International Cheetah Day!

International Cheetah Day!

International Cheetah Day, on 4 December, has been celebrated since 2010, when Dr. Laurie Marker created the day to help cheetahs and raise awareness about their conservation. Dr. Marker created it in honor of Khayam, the cheetah involved in the first rewilding project, which tested whether captive cheetahs could survive after never having lived in the wild. It's a day designed to inform people about the threats cheetahs face, but also to showcase their natural beauty.

Threats in the Wild

In the wild, cheetahs face lots of threats, many of which are caused by people or human activity.

In many parts of Africa, people rely on farming for their livelihoods, but unsustainable farming techniques can damage the land and destroy more of the cheetahs' habitat. Along with habitat loss, another consequence of unsustainable farming is cheetahs being isolated by farms scattered across the plains, making mating more…