Three cubs of endangered Asiatic cheetah born in Iran

The head of Iran's Department of Environment, Ali Salajeh, in an interview with IRNA news agency, said that he was born in

The Islamic Republic of rare animals in an Asiatic cheetah named Iran.According to the official, this is the first birth of the Asiatic cheetah in captivity. 

Salajeh noted that veterinarians monitored Iran for a week before establishing that the pregnancy had ended.Due to the physical condition of the cheetah, the birth did not take place naturally.

Medics placed Iran in a field hospital andperformed a caesarean section. According to the IRNA agency, all the babies were born healthy and remain under the supervision of doctors along with their mother in a hospital in the Turan National Park in northern Iran.

Photo: IRNA

The Asiatic cheetah is one of the rare subspeciesan animal that once inhabited the territory of the Middle East and India. However, today they are found in the wild only in Iran. But even there, according to the local government, fewer than 20 cheetahs have been recorded.

The Iranian authorities, together with the UN, are implementingprogram to restore the population of Asiatic cheetahs. According to Ali Salajeh, they plan to use a male Koushki and two females Iran and Delbar to give birth to cubs that will be gradually released into the wild.

Cover photo: Cheetah Iran. Source: IRNA

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