In my view, the question in the title is asking whether a Florida resident can legally possess a cheetah as a companion animal or pet. I have provided the full answer below. It is illegal to possess a cheetah personally … Continue reading →
NEWS AND COMMENT: For me, this is a story of multiple misdeeds as I have described it. During Trump’s tenure of the presidency of the United States he visited Saudi Arabia and was given expensive gifts. The gifts were presented … Continue reading →
It may surprise many Americans to realise that the cheetah lived in Wyoming, Texas and Nevada between 12,000-2 million years ago (the Pleistocene epoch). And remarkably, this large, wild American cat looked very similar to the cheetah that we know … Continue reading →
Summary: the answer to the first part of the question in the title is yes, for captive cheetahs, but infinitesimally rarely, and the answer to the second part is also yes but it would have to be an exceptional person … Continue reading →
I provide accurate information on the average weights of male and female cheetahs in East and South West Africa.
Continue reading →The social cat species are: the lion, the cheetah and the domestic cat including free-living cats. Scientists had thought that lions and cheetahs were the only social cat species but you have to add domestic cats to that select group. … Continue reading →
Yes, cheetahs still live in the desert. In 2002, Mel and Fiona Sunquist in their book Wild Cats of the World wrote: “Cheetahs mainly hunt by day, but the hours vary slightly from area to area. In the Sahara, where … Continue reading →
No, cheetahs don’t live in India but they used to four hundred years ago when they were common in western and central India south of the Ganges, where its range mirrored that of its major prey animal at that time, … Continue reading →
There are two aspects to the question and therefore the answer. The first is whether humankind genuinely wants to protect wild animals living in the wild. Are we committed to it? Can we make it a priority? Are we able … Continue reading →
No, cheetahs do not mate for life. Quite the opposite. To be clear, ‘mating for life’ means that a male and female form a lifelong partnership. The behaviour of the cheetah is at the opposite end of the spectrum. There … Continue reading →
