By Ruth Kamnitzer Populations of the black-footed cat, a little-known feline in Southern Africa, have been declining for the last half a million years and exhibit very high degrees of inbreeding. This ...

He was one of 12 big cats brought to India from South Africa in February. On 27 March, a female cheetah which was in the first batch of animals brought from Namibia died of a suspected kidney ailment.

INDIA IN NAMIBIA The cheetahs made the transcontinental ... up local economies and help restore ecosystems that support the big cats. Reuters Cheetahs are the world's fastest land animals, capable ...