Cheetahs , the fastest mammal in the globe , are on the verge of extinction accordinga studypublished Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . There are only 7,100 chetah globally , and their population has turn down rapidly since the later XC . For example , in 1999 there were 1,200 Acinonyx jubatus in Zimbabwe . Fast forward 16 age , and only 170 cheetahs are left there .
The survey , which was lead by the Zoological Society of London , Panthera and Wildlife Conservation Society , reported that the cheetah population of Asia had suffer the most . These scientistsfound“fewer than 50 individuals remain in one isolated sack of Iran , ” and are now calling for cheetahs to be considered “ Endangered ” instead of “ Vulnerable ” on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species .
The cheetah population has refuse so rapidly , in part , becausethey require such a large amount of space for their home ground , “ 77 % of the cheetah ’s habitat falls alfresco of protected region , ” signify they are extremely vulnerable to “ human pressures . ” This includes home ground release due to human evolution , the illegal trade of cheetah role and cheetahs as exotic favourite , as well as losing their prey due to overhunting by humans .
Director of Panthera ’s Cheetah Program , Dr. Kim Young - Overton , said , “ The take - away from this pinnacle study is that securing protected areas alone is not enough . We must think bigger , keep up across the mosaic of protected and unprotected landscape that these far - place cats inhabit , if we are to avert the otherwise certain loss of the Acinonyx jubatus forever . ”
If cheetahs go extinct , it ’s because of humans .
[ Panthera ]
Correction 12/27/16 : An earlier variation of this article stated that chetah are the fastest animals in the world . The peregrine falcon is in fact the fastest animal ; cheetahs are the fastest mammals . The textual matter has been corrected .
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