Cheetahs are experiencing alarming declines and should be listed as endangered, scientists say

Wednesday, December 28, 2016 - 22:31 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Cheetahs may have once prospered, but they certainly aren’t anymore. Scientists examining the worldwide population of these swift, spotted cats have found that there are only 7,100 left in the wild, surviving on just 9% of their original land range — and that they should be upgraded from “vulnerable” to...

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