Save it,” and for a mere $12, you can go and pet baby cheetahs. For the same amount, you can get your picture taken with an adult cheetah (hence, the rise of Tinder cheetah pics in South Africa).

HARGEISA, Somaliland — A baby cheetah named Vickey, plucked from her mother when she was just a few weeks old, was among hundreds of big cats taken by traffickers to be sold as pets in illegal ...

The baby cheetahs are just a few weeks old, but they've had a traumatic start to life. The ultra-rich are illegally buying cheetahs as pets and it's leading to their extinction spotlight ...

Baby Cheetahs at the Cincinnati Zoo Go Full 'Kitten Mode' on Their Centipede Toy. Story by Kathleen Joyce • 1mo. O ne thing that becomes clearer and clearer to me as I become more experienced as ...

The Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) and the government of Somaliland - which broke away from Somalia in 1991 - have been rescuing trafficked cheetah cubs in the region for the past four years.

Saved baby cheetah cub is new face of conservation efforts for Wild Wonders. Eleven-week-old cheetah cub, Tavi, has a new home at Wild Wonders, ... Cheetahs do not make pets," said Navarro.

The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium often pairs baby cheetahs with dogs to help the big cats socialize and open up Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013 ...

Two cheetah moms gave birth to large litters in the same week Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has previously appeared on MTV, The ...

Last week, TODAY viewers were asked to name one of eight baby cheetahs at the Leo Zoological Conservation Center in Greenwich, Connecticut, and the winning name is Machozi, the Swahili word for ...

Four or five cheetah cubs die for each one that reaches the market, Dr. Laurie Marker, the head of CCF, said. Mothers are often killed. Their first year, CCF received around 40 cubs in Somaliland ...