New efforts underway to protect the Asiatic cheetahs:Environmentalists Act to Protect Endangered Asiatic Cheetah
This article includes the statement 'in 2001 when we realised Iran was the last country to have any Asian cheetahs'. (confused) Its been known for decades- probably the 1960's onwards -that Iran has the last Asian cheetahs...
Most important may be developing high population density of gazelles. For example, establish hunting ranges leased to local communities or hunting groups, and teach them sustainable hunting together with protection and management of gazelles. Maybe based on roe deer management in farmland in Europe. Also, one might use tactics of carnivore conservation elsewhere. Pay for sightings of cheetah, pay local wardens or communities for successful cheetah breeding, set compensations for cheetah depredation on livestock.
If the captive pair have already been together for three years does it mean they need additional stimulus for breeding?- like African Cheetahs which often need more than one male to promote mating.
New article about the Asian cheetah : Asiatic cheetahs on the brink of extinction with only 50 left alive
The UNDP pulling out from a species that till date has not been saved at all. Lack of cash-flow nor governmental desinterest in getting down to the real issues in wildlife conservation in Iran are NOT sound or just reasons for pulling the plug on As
AI going to be tried ( hopefully it will succeed ! ) : Artificial insemination, an option for captive breeding of Asiatic cheetahs
Recent video of a mother with cubs : Cheetah Caught Stealing Wildlife Park Ranger’s Shoe in Iran’s Semnan (+Video) - Tasnim News Agency
Nope, I'm with @Pertinax and @lintworm - they are Persian Leopard; the build and gait is entirely wrong for cheetah, for a start.
These are all Persian leopards for sure. BTW: in recent times no cheetah have been recorded from this part of the country (and this has been sadly so for decades).
Here some sad news of a real Iranese cheetah : The dominant male cheetah of Miandasht died in road accident - Iranian Cheetah Society
The vet team tried to preserve his legacy and retrieve semen for AI. Their status in the wild is dire now. The worst bit is that very few adult females remain. The population is dominated by males. Miandasht is one of the last strongholds. Alas roadkills and ineffective government policy in terms of capacity and resources is killing the last cheetah in Iran.
