,…
Asiatic Cheetah beaten to death
Autopsy of a rare Asiatic cheetah, which was found dead on February 1 in Semnan Province, shows signs consistent with repeated blows…
Pardisan Park is host to two Asiatic cheetahs
Tehran, Dec 12, IRNA – Last winter two Asiatic cheetahs, Delbar and Koshki, were transferred to a preserved area in Pardisan Park,…
Asiatic Cheetah on Iran kit in Iran-Japan friendly match
TEHRAN, Oct. 12 (MNA) – Managing Director of the Project to Protect Asiatic Cheetah says the cat will appears on the jerseys…
Asiatic cheetah on the prowl
Kooshki was handed over as a gift by a hunter to the Environment Protection Organization when he was a cub. Kooshki, a…
Tehran to host festival of Asiatic Cheetah
The 9th Festival of Asiatic Cheetah National Day will be held in Tehran and a number of other cities on August 27-28.…
Drone use for Cheetah census
Authorities are planning to use drones to accurately count Asiatic cheetahs in their habitat, according to Houman Jokar, head of the Asiatic…
DoE raises fine against Asiatic cheetah damage
TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA) – The Director-General of Department of Environmental Protection and Hunting and Fishing Management Deputy has said they have…
Two endangered cheetahs in Tehran for conservation project
Two Asiatic cheetahs, a critically endangered species, are kept in the Iranian capital of Tehran far from their natural habitat as part of a special conservation…
Female Asiatic cheetah, 3 cubs sighted in Turan National Park
SHAHRUD, Jan. 21 (MNA) – Head of Khar Turan National Park in Shahrud has announced the sighting of four new Asiatic Cheetahs, including…
Female Asiatic Cheetah, cub sighted in Miandasht
JAJROM, Jan. 07 (MNA) – Director General of Environmental Protection Department in North Khorasan has announced a recent sighting of a female…
Camera traps capture 4 new Asiatic Cheetahs in Iran
SHAHRUD, Dec. 28 (MNA) – Head of Touran Biosphere Reserve (TBR) in Shahrud has announced a recent sighting of four Asiatic cheetahs…
Private sector joins forces to save Asiatic Cheetah
The partnership between Dana Insurance Company and the Conservation of the Asiatic Cheetah Project (CACP) is a perfect example of the positive results…
Another asiatic cheetah sighted in Yazd
YAZD, Dec. 07 (MNA) – Director of Iranian Cheetah Society has announced the sighting and registering of another new Asiatic Cheetah in…
“It is not too late to save the Asiatic Cheetah”: UN Resident Coordinator in Iran
“It is not too late to save the Asiatic Cheetah, whose only remaining natural habitat is here in Iran,” said the UN…
Iran says final nuclear deal possible if sextet refrains from maximum demands
Daily look at Iran’s late-breaking news and upcoming events: Final nuclear deal possible if sextet refrains from maximum demands: Ravanchi An…
Iran tries to save Asiatic Cheetah from extinction
Tehran: Iran is rushing to try to save one of the world’s critically endangered species, the Asiatic cheetah, and bring it back…
Courting endangered Cheetahs capture Iranian hearts
Kushki, an Asiatic male cheetah, is waiting for a response to his marriage proposal, which was delivered by his best men, four…
Iranian students to draw Asiatic cheetah
TEHRAN, April 13 (MNA) – Iranian elementary school students will take part in a ‘painting festival’ with the subject of ‘love of…